SHROPSHIRE FOLK-LORE:

A Sheaf of Gleanings.

EDITED BY

CHARLOTTE SOPHIA BURNE

FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF

GEORGINA F. JACKSON.

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'The history of no people can be said to have been written so long as its superstitions
and beliefs in past times have not been studied.'-Professor Rhys.

TRÜBNER & CO., 57 & 59, LUDGATE HILL.

SHREWSBURY: ADNITT & NAUNTON,
CHESTER: MINSHULL & HUGHES.

1883.

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DEDICATION.

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William Henderson, Esquire,

AUTHOR OF 'FOLK-LORE OF THE NORTHERN COUNTIES,'

IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF

ADVICE AND AID,

FREELY GIVEN TO A STRANGER,

TO WHICH THIS BOOK OWES

MORE THAN THE EDITOR CAN SAY.