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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Folk Lore, by James Napier
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Title: Folk Lore
Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century
Author: James Napier
Release Date: May 7, 2005 [eBook #15792]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FOLK LORE***
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Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
FOLK LORE
Or, Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland within This Century
With an Appendix,
Shewing the Probable Relation of the Modern Festivals of Christmas, May
Day, St. John's Day, and Hallowe'en, to Ancient Sun and Fire Worship
by
JAMES NAPIER, F.R.S.E., F.C.S., &c.,
Author of _Manufacturing Art in Ancient Times_, _Notes and Reminiscences
of Partick_, &c., &c.
Paisley: Alex. Gardner.
1879
CONTENTS.
PREFACE, v.
Introduction, 1
Birth and Childhood, 29
Marriage, 43
Death, 56
Witchcraft, Second Sight, and the Black Art, 67
Charms and Counter Charms, 79
Divining, 105
Superstitions Relating to Animals, 111
Superstitions Concerning Plants, 122
Miscellaneous Superstitions, 132
APPENDIX.
Yule, Beltane, and Hallowe'en Festivals, 145
Yule, 149
Beltane, 161
Midsummer, 170
Hallowe'en, 175
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