Lancashire Legends, Traditions, Pageants, Sports, &c: With an Appendix Containing a Rare Tract on the Lancashire Witches, &c., &c

John Harland

John Heywood, 1882 - Folklore - 283 pages

Contents

• PART I: 1
• Burnley Cross and the Demon Pigs: 7
• Dilworth Written Stone: 15
• Towneley Hall Tradition: 57
• Unsworth and its Dragons: 63
• Wardley Hall Tradition: 70
• Winwick Church and the Demon: 76
• Introduction: 83
• Eccles Guising: 89
• Liverpool Fair Custom at: 95
• Pace Egg Mummers ΙΟΙ: 101
• Robin Hood and Maid Marion: 108
• Rochdale Rushbearings: 121
• 8: 127
• Introduction: 131
• Barley Brake and Blindmans Buff: 141
• Clitheroe Sports and Pastimes: 142
• Miscellaneous GamesArchery Butts c: 148
• Otter Hunting in the Fylde: 154
• Treacle Dipping: 161
• Cuck Stool or Ducking Stool: 167
• The Old Appeal of Murder: 173
• POPULAR RHYMES PROVERBS SIMILES: 181
• Proverbs 189201: 189
• Farmers Rhymes and Proverbs: 202
• Sayings c: 212
• Folklore of Birds: 218
• Superstitions respecting Fish and Bacon: 224
• Weather Wisdom: 231
• The Devil at Cockerham: 241
• Introduction: 247
• Eagle and Child: 259
• Osbaldeston Hall: 270
• 0: 279

Bibliographic information

• Title: Lancashire Legends, Traditions, Pageants, Sports, &c: With an Appendix Containing a Rare Tract on the Lancashire Witches, &c., &c
• Author: John Harland
• Publisher: John Heywood, 1882
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Jan 6, 2009
• Length: 283 pages