Lancashire Folk-Lore: Illustrative of the Superstitious Beliefs and Practices, Local Customs and Usages of the People of the County Palatine

T. T. Wilkinson

Description

This vintage book contains a comprehensive encyclopedia of the folk-lore of Lancashire. The north of England has enjoyed a particularly rich history of folk-lore, having been influenced by the cultures of the Celts, Angles, Teutonic people, Scandinavians, the Normans, and more. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in English Folklore, and it would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: "Superstitious Beliefs and Practices", "Charms and Spells", "The Devil, Demons, &c", "Divination", "Miscellaneous", "Miracles", "Omens and Predictions", "Superstitions, General and Miscellaneous", "Witches and Witchcraft", "Local Customs and Usages at Various Seasons", "Eating and Drinking Customs", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction. This book was first published in 1867.

Sujets

• Social Science
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Mythology
• Folklore

Informations

• Publié par: Read Books Ltd.
• Date de parution: 10 mars 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781473360945
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

LANCASHIRE FOLK-LORE:
Illustrative of the superstitious beliefs and practices, local customs and usages of the people of the county palatine.
BY
T. T. WILKINSON


Copyright © 2013 Read Books Ltd.
This book is copyright and may not be
reproduced or copied in any way without
the express permission of the publisher in writing
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library


Contents
Folklore
PREFACE.
PART I. SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES.
INTRODUCTION.
LANCASHIRE ALCHEMISTS.
LANCASHIRE ASTROLOGERS.
BELLS.
BEAL-TINE OR BELTANE FIRES; RELICS OF BAAL WORSHIP.
BOGGARTS, GHOSTS, AND HAUNTED PLACES.
BOGGART HOLE CLOUGH.
BOGGARTS OR GHOSTS IN OLD HALLS.
HOUSE BOGGARTS, OR LABOURING GOBLINS.
HORNBY PARK MISTRESS AND MARGARET BRACKIN.
BOGGARTS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
CHARMS AND SPELLS.
CHARMS AND SPELLS AGAINST EVIL BEINGS.
A CHARM, WRITTEN IN CYPHER, AGAINST WITCHCRAFT AND EVIL SPIRITS.
THE CROW CHARM AND THE LADY-BIRD CHARM.
PIMPERNEL.
THE MOUNTAIN ASH, OR WICKEN OR WIGGEN TREE.
CHARMS TO CURE SICKNESS, WOUNDS, CATTLE DISTEMPER, ETC.
CHARMS FOR THE TOOTHACHE.
VERVAIN, FOR WOUNDS, ETC.
CHARMS TO STOP BLEEDING.
TOUCHING FOR THE KING’S EVIL.
CURES FOR WARTS.
CURE FOR HYDROCEPHALUS IN CATTLE.
CATTLE DISORDERS.—THE SHREW TREE IN CARNFORTH.
CHARMS FOR AGUE.
STINGING OF NETTLES.
JAUNDICE.
TO PROCURE SLEEP BY CHANGING THE DIRECTION OF THE BED.
FOOTNOTES:
THE DEVIL, DEMONS, &c.
THE DEVIL.
RAISING THE DEVIL.
THE DEVIL & THE SCHOOLMASTER AT COCKERHAM.
OLD NICK.
DEMONOLOGY.
DEMON AND GOBLIN SUPERSTITIONS.
DISPOSSESSING A DEMONIAC.
DEMONIACAL POSSESSION IN 1594.
DEMONIACAL POSSESSION IN 1689.
FOOTNOTES:
DIVINATION.
DIVINATION AT MARRIAGES.
DIVINATION BY BIBLE AND KEY.
ANOTHER LANCASHIRE FORM OF DIVINATION.
DIVINATION BY THE DYING.
SECOND-SIGHT.
SPIRITS OF THE DYING AND THE DEAD.
CASTING LOTS, ETC.
FOOTNOTES:
MISCELLANEOUS FOLK-LORE.
DRUIDICAL ROCK BASINS.
ELVES AND FAIRIES.
FOLK-LORE.
FOLK-LORE OF ECCLES AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
TREE BARNACLES; OR, GEESE HATCHED FROM SEA-SHELLS.
WARTS FROM WASHING IN EGG-WATER.
FORTUNE-TELLING.—WISE MEN AND CUNNING WOMEN, ETC.
MAGIC AND MAGICIANS.
EDWARD KELLY, THE SEER.
RAISING THE DEAD AT WALTON-LE-DALE.
AN EARL OF DERBY CHARGED WITH KEEPING A CONJUROR.
FOOTNOTES:
MIRACLES.
MIRACLES, OR MIRACULOUS STORIES.
MIRACLES BY A DEAD DUKE OF LANCASTER AND KING.
A MIRACULOUS FOOTPRINT IN BRINDLE CHURCH.
THE FOOTPRINT AT SMITHELLS OF GEORGE MARSH, THE MARTYR.
A LEGEND OF CARTMEL CHURCH.
THE PROPHET ELIAS, A LANCASHIRE FANATIC.
FOOTNOTES:
OMENS AND PREDICATIONS.
CATS.
DOGS.
LAMBS.
BIRDS.
SWALLOWS.
MAGPIES.
DREAMS.
THE MOON.
HÆVER OR HIVER.
DEASIL OR WIDERSINNIS.
OMENS OF WEATHER FOR NEW YEAR’S-DAY.
DEATH TICK OR DEATH WATCH.
FOOTNOTES:
SUPERSTITIONS, GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS.
BONES OF ST. LAWRENCE, AT CHORLEY.
THE DEAD MAN’S HAND.
NINETEENTH CENTURY SUPERSTITION.
PENDLE FOREST SUPERSTITION.
EAST LANCASHIRE SUPERSTITION.
SUPERSTITIOUS FEARS AND CRUELTIES.
SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEFS IN MANCHESTER IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
WELLS AND SPRINGS.
FOOTNOTES:
WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT.
WITCHCRAFT IN THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
THE FAMOUS HISTORY OF THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES:
DR. DEE CHARGED WITH WITCHCRAFT.
THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES.
SUPERSTITIOUS FEAR OF WITCHCRAFT.
A HOUSEHOLD BEWITCHED.
THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES OF 1612.
THE SAMLESBURY WITCHES.
WITCHCRAFT AT MIDDLETON.
WITCHCRAFT IN 1633-34.
THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES OF 1633-4.
LANCASHIRE WITCH-FINDERS.
THE FOREST OF PENDLE—THE HAUNT OF THE LANCASHIRE WITCHES.
PENDLE HILL AND ITS WITCHES.
WITCHCRAFT ABOUT 1654.
A LIVERPOOL WITCH IN 1667.
THE WITCH OF SINGLETON.
WITCHCRAFT AT CHOWBENT IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
KILLING A WITCH.
A RECENT WITCH, NEAR BURNLEY.
“LATING” OR “LEETING” WITCHES.
FOOTNOTES:
PART II.
LOCAL CUSTOMS AND USAGES AT VARIOUS SEASONS.
CHURCH AND SEASON FESTIVALS.
NEW YEAR’S DAY.
FIRE ON NEW YEAR’S EVE.
NEW YEAR’S LUCK.
NEW YEAR’S FIRST CALLER.
NEW YEAR’S DAY AND OLD CHRISTMAS DAY.
AULD WIFE HAKES.
NEW YEAR’S GIFTS AND WISHES.
SHROVETIDE.
SHROVE-TUESDAY, OR PANCAKE TUESDAY.
COCK-THROWING AND COCK-FIGHTING.
COCK-FIGHTING ABOUT BLACKBURN.
COCK-PENNY AT CLITHEROE.
COCK-FIGHTING AT BURNLEY.
SHROVETIDE CUSTOMS IN THE FYLDE.
LENT.—ASH-WEDNESDAY.
MID-LENT SUNDAY, OR “MOTHERING SUNDAY.”
SIMNEL CAKES.
TO DIANEME.
BURY.
BRAGOT-SUNDAY.
FAG-PIE SUNDAY.
GOOD FRIDAY.
EASTER.
PASCHE, PACE, OR EASTER EGGS.
PACE EGGING IN BLACKBURN.
PACE OR PEACE EGGING IN EAST LANCASHIRE.
EASTER SPORTS AT THE MANCHESTER FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
“LIFTING” OR “HEAVING” AT EASTER.
EASTER GAME OF THE RING.
PLAYING “OLD BALL.”
ACTING WITH “BALL.”
EASTER CUSTOMS IN THE FYLDE.
MAY-DAY CUSTOMS.
MAY SONGS.
MAY-DAY EVE.
MAY-DAY CUSTOM.
PENDLETON AND PENDLEBURY MAY-POLE AND GAMES.
MAY CUSTOM IN SPOTLAND.
MAY-DAY CUSTOMS IN THE FYLDE.
THE MAY-POLE OF LOSTOCK.
ROBIN HOOD AND MAY-GAMES AT BURNLEY, IN 1579.
MAY-DAY IN MANCHESTER.
QUEEN OF THE MAY, &c.
WHITSUNTIDE.
WHIT-TUESDAY.—KING AND QUEEN AT DOWNHAM.
ROGATIONS OR GANG DAYS.
OATMEAL CHARITY AT INCE.
NAMES FOR MOONS IN AUTUMN.
“GOOSE-INTENTOS.”
ALL SOULS’ DAY.—NOV. 2.
GUNPOWDER PLOT AND GUY FAWKES.
CHRISTMAS.
CREATURES WORSHIPPING ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
CHRISTMAS MUMMING.
THE HOBBY HORSE, OR OLD BALL.
CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS IN THE FYLDE.
CELEBRATION OF CHRISTMAS AT WYCOLLER HALL.
CAROLS, &c.
FOOTNOTES:
EATING AND DRINKING CUSTOMS.
THE HAVERCAKE LADS.
WOODEN SHOES AND OATEN BREAD OR JANNOCKS.
PORK PASTIES.
FOOTNOTES:
BIRTH AND BAPTISMAL CUSTOMS.
PRESENTS TO WOMEN IN CHILDBED.
TEA-DRINKING AFTER CHILDBIRTH.
TURNING THE BED AFTER CHILDBIRTH.
AN UNBAPTIZED CHILD CANNOT DIE.
GIFTS TO INFANTS.
CHANGELINGS.
FOOTNOTES:
BETROTHING AND BRIDAL OR WEDDING CUSTOMS.
BETROTHING CUSTOMS.
CURIOUS WEDDING CUSTOM.
COURTING AND WEDDING CUSTOMS IN THE FYLDE.
ANCIENT BRIDAL CUSTOM.—THE BRIDE’S CHAIR AND THE FAIRY HOLE.
BURNLEY.
MARRIAGES AT MANCHESTER PARISH CHURCH.
FOOTNOTES:
DYING, DEATH-BED, AND FUNERAL CUSTOMS.
DYING HARDLY.
BURYING IN WOOLLEN.
FUNERAL DOLE AND ARVAL CAKE.
DALTON-IN-FURNESS.
OLD FUNERAL CUSTOMS AT WARTON.
FUNERAL CUSTOMS IN THE FYLDE.
MODE OF BURIAL OF A WIDOW WHO HAD TAKEN RELIGIOUS VOWS.
FUNERAL CUSTOMS IN EAST LANCASHIRE.
BIDDING TO FUNERALS.
SITUATION AND DIRECTION OF GRAVES.
FOOTNOTES:
CUSTOMS OF MANORS.
THE HONOUR OF KNIGHTHOOD.
MARITAGIUM.
PECULIAR SERVICES AND TENURES.
MANOR OF COCKERHAM.—REGULATIONS FOR THE SALE OF ALE.
MANORIAL CUSTOMS IN FURNESS.
THE LORD’S YULE FEAST AT ASHTON.
RIDING THE BLACK LAD AT ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE.
BOON SHEARING.
THE PRINCIPAL OR HERIOT.
DENTON RENT-BOONS.
A SAXON CONSTABLEWICK.
TALLIAGE OR TALLAGE.
ROCHDALE TITHE, EASTER-DUES, MORTUARIES, ETC.
FARM AND AGRICULTURAL CELEBRATIONS IN THE FYLDE.
DALTON-IN-FURNESS.
LETTING SHEEP FARMS IN BOWLAND.
MEDIÆVAL LATIN LAW TERMS.
“AN AVERIA CARUCÆ CAPTA IN VETITO NAMIO SINT IRREPLEGIBILIA?”
CUSTOMS [DUES] AT WARRINGTON.
FOOTNOTES:


Folklore
Folklore, or often, simply ‘lore’ consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, popular beliefs, fairytales, stories and customs included in the traditions of a culture, subculture or group. The English antiquarian William Thoms was the first person to introduce the term ‘folklore’ specifically, in a letter published in the London journal The Athenaeum in 1846. He invented this compound word to replace the various other terms used at the time, including ‘popular antiquities’ or ‘popular literature.’ In usage, folklore and mythology usually signify the same thing and there are four general areas of study; artefacts (such as voodoo dolls), describable and transmissible entity (oral tradition), culture, and behaviour (rituals). These areas do not stand alone however, as often a particular element may fit into more than one of these groupings.
While folklore can contain religious or mythic elements, such as the Icelandic skaldic poetry or the Christian stories of Saint George or Saint Christopher, it equally concerns itself with the sometimes mundane traditions of everyday life. Though many argue this is a successful method of demonstrating societal relationships, in the Jungian view, folklore pertains to unconscious psychological patterns; instincts or archetypes of the mind. These folktales may or may not emerge from a religious tradition, but nevertheless speak to deep psychological issues. The familiar folktale, ‘Hansel and Gretel’ is an example of this fine line. The manifest purpose of the tale may primarily be one of mundane instruction regarding forest safety or secondarily a cautionary tale about the dangers of famine to large families, but its latent meaning may evoke a strong emotional response. This is largely due to the widely understood themes and motifs such as ‘the terrible mother’, ‘death’ and ‘atonement with the father.’
The critical interpretation of myths and fol