Folk Lore eBook

James Napier
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 190 pages of information about Folk Lore.

Folk Lore eBook

James Napier
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 190 pages of information about Folk Lore.
Metals made under certain Constellations, 93
Michaelmas, 181
Midfinger free from Canker, 99
Midsummer Feast among the Ancients, 173
          Festivals in this Country, 170
Milk Bewitched, 81
Milking the Tether, 75
Mistletoe Gathering, 150
          its Influence, 124
Modern Superstitions, 34
Money given to Poor at Funerals, 64
Moon Worship, 98
     a Female Deity, 10
Murders discovered by Bleeding of Corpse, 85
Murrain in Cattle Prevented, 84
Mutes have Supernatural Gifts, 72

Names of Places connected with Fire Worship, 164
                          with Sun Worship, 172
Natural Phenomena ascribed to Divinities, 9
New Year’s Day, an Ancient Roman Festival, 151
                Observances, 159
                Festival, 154
New Moon, Prognostics, 98
New Zealand Divining, 108

Oak, a Sacred Tree, 131
Oaths to Satan, 88
O’Brien on Beltane, 165
Observances at Loch Tay on Hallowe’en, 178
            at Yule, 156
Odd Numbers Lucky, 109
Old Religions mixing with Christianity, 179
Omens connected with Bees, 115
                with Magpies, 115
Onion, a Disinfectant, 127
Origin of Hallowe’en, 177
       of All Souls, 177
Overturning Chair on Leaving Table, 138

Pales, Goddess of Flocks, 166
Palilia, Ancient Festival, 166
Pennant’s Account of Beltane in the Highlands, 169
People Selling themselves to the Devil, 27
Person first met in the Morning,

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