Contents
PREFACE
SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION: Folklore – History, Definitions & Relationship to Other Disciplines
1) THE AUTHORS
Eden Phillpotts
Thomas Hardy
John Cowper Powys & T. F. Powys
Arthur Quiller-Couch
Henry Williamson
2) CALENDAR CUSTOMS & RITES OF PASSAGE
Calendar Customs
Fire Festivals
St. Valentine’s Day
Midsummer
Christmas
Beliefs Concerned with Marriage, Death & Mourning
3) SKIMMINGTONS, MOCK HUNTS & ROUGH MUSIC
4) NATURAL & SUPERNATURAL ANIMALS
Introduction
Witch-Hares
Wisht Hounds
Birds
Bees
5) THE ENVIRONMENT
Topographical Myths & Legends
Wells, Springs & Rivers
Stones
Trees
6) MAGIC
Witchcraft
The Evil Eye
Charms & Magical Cures
Omens
Divining with Key & Bible
Will o’ The Wisp
AFTERWORD
APPENDICES
1) Article in The Western Times, Exeter, Saturday, 16 September 1837, Vol. X, No. 509, p. 3.
2) Draft Letter from George Roberts, Lyme Regis, to Sir Walter Scott, c. 1820. (Document 0.1/0V1, Dorset Record Office, Dorchester.)
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