Lancashire Folk-lore

PART I.

SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES.

INTRODUCTION.

"'Tis a history Handed from ages down; a nurse's tale Which children open-eyed and mouth'd devour, And thus, as garrulous ignorance relates, We learn it and believe."

In this large section of the Folk-lore of Lancashire we propose to treat of all the notions and practices of the peo...