Folk Lore
by James Napier
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About this eBook
- Author
- Napier, James, 1810-1884
- Title
- Folk lore : or, Superstitious beliefs in the west of Scotland within this century
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Julie Barkley, Annika Feilbach, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore
- Subject
- Scotland -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 15792
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15792
- Release Date
- May 7, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.FOLK LORE: — OR,
- 2.SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEFS IN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND WITHIN THIS CENTURY. — WITH — AN APPENDIX, — SHEWING THE PROBABLE RELATION OF THE MODERN FESTIVALS OF CHRISTMAS, MAY DAY, ST. JOHN'S DAY, AND HALLOWE'EN, TO ANCIENT SUN AND FIRE WORSHIP. — BY — JAMES NAPIER, F.R.S.E., F.C.S., &c., — Author of Manufacturing Art in Ancient Times , Notes and Reminiscences of Partick , &c., &c. — 1879
- 3.CONTENTS. — APPENDIX.
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.CHAPTER I. — INTRODUCTORY.
- 6.CHAPTER II. — BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD.
- 7.CHAPTER III. — MARRIAGE.
- 8.CHAPTER IV. — DEATH.
- 9.CHAPTER V. — WITCHCRAFT, SECOND-SIGHT, AND THE BLACK ART.
- 10.CHAPTER VI. — CHARMS AND COUNTER CHARMS.
- 11.CHAPTER VII. — DIVINING.
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. — SUPERSTITIONS RELATING TO ANIMALS.
- 13.CHAPTER IX. — SUPERSTITIONS CONCERNING PLANTS.
- 14.CHAPTER X. — MISCELLANEOUS SUPERSTITIONS.
- 15.APPENDIX. — YULE, BELTANE, & HALLOWEEN FESTIVALS: — Survivals of Ancient Sun and Fire Worship. — YULE. — BELTANE. — MIDSUMMER. — HALLOWE'EN.
- 16.INDEX.
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