Folk-lore of Shakespeare

About this eBook

Author

Thiselton-Dyer, T. F. (Thomas Firminger), 1848-1923

Credits

Produced by Irma Spehar and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Oral tradition -- England

Category

Text

eBook-No.

32183

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32183

Release Date

April 29, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FOLK-LORE OF SHAKESPEARE
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.CHAPTER I. — FAIRIES. — FOOTNOTES:
5. 5.CHAPTER II. — WITCHES. — FOOTNOTES:
6. 6.CHAPTER III. — GHOSTS. — TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS. — FOOTNOTES:
7. 7.CHAPTER IV. — DEMONOLOGY AND DEVIL-LORE. — GOOD AND EVIL DEMONS. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.CHAPTER V. — NATURAL PHENOMENA. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.CHAPTER VI. — BIRDS. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.CHAPTER VII. — ANIMALS. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. — PLANTS. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER IX. — INSECTS AND REPTILES. — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER X. — FOLK-MEDICINE. — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER XI. — CUSTOMS CONNECTED WITH THE CALENDAR. — FOOTNOTES:
15. 15.CHAPTER XII. — BIRTH AND BAPTISM. — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. — MARRIAGE. — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. — DEATH AND BURIAL. — FOOTNOTES:
18. 18.CHAPTER XV. — RINGS AND PRECIOUS STONES. — FOOTNOTES:
19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. — SPORTS AND PASTIMES. — FOOTNOTES:
20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. — DANCES. — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. — PUNISHMENTS. — FOOTNOTES:
22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. — PROVERBS. — FOOTNOTES:
23. 23.CHAPTER XX. — THE HUMAN BODY. — FOOTNOTES:
24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. — FISHES. — FOOTNOTES:
25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. — SUNDRY SUPERSTITIONS. — FOOTNOTES:
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. — MISCELLANEOUS CUSTOMS, ETC. — FOOTNOTES:
27. 27.INDEX.
28. 28.ENGLISH CLASSICS. — SHAKESPEARE’S WORKS. — GOLDSMITH’S SELECT POEMS. — GRAY’S SELECT POEMS.
29. 29.ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS.
30. 30.BOOKS FOR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.
31. 31.Harper’s Cyclopædia of British and American Poetry.
32. 32.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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