Tales and Legends of the English Lakes

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Author

Armistead, Wilson, 1819?-1868

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Produced by sp1nd, Veronika Redfern and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore

Subject

Folklore -- England -- Lake District

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Text

eBook-No.

42359

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42359

Release Date

March 17, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.TALES AND LEGENDS OF THE English Lakes
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.HELWISE; OR, THE ILL-FATED LOVERS: A TALE OF MUNCASTER HALL.
5. 5.ST. HERBERT, THE HERMIT OF DERWENTWATER.
6. 6.THE LOVERS' VOWS: A TALE OF FURNESS ABBEY.
7. 7.THE STONE OF WALLOW CRAG; OR, THE POET OF KENTMERE. — ON LOVE. — THE STRANGER AT THE LAKES. — THE EVENING WALK. — THE CHURCHYARD.
8. 8.THE SKULLS OF CALGARTH. A LEGEND OF WINDERMERE LAKE.
9. 9.THE LUCK OF EDEN HALL. A TALE OF THE MUSGRAVES. — THE DRINKING MATCH OF EDEN HALL.
10. 10.THE MAID OF HARDRA SCAR; OR, THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER.
11. 11.THE TWO BROTHERS. A TALE OF ENNERDALE.
12. 12.EMMA; OR, THE MURDERED MAID. A TRAGEDY OF THE LAKE DISTRICT.
13. 13.HISTORICAL, POETICAL, AND ROMANTIC ASSOCIATIONS OF CARLISLE. — THE MARRIAGE OF SIR GAWAINE. — KINMONT WILLIE. — HUGHIE THE GRÆME. — HOBBIE NOBLE.
14. 14.THE DRUIDS' SACRIFICE. A LEGEND OF KESWICK.
15. 15.THE HEIGHTS OF HELVELLYN; OR, THE UNFORTUNATE TOURIST.
16. 16.THE REGATTA; OR, THE LOVERS OF DERWENTWATER.
17. 17.THE SHEPHERD OF GREEN-HEAD GHYLL. A TALE OF GRASMERE VALE.
18. 18.THE INSCRIBED ROCKS OF WINDERMERE.
19. 19.EDGAR, THE LORD OF ENNERDALE. A TRADITION OF WOTOBANK, NEAR EGREMONT.
20. 20.LADY EVA AND THE GIANT. A LEGEND OF YEWDALE.
21. 21.KIRKBY LONSDALE BRIDGE. A LEGEND.
22. 22.THE SPECTRE ARMY. A WEIRD TALE OF SOUTRA FELL. — A VISIONARY TALE OF THE SCOTCH REBELLION.
23. 23.RUSTIC POETS OF THE LAKE DISTRICT. JOHN OLDLAND AND JAMIE MUCKELT.
24. 24.THE HART'S-HORN TREE. A TRADITION OF PENRITH.
25. 25.THE QUAKERESS BRIDE. A TALE OF THE MOUNTAINS.
26. 26.THE BEAUTY OF BUTTERMERE; OR, TRAGEDY IN REAL LIFE.
27. 27.THE BORDER FREEBOOTERS; OR, A FIGHT IN BORROWDALE.
28. 28.JOSSY WITH WHIPS. A PARISH CHARACTER.
29. 29.EMMA AND SIR EGLAMORE. A LEGEND OF ULLSWATER.
30. 30.THE BRIDAL OF TRIERMAIN. A LEGEND OF THE VALE OF ST. JOHN. — THE BRIDAL OF TRIERMAIN. — LYULPH'S TALE. — INSCRIPTION. — SONG OF THE FOURTH MAIDEN.
31. 31.Transcriber's Note

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