Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough
by Charles Dack
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About this eBook
- Author
- Dack, Charles, 1848?-1923
- Title
- Weather and Folk Lore of Peterborough and District
- Credits
- Produced by Julie Barkley, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore
- Subject
- Folklore -- England -- Peterborough
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 17269
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17269
- Release Date
- December 9, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Weather and Folk Lore — of
- 2.Peterborough and District. — BY — CHARLES DACK. — MAY DAY, AT GLATTON, Hunts . — The Rev. E. Bradley, ( Cuthbert Bede ).
- 3.WEATHER AND FOLK LORE OF PETERBOROUGH AND DISTRICT. — January. — St. Paul's Day, 25th January. — February. — St. Valentine's Day. — March. — Mothering Sunday. — Palm Sunday. — Good Friday. — April. — St. Mark's Eve. — May. — May Day. — Whit Sunday. — June. — June Roses. — St. Peter's Day, 29th June. — Sheep Shearing. (June). — Midsummer Eve Charms. — Dumb Cake. — September. — Harvest Home. — October. — Mops. — St. Martin's Day. — November. — St. Cecilia's Day. Nov. 22. — St. Catherine's Day, Nov. 25th. — December. — St. Andrew's Day. — St. Thomas's Day, 21st December. — Christmas. — Innocents Day, December 28th. — Country Dances. — Sedan Chairs. — Fit Rings. — Wedding Rings. — Games. — Earth Air and Water. — I Love My Love. — Handsell. — Boot. — Cutting Nails. — Marriage. — Bride's Dress. — Animals. — Whooping Cough. — Washing. — Sneezing. — Peterborough Cathedral. — Bells. — Personal. — Folk Lore (3) — Birds. — Bees. — Insects. — General. — Plants. — Flowers and Seeds. — King's Cliffe. — Godmanchester. — Huntingdon.
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