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CONTENTS.

 

PAGE

CHAPTER I.

 

Fairies

1

 

 

CHAPTER II.

 

Witches

24

 

 

CHAPTER III.

 

Ghosts

41

 

 

CHAPTER IV.

 

Demonology and Devil Lore

49

 

 

CHAPTER V.

 

Natural Phenomena

59

 

 

CHAPTER VI.

 

Birds

92

 

 

CHAPTER VII.

 

Animals

152

 

 

CHAPTER VIII.

 

Plants

190

p. viii

 

 

PAGE

CHAPTER IX.

 

Insects and Reptiles

236

 

 

CHAPTER X.

 

Folk Medicine

249

 

 

CHAPTER XI.

 

Customs Connected with the Calendar

278

 

 

CHAPTER XII.

 

Birth and Baptism

312

 

 

CHAPTER XIII.

 

Marriage

32I

 

 

CHAPTER XIV.

 

Death and Burial

340

 

 

CHAPTER XV.

 

Rings and Precious Stones

362

 

 

CHAPTER XVI.

 

Sports and Pastimes

370

 

 

CHAPTER XVII.

 

Dances

398

 

 

CHAPTER XVIII.

 

Punishments

406

 

 

CHAPTER XIX.

 

Proverbs

416

 

 

CHAPTER XX.

 

Human Body

445

p. ix

 

 

PAGE

CHAPTER XXI.

 

Fishes

466

 

 

CHAPTER XXII.

 

Sundry Superstitions

474

 

 

CHAPTER XXIII.

 

Miscellaneous Customs, etc.

489

 

 

Index

517


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