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Guernsey Folk Lore a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island
By Edgar MacCulloch
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Table of Contents
- GUERNSEY FOLK-LORE.
- AUTHOR’S PREFACE.
- EDITOR’S PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- ERRATA.
- Part I. Times and Seasons, Festivals and Merry-makings.
- CHAPTER I. Festival Customs.
- A Guernseyman Three Centuries Ago.
- La Longue Veille.
- Christmas and New Year.
- La Grand’ Querrue.
- Shrove Tuesday.
- The First Sunday in Lent.
- Good Friday.
- Easter.
- The First of April.
- Sundays in May.
- Whitsuntide.
- Midsummer.
- Midsummer Day in Sark.
- Midsummer Day in Jersey.
- August.
- September.
- CHAPTER II. Local Customs—Civic, Aquatic, Ceremonial.
- La Chevanchée de St. Michel.
- “Briser La Hanse.”
- Local Customs—Aquatic.
- Local Customs—Ceremonial.
- Birth and Baptism.
- Betrothals and Weddings.
- Deaths and Funerals.
- CHAPTER I. Festival Customs.
- Part II. Superstitious Belief and Practice.
- CHAPTER III. Prehistoric Monuments; and their Superstitions.
- “L’Autel des Vardes” at L’Ancresse.
- “La Roque Balan.”
- “La Roque qui Sonne.”
- “Le Tombeau du Grand Sarrazin.”
- “L’Autel de Déhus.”
- “Le Trépied, or the Catioroc.”
- “Le Creux es Faïes.”
- “La Longue Roque” or “Palette es Faïes.”
- “La Roque des Faïes.”
- “Le Gibet des Faïes.”
- Old Figures in the Churchyards of St. Martin’s and the Castel.
- CHAPTER IV. Natural Objects and their Superstitions.
- Le Creux des Fées.
- Le Creux Mahié.
- Rocks and Stones.
- “Le Pied du Bœuf.”
- “The Devil’s Claw” at Jerbourg.
- “Le Pont du Diable.”
- “The Lovers’ Leap.”
- CHAPTER V. Holy Chapels and Holy Wells.
- Holy Wells.
- Le Poulain de Saint George.
- A Legend of St. George’s Well.
- Maidens at St. George’s Well.
- CHAPTER VI. Fairies.
- Popular Notions about Fairies.
- The Invasion of Guernsey by the Fairies.
- The Fairies and the Nurse.
- The Fairies and the Midwife.
- The Broken Kettle.
- Fairy Neighbours.
- “Le Petit Colin.”
- The Fairy Bakers.
- The Changeling.
- Building of the Castel Church.
- The Guernsey Lily.
- Mermaids.
- CHAPTER VII. Demons and Goblins.
- Le Faeu Bélengier.
- Hidden Treasures.
- “The Varou.”
- Herodias.
- “Le Barboue.”[120]
- Spectral Appearances.
- “Tchi-co, La Bête de la Tour.”
- “Le Chien Bôdu.”
- Legend of the Ville au Roi.
- The Spectre of Les Grentmaisons.
- “La Bête de La Pendue.”
- The Dole of Loaves at Le Laurier.
- The Enchanted Horse.
- The Spectral Cortège.
- CHAPTER VIII. The Devil.
- Satan Outwitted.
- Satan and the Schoolmaster.
- Another Version of “Satan and the Schoolmaster.”
- The Devil and the Tailor.
- Recent Appearance of the Devil.
- CHAPTER IX. Prophetic Warnings and Ghosts.
- Prophetic Warnings.
- Ghosts.
- The Robber of the Poor Box.
- Burial of the Drowned.
- “La Grand’ Garce.”
- “La Fllieur de Jaon.”
- CHAPTER X. Witchcraft.
- Trials for Witchcraft, and Confessions of Witches.
- Wizards and Witches.
- The Aerial Journey.
- The Countrywoman and the Witch.
- Magic Books.
- The Prior of Lihou.
- A Wizard on the West Coast.
- The Wizard’s Death.
- The Witch of Caubo.[180]
- The Witch of the Ville-ès-Pies.[182]
- The Sick Princess and the Wizards.
- A Witch in Disguise.
- Collas Roussé.[186]
- The Miller and the Duck.
- Mahy de la Catte.
- Two Witches and Two Cats.
- The Transformed Wizard.
- La Dame au Voile.
- Case of a Man who was Bewitched.
- Jean Falla and the Witches.
- The Bladebone.
- A Witch’s Foresight.
- Fortune Telling.
- CHAPTER XI. Charms, Spells, and Incantations.
- To Remove any kind of Spell, and Cause the Person who has Cast it to Appear.
- Another Method.
- Another Means of Causing a Sorcerer to Shew Himself.
- To Avert all Sorts of Spells and Enchantments.
- A Preservative against Spells, to be Hung Round the Neck.
- To Win at Play
- To Make Peace between Men who are Fighting.
- To Stop Bleeding.
- To Cure a Burn.
- To Stop a Fire that is Burning a House.
- To Cause a Person to Love You.
- Another Means.
- To Prevent a Sportsman from Killing any Game.
- To Cure a Horse that has the Vives or the Gripes.[202]
- Another Form.
- To Remove a Fish Bone from the Throat.
- To Prevent a Dog from Barking or Biting.
- Quick-Silver a Protection against Witchcraft.
- The Cure of Warts, etc.
- Celts.
- Another Counter-Charm for Witchcraft.
- The Seigneur of St. George and the Désorcelleur.
- Love Spells.
- The Consequences of a Love Spell.
- Witches and the White-Thorn.
- Divining Rod.
- Bees Put in Mourning.
- CHAPTER XII. Folk Medicine and Leech Craft.
- King’s Evil.
- CHAPTER XIII. Story Telling.
- How the Men of Alderney Sowed, and What Came of It.
- How the Jerseymen Attempted To Carry Off Guernsey.
- The Jersey Gallows.
- Proverbial Stories.
- Le Raté.
- Le Cotillon de Raché Catel.
- The Cat and the Fox. A Fable.
- The Farm Servant and the Weeds.
- CHAPTER XIV. Historical Reminiscences.
- Cadwalla and Brian.
- Duke Richard of Normandy and the Demon.
- Archbishop Mauger.
- The Ballad of Ivon de Galles.
- The Recapture of Sark.
- The Alarm of Pulias.
- Jean Breton, the Pilot.
- CHAPTER XV. Nursery Rhymes and Children’s Games.
- Children’s Game.
- Children’s Game.
- Children’s “Counting-out” Rhyme.
- Another.
- Another.
- Others.
- Another Version.
- Another.
- Nurses’ Rhymes.
- Another Version.
- When it Snows.
- Cradle Songs.
- Another Version.
- Dancing Rhymes.
- Sark Games.
- CHAPTER XVI. Superstitions Generally.
- Cuckoo Rhymes.
- Guernsey Local Nick-Names.
- Guernsey Parish Nick-Names.
- CHAPTER XVII. Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.
- Proverbs.
- Popular Sayings.
- Proverbial Sayings.
- Agricultural Sayings.
- Piscatory and Maritime Sayings.
- Various Sayings.
- Weather Proverbs, Etc.
- CHAPTER III. Prehistoric Monuments; and their Superstitions.
- Part III. Editor’s Appendix.
- CHAPTER XVIII. Guernsey Songs and Ballads.
- Yvon de Galles.
- L’Armée d’Espagne, Defaitte en L’an 1588.
- Secular Poems.
- The Clameur de Haro.
- APPENDIX A. Ghosts.
- The Ghost of Mr. Blondel.
- The Old House at St. George.
- The Ghosts of La Petite Porte.
- Le Seigneur de Damèque.
- Les Câches.
- APPENDIX B. Witchcraft.
- Marie Pipet.
- The Wizard of Sark.
- The Witch of Alderney.
- The Witch and the Raven.
- APPENDIX C. Charms and Spells.
- St. Thomas’ Day.
- Midsummer Eve.
- L’Ettre Miraculeuse.
- CHAPTER XVIII. Guernsey Songs and Ballads.
- Index.
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