Rustic Speech and Folk-Lore
Elizabeth Mary Wright
Rustic Speech and Folk-Lore
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RUSTIC SPEECH AND FOLK-LORE
PREFACE
CONTENTS
SELECT LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED
ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I: DIALECT SPEAKERS
CHAPTER II: RICH AND EXPRESSIVE VOCABULARY
CHAPTER III: SPECIMENS OF DIALECT
CHAPTER IV: CORRUPTIONS AND POPULAR ETYMOLOGIES
CHAPTER V: ARCHAIC LITERARY WORDS IN THE DIALECTS
CHAPTER VI: ARCHAIC MEANINGS AND FORMS IN THE DIALECTS
CHAPTER VII: FOREIGN LOAN-WORDS
CHAPTER VIII: LITERARY WORDS WITH DIALECT MEANINGS
CHAPTER IX: ALLITERATIVE AND RHYMING PHRASES AND COMPOUNDS
CHAPTER X: PHONOLOGY AND GRAMMAR
CHAPTER XI: POPULAR PHRASES AND SAYINGS
CHAPTER XII: SUPERNATURAL BEINGS
CHAPTER XIII: SUPERSTITIONS
CHAPTER XIV: CHARMS AND MEDICAL LORE
CHAPTER XV: DIVINATION
CHAPTER XVI: BIRTH, MARRIAGE, AND DEATH CUSTOMS
CHAPTER XVII: CUSTOMS CONNECTED WITH CERTAIN DAYS AND SEASONS
CHAPTER XVIII: GAMES
CHAPTER XIX: WEATHER LORE AND FARMING TERMS
CHAPTER XX: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
CHAPTER XXI: PLANT NAMES AND NAMES OF ANIMALS
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