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SUPERSt.i.tIONS, GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS.
Popular Superst.i.tions 153
Bones of St. Lawrence, at Chorley 157
The Dead Man's Hand 158
Nineteenth Century Superst.i.tion 164
Pendle Forest Superst.i.tion 164
East Lancas.h.i.+re Superst.i.tion 165
Superst.i.tious Fears and Cruelties 167
Superst.i.tious Beliefs in Manchester in the Sixteenth Century 168
Wells and Springs 169
WITCHES AND WITCHCRAFT.
Witchcraft in the Fifteenth Century 174
The Famous History of the Lancas.h.i.+re Witches 176
Dr. Dee charged with Witchcraft 178
The Lancas.h.i.+re Witches 179
Superst.i.tious Fear of Witchcraft 182
A Household Bewitched 184
The Lancas.h.i.+re Witches of 1612 185
The Samlesbury Witches 194
Witchcraft at Middleton 195
Witchcraft in 1633-34 195
The Lancas.h.i.+re Witches of 1633-4 200
Lancas.h.i.+re Witch-finders 200
The Forest of Pendle--The Haunt of the Lancas.h.i.+re Witches 202
Pendle Hill and its Witches 204
Witchcraft about 1654 206
A Liverpool Witch in 1667 206
The Witch of Singleton 207
Witchcraft at Chowbent in the Eighteenth Century 207
Killing a Witch 208
A Recent Witch, near Burnley 209
"Lating" or "Leeting" Witches 210
PART II.
LOCAL CUSTOMS AND USAGES AT VARIOUS SEASONS.
Church and Season Festivals 212
New Year's-day 214
Fire on New Year's Eve 214
New Year's Luck 214
New Year's First Caller 215
New Year's-day and Old Christmas-day 216
Auld Wife Hakes 216
New Year's Gifts and Wishes 216
Shrovetide 217
Shrove-Tuesday, or Pancake Tuesday 218
c.o.c.k-throwing and c.o.c.k-fighting 218
c.o.c.k-fighting about Blackburn 220
c.o.c.k-penny at c.l.i.theroe 220
c.o.c.k-fighting at Burnley 220
