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Superstitions
Ague, cure for
- 19
A pig ‘overlooked’
- 10
Ascension morn - 7
Butterfly, the first -
7
Charms - 14, 15, 16
- for an effusion of blood
- 16
- scald
or burn - 15
- sprain
- 16
- toothache - 16
-
against witchcraft - 14
Child born in May - 5, 6
-
weaned on Good Friday - 5
Christmas decorations - 8
- Eve - 7
Confirmation - 8
Days of the week - 6
Death, signs of - 6, 9
Fits, remedy for - 17, 18, 19
Folk lore rhymes relating to places - 21 |
Good Friday, planting
on - 1, 7
-
washing on - 6
Herrick in Devonshire
- 8
Infants, unbaptised
- 6
March, first three
days of - 7
May Kittens - 6
Moon, the New - 7
Popular adages
-
5
Robin foreboding death
- 6
Seventh o Ninth son
or
daughter
- 20
Shooting Star - 7
Southcott, Joanna
- 20
Sowing Seed
- 7
Toothache, preventive
against - 19
Thrush, Recipe for the
- 17
-
Preventive for
the - 17
Wen, Cure for - 19
Witches and Wizards
- 9
Witchcraft, Recipe
against - 9 |
| Legends
Abbot's
Weir, the - 61
Annery
- 120
Appledore,
Vicinity of - 120
Apple
Trees and St. Dunstan - 127
Barnstaple
Bridge - 116
Belstone
Tor - 57
Berry
Pomeroy Castle - 84
Bideford
Bridge - 117
'Bingie'
- 68
Bovey
Tracey - 125
Bradnincb,
Mayors of - 107
Branock,
St. - 122
Brauntou
- 122
Bremal
Down, Battle on - 89
Brent
Tor - 54
Bridgeworthy,
the Warren - 123
Buckland
Abbey, Orchard - 128
Bull
Bole, Salcombe Bar - 104
Cadbury
Castle - 87
Capern,
Poet - 73
Cam
Top .... 123
Chagford
'The Three Crowns' - 115
Challacombe
- 128
Champernowne
family - 76
Chettiscombe,
haunted house - 112
Chichester
family - 126
Childe
family - 65
Childe's,
John, Tomb - 56
Chudleigh
Rock - 83
Church
Rock, Dartmoor - 53
Coke,
John - 82
Collacombe
Barton - 63
Combmartin,
Hanging Stone -124
Coplestone
family - 115
Courtenay,
Henry, Marquis of Exeter
- 111
Courtenay,
Hugh, Earl of Devon
- 98
Cranmere
Pool - 57, 58
Creveldt,
Sir Hugh de - 62
Crocker
family - 116
Crookham
Cavern - 126
Cruwy's
family - 116
Daddy's Hole, near Torquay - 99
Danes
Glen, the - 128
Dartmoor
- 44, 49, 60, 63, 64, 66, 67,
68,
69, 66
Dart,
River - 49
Dean
(Parish of) - 60
Derwood
- 106
Dewerstone
Rock - 60
Dolbury
- 87
Drake's
Oak - 71
Drake,
Sir Francis - 70, 73
Elford
family - 66
Elfrida,
Queen - 69
Ethelwold,
slain at Wilverley - 69
Exe,
River - 97
Exeter,
Mayor of - 98
Exmoor
- 115, 116
Fairies
Banquet, The - 46
Fergus
- 116
Fitz
family - 64
Fitzford
- 64
Fitz's
Well - 66
Fortibus,
Isabella de - 68, 79
Fox
Tor - 66
Giant's
Burial Place - 107
Glanville
family - 67, 70
Godolphin,
Sidney - 116
Grenville,
Sir Richard - 66, 116
Grimshaw,
Betsy's Tower - 61
Guile
Bridge - 66
Haccombe,
a wager - 109
Hankford's
Oak - 120
Hankford,
Sir William - 120
Harewood
House - 69
Hartland
Abbey - 121
Honiton,
Ring-in-the-Mire - 81
Hound's
Pool, The - 103
Howard,
Lady - 65, 66
Hubblestone.
. . .121
Hunter's
Lodge, The - 83
Ilfracombe,
Carn Top - 123
Jeffreys, Judge
- 66
Jemmo
- 119
Julius
Caesar at Lidford - 55
Kilworthy
Mansion - 69
King
Castle - 114
Kingsfield
- 89
Kistvaens
on Dartmoor - 60
Lady's
Wood, Combmartin - 124
Lamerton
Church - 62
Lay
Well - 95
Lidford
Castle - 55
-
,
Julius Cesar at - 55
Linton
- 128
Lipsius
- 76
Loosely Farm - 113
Lundy Island - 121
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Margaret,
The Ladye - 86
Margaret's Tower - 86
Marisco, William - 121
Mary Church, St.
- 94
Mayors
of Bradninch - 107
Mayor
of Exeter - 98
Mistor
- 54
Modbury
- 78
Modbury Court - 76
Mole's Chambers, Exmoor - 116
Morthoe Church - 125
Mort Bay - 125
Mort Stone - 124
Mount Edgcumbe - 74
Nine Stones, The
- 57
North
Tawton, Bath House - 114
Okehampton
- 58
- Park - 66
Ordulph
- 60
Ordgar,
Duke of Devon - 60
Orey,
Thomas - 108
Ottery,
St. Mary, The Church - 82
Oxenham
family - 78, 109
Parson
and Clerk Rocks, The - 90
Pilton
Bridge - 116
Pixies
- 45
Pixies House -
55
Plymouth Dockyard - 74
-
Hoe - 73
-
Supply of Water to - 70
Plympton, St.
Mary, The
Church - 74, 75
Plymstock
- 55
Pomeroy,
Henry - 84, 85
Poulston
Bridge - 105
Powderham
Church, figure in
niche
- 80
Queen.
Elfrida - 59
Raleigh,
Sir Walter - 53
Ralph's
Hole - 104
Ring-in-the-Mire
- 81
Rivers:
- Exe - 97
„
Dart - 49
„
Tamar
- 96
„
Torridge - 96
Rougemont
Castle - 106
Rumon, St. - 60
Runnaway
Lane, Modbury - 78
Seven
Crosses - 79
Shapcott,
John - 113
Sheepstor
- 55
Shilston
Farm - 59
Sidbury
Castle - 89
Sidmouth
- 88
Simonsbath
- 114
Sithwell
Chapel - 94
Slanning,
Sir Nicholas - 64, 115
Smuggler's
Lane - 94
Southdown
Bridge - 67
Southmolton, Manor of - 128
Spinster's Rock, The - 59
Steven's Grave - 102
Stowford, Sir John - 116
Strode, Marie - 76
Strode, Sir William - 76
St. Branock - 122
St. Dunstan - 127
St. Mary's Church - 94
St. Rumon - 60
Sydenham,
Sir John - 64, 65
Tamar, River - 96
Tavistock
- 59
-
Monks of - 56
-
Abbey of - 60
-
Royal opinion of - 60
-
Vicarage Grounds
- 61
- The Abbot's Weir - 61
Tavy, Banks of River - 61
Teignmouth - 89, 90, 94
Three families, Old Tradition of
- 114
Tobacco,
Introduction into England - 53
Topsham
- 97
Torridge, River - 96
Totnes - 79
Tracey, Sir William de - 125
Tregony Castle - 85
Tremayne family
- 62
-
Monument to - 63
- Seat of - 64
Vale of Dean Burn -102
Vision, Remarkable - 60
Warren, The - 123
Walingham, Sir Roger - 52
Warlake - 89
Widdecombe
in the
Moor,
Vicar of
-
60
Widdecombe
Church - 51
Wish
Hounds, Haunt of
- 49, 50
Wishing
Tree,
The,
Berry Pomeroy
- 86
Wistman's
Wood - 58
Woollacombe Sands - 126
Yealmpton, Stone in Churchyard - 76 |
| Superstitions
Adder's
bite, Charms for an, - 147,
148
Apparitions
- 142
Attorney,
Epigram on
the Cornish - 142
Baby, superstitions respecting a - 143
Charmer of charms - 149
Chough, belief regarding the - 144
Complexion, to improve the - 146
Cromlech- Stone - 143
Devil and his Dandy Dogs - 156
Evil Eye, belief in the - 137
— —, to become a master of - 138
Fishermen's Superstitions - 140
Imps in the Mines - 139
King Arthur - 142
Lady's. Trees - 143
Logan. Stone - 143
Marks, distinguishing ill-wishers - 137
Miners' Superstitions - 139
Money - 144
Omens, lucky and unlucky, - 139,140, 141,
143 |
Pisky
Pranks - 149 to 156
Raven,
Anecdote of the - 144
Remedies
for different diseases, - 145, 146, 147
-
child
with weak back - 147
-
cutaneous
disease - 145, 146
-
Goitre
- 146
-
Hooping
Cough - 147
-
Rheumatism
- 147
-
Toothache - 147
Rocks, peculiar marks on -
142
Spectre ship - 140
Stranger's arrival, indications of a - 141, 142
Supernatural
power, receipt for attaining - 138
Tinners'
superstitions - 140
Wells,
superstitions respecting - 145
-
Chapel Euny, Gulval, Madron,
St.
Cuthbert, St. Keyne, and St. Ludgvan - 145
Whistling,
Omens connected with - 139
Witchcraft,
belief in - 136, 137 |
| Customs
Bodmin
- 186
Bossiney
- 186
Christmas
- 192
-
Eve
- 194
-
Log - 194
Cornelly - 182
Crying the Neck - 190
Dipping Day - 166
Easter Sunday - 183
Festival Fires - 169
Fox Hunt, Helston - 164
Furry Dance - 162
Furry day - 158 to 164
Golnan - 169
Good Friday - 189
Gooldeyes - 170
Guised dancers - 194
Halgaver Moor - 186
Harvest dinners -
191
Helston - 158 to 164
Holy Thursday - 182
Hurling - 195
Jack o'Lent - 188
Knillian games - 173 to 178
Lady Nant's Well - 182
Loe Pool - 164
Lostwithiel - 183
Madron - 170
-
Well - 171, 172
|
May Day, Eve preceding - 165
-
first Sunday after -
167
-
Morning - 166
May
music - 166
Men-an-tol
- 170
Merther,
Latin deed - 181
Metrical
play - 192
Mevagissey
- 184
Midsummer
Day - 190
Nickanan
Night - 186
Palm
Sunday - 182, 188
Paul
- 170
Penzance - 167
Pilchard Fishery,
customs with the
-
178, 179, 184
Ruan Minor, Rectors' privilege -
169
Shrove
Tuesday - 187
St.
Ives - 173 to 178
-
first
Mayor chosen - 180
-
Knillian Games, first time of celebration
- 177
-
Knill's
Deed of Trust, - 174 to 177
-
Silver Cup belonging to the Corporation - 180
St.
John and St. Peter, Eves of
- 167, 168
St.
Paul's Day, Eve of - 185
St.
Piran's Day - 188
St.
Roche, Well of - 182
Threading
the Needle - 168
White
Thursday - 192
Whitsuntide
- 189
Wrestling
- 194 |
