County Folk-Lore - Volume V - Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Lincolnshire

County Folk-Lore - Volume V - Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Lincolnshire
Author: Eliza Gutch
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 477
Release: 2024-05-30
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1528799569

Part of the successful county folklore series - this book is packed full of superstitions, customs and old wives tales. A great book for anybody in or around Lincolnshire, or with an interest in the rich folklore of the United Kingdom. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

County Folk-Lore - Volume VII - Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Fife with Some Notes on Clackmannan and Kinross-Shires

County Folk-Lore - Volume VII - Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Fife with Some Notes on Clackmannan and Kinross-Shires
Author: John Ewart Simpkins
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2024-07-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1528799542

Part of the successful county folklore series - this book is packed full of superstitions, customs and old wives tales. A great book for anybody in or around Fife, or with an interest in the rich folklore of the United Kingdom. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

County Folk-Lore - Volume II - Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning the North Riding of Yorkshire, York and the Ainsty

County Folk-Lore - Volume II - Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning the North Riding of Yorkshire, York and the Ainsty
Author: Eliza Gutch
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 493
Release: 2024-05-30
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1528799577

Part of the successful county folklore series - this book is packed full of superstitions, customs and old wives tales. A great book for anybody in or around Yorkshire, or with an interest in the rich folklore of the United Kingdom. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

County Folk-Lore Volume VI - Examples OF Printed Folk-Lore Concerning The East Riding Of Yorkshire

County Folk-Lore Volume VI - Examples OF Printed Folk-Lore Concerning The East Riding Of Yorkshire
Author: Eliza Gutch
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2011-10-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1447491912

Part of the successful county folklore series - this book is packed full of superstitions, customs and old wives tales. A great book for anybody in or around Yorkshire, or with an interest in the rich folklore of the United Kingdom. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The Devil and the Victorians

The Devil and the Victorians
Author: Sarah Bartels
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2021-03-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000348040

In recent decades, there has been a growing recognition of the significance of the supernatural in a Victorian context. Studies of nineteenth-century spiritualism, occultism, magic, and folklore have highlighted that Victorian England was ridden with spectres and learned magicians. Despite this growing body of scholarship, little historiographical work has addressed the Devil. This book demonstrates the significance of the Devil in a Victorian context, emphasising his pervasiveness and diversity. Drawing on a rich array of primary material, including theological and folkloric works, fiction, newspapers and periodicals, and broadsides and other ephemera, it uses the diabolic to explore the Victorians' complex and ambivalent relationship with the supernatural. Both the Devil and hell were theologically contested during the nineteenth century, with an increasing number of both clergymen and laypeople being discomfited by the thought of eternal hellfire. Nevertheless, the Devil continued to play a role in the majority of English denominations, as well as in folklore, spiritualism, occultism, popular culture, literature, and theatre. The Devil and the Victorians will appeal to readers interested in nineteenth-century English cultural and religious history, as well as the darker side of the supernatural.

The Encyclopedia of Superstitions

The Encyclopedia of Superstitions
Author: Edwin Radford
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1996-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780760702284

Containing more that two thousand supersitions of Britain ranging over the past six hundred years, and extending down to the present day,this book demonstrates that superstitions are world-wide and inherent in all peoples of the world in exactly identical forms of fear and avoidance.