Excerpt from Shropshire Folk-Lore: A Sheaf of Gleanings As every word of the book in its present state comes from the Editor's own brain (except when otherwise specified), the original author must not be held responsible for omissions or insertions, for the use of extraneous matter to illustrate Shropshire superstition, nor for the imperfections of the literary style. On some of these points I received much good advice from the author of folk-lore of the Northern Counties; but as he has not seen any of the finished ms. Or proofs before publication, he is not account able for the poor use I fear I may have made of his kind hints. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.