CONTENTS

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I.Yorkshire Stories of Wit and Character[1]
II.Wit and Character[17]
III.Wit and Character—continued[28]
IV.Wit and Character—continued[43]
V.Wit and Character—continued[54]
VI.Customs of the Year and Folklore[66]
VII.Customs of Courtship, Marriage, Birth, and Death[94]
VIII.Omens, Charms, Recipes[126]
IX.Witchcraft[153]
X.Witchcraft—continued[173]
XI.Some Characteristic Yorkshire Sayings
By the Rev. M. C. F. Morris. B.C.L., M.A., Rector
of Nunburnholme. Author of Yorkshire Folk-Talk.		[210]
XII.Idioms and the Peculiar Use of Certain Words[222]
XIII.Similes, Proverbs, and Sayings[238]
XIV.Children’s Lore[257]
XV.Odd Scraps of Old Yorkshire, etc.[279]
XVI.A Few Simple Hints on the Grammar of the Folk-speech[316]
...Glossary[342]
...Concluding Remarks[475]