Goblin Tales of Lancashire

by James Bowker

GOBLIN TALES
OF LANCASHIRE

BY

JAMES BOWKER, F.R.G.S.I.

AUTHOR OF 'PHŒBE CAREW, A NORTH COAST STORY,' 'NAT HOLT'S FORTUNE,' ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DRAWINGS
BY THE LATE CHARLES GLIDDON.

'Of Faery-land yet if he more enquire,
By certain signes here sett in sondrie place,
He may itt fynd.'

Spenser

'La veuve du même Plogojovits déclara que son mari depuis sa mort lui était venu demander des souliers.'

Calmet, Traité sur les Apparitions, 1751.

London
W. SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO.
PATERNOSTER ROW

TO
THE MOST NOBLE
THE MARQUIS OF HARTINGTON, P.C., D.C.L.
THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS DEDICATED
IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
MUCH KINDNESS.