Transcriber's Notes:
There are a number of quotations in this work, many of which contain archaic spelling and/or dialect. There are also several occurrences of variant spelling and hyphenation used by the author. These have all been retained as printed, with a few exceptions relating to proper names or references to quotations, which are listed at the end of the text. Printing errors (transposed or missing letters, etc.) have been corrected throughout. This book sometimes uses asterisks to indicate an ellipsis.
THE
MYSTERIES OF ALL NATIONS:
RISE AND PROGRESS OF SUPERSTITION,
LAWS AGAINST AND TRIALS OF WITCHES,
ANCIENT AND MODERN DELUSIONS,
TOGETHER WITH
Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales
RELATING TO
MYTHOLOGY—DAYS AND WEEKS—MIRACLES—POETS AND SUPERSTITION—MONARCHS, PRIESTS, AND PHILOSOPHERS—DRUIDS—DEMONOLOGY—MAGIC AND ASTROLOGY—DIVINATION—SIGNS, OMENS, AND WARNINGS—AMULETS AND CHARMS—TRIALS BY ORDEAL—CURSES AND EVIL WISHES—DREAMS AND VISIONS—SUPERSTITION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.