Generality of Superstition—The Church and Superstition—St.
Mourie—Various Modes of Superstition—Charms—Lucky and
Unlucky Times—Sailors' and Fishermen's Delusions—Weddings,
Funerals, and Baptisms—Spae-wives—May Dew—Holy-days—Kirk-session
Records—Fort-William Fisherman—Dipping
in Fountains—Lochmanur—Holy Well of Kilvullen—Well
of Craiguck—Superstition in the Highlands—Warlock
Willox—Superstition in Dundee572
Ghost at Sea—Ghosts in Edinburgh—Fear of Ghosts in
Glasgow—Fortune-telling—Choice of Lovers, how decided—Irish
Story—How a Ghost settled a Land Question—Prophecy respecting
the Argyll Family—Yetholm Gipsies—Curses—Superstition
among Fishermen—Superstition among Seamen—Providing
for the Dead—A Warning—Blood Stains—Hallow-e'en
at Balmoral—Faith in Dreams, etc.583
Lizzie M'Gill, the Fifeshire Spae-wife—Predicting a Storm—Servants
alarmed—Prediction fulfilled—Adam Donald, an
Aberdeenshire Prophet—His Predictions and Cures—His
Marriage—The Wise Woman of Kincardineshire—The Recruiting
Sergeant—High-spirited Lady—Charmed Ring and
its Effects—Elopement and Marriage—An Enraged Father—Life
in America—Strong-minded Women597
Superstition at Chelmsford—Woman Bewitched—Old Zadkiel—Incantation
in Somerset—Turning the Bible and Key—Woman
assuming the form of a Hare—Ruling the Stars—Superstition
in London—How to preserve Children from Disease—Dreams
fulfilled—Virtue of Holly and Ivy—Legend concerning the
Tichborne Family—Romantic Divorce Case608
Spiritualism—Spiritualism not a new Delusion—Phantoms at a
Seance—Juggling of a Medium—Unsuccessful Effort at a Vulgar
Deception—Spiritualists Exposed—A Medium's Deception discovered—Foolish
Exhibitions—Russian Peasants and their
House Spirits—Spirits' Care over Persons and Property—Death,
Pestilence, War, and other Evils foretold by Spirits—A
Suggestion622