Folk lore
James Napier
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  • Deaf and Dumb possessing Second Sight, [72]
  • Death Warnings, [56]
  • Defending the Bride against Evil Influences, [51], [54]
  • Deid Bell, [66]
  • Deification of Stars, [145]
  • Devil conferring Supernatural Power, [28]
    • Making Compacts with the, [77]
  • Dew-Collecting on First May, [170]
  • Different Nations modifying Customs, [151]
  • Dirgy, or Dredgy, after Funerals, [63]
  • Disease Transferred to the Lower Animals, [92], [96]
  • Divining by Bible and Key, [106]
    • by Cups, [110]
    • by a Staff, [108]
  • Double Ears of Corn, [139]
  • Dousing Rod to find Springs or Mineral Veins, [109]
  • Dress put on Wrong Side Out, [137]
  • Druids, [147]
  • Druidism in Ireland, [150]
  • Druidical Customs at Beltane, [164]
  • Duties of New-Married Wife in Old Times, [55]
  • Ear Tingling, [137]
  • Ecclesiastical Influence Leading to Wrong Ideas of God, [6]
  • Eclipses Portending Evil, [141]
  • Eggs Laid upon Good Friday, [114]
  • Elder, or Bourtree, The, [125]
  • English Opinions of Yule Feasts in Scotland, [156]
  • Evil Eye, Influence of, [30], [35], [37]
  • Exorcising Ghosts, [11]
  • Extracts from Presbytery Records on Witchcraft, [67]
  • Fairy Legend, A, [119]
  • Fairies, What They Are, [26]
  • Fairies, Brownies, and Elfs, by Rev. Mr. Kirk, [19]
  • Fairyland, its Government, [21]
  • Family Feasts at New-Year, [161]
  • Fascinating Children Prevented, [139]
  • Fasting Spittle, [98]
  • Feast of God, [173]
  • Feasts to Evil Spirits, [12]
  • Ferralia Festival like Hallowe'en, [176]
  • Ferns, Common, its Seed, [128]
  • Festivals of Druids at Winter Solstice, [153]
  • Fire, the Earthly Symbol of the Sun, [10]
  • Fire-Worship in Scotland in 1810, [84]
  • Fires Kindled on Mountains at Midsummer, [173]
  • First of May Customs, [167]
  • First-Footing at Yule, [156]
  • First-Foot to Present a Gift, [160]
  • Flora, Goddess, her Feast at Beltane, [167]
  • Floralia, or First of May Observances, [167]
  • Foot Itching, Sign of, [137]
  • Formula for Exorcising Ghosts, [11]
  • Forks, their First Use and Effects of, [15]
  • Four-Leaved Clover, [130]
  • Funeral Customs, [63]
    • Old, in Highlands, [65]
  • Guardian Angels, [59]
  • Gems, their Significance, [102]
  • Glamour, [132]
  • Giants and Dwarfs of Middle Ages, [19]
  • Girl's Petticoat Longer than Frock, Omen of, [137]
  • Goat, Beliefs concerning, [119]
  • Goodman's Croft, [140]
  • Golden Rose, [129]
  • Gods of the Babylonians, B.C. 2000, [7]
    • Greeks in Classical Times, [8]
  • God, Different Ideas concerning, [5]
  • Haco Fixing 25th December for holding Christmas, [154]
  • Hades, [11]
  • Hallowe'en Practices, [175]
  • Hallowe'en Practices in Perthshire, [180]
  • Hand over Hand Divining, [110]
  • Hand Itching, its Meaning, [137]
  • Hansel Monday, [155]
  • Hare Crossing Road, Seeing a, [117]
  • Hazel, The, [125]
  • Hen, A, Crowing like a Cock, [113]
  • Herring-Fishing on Sabbath, its Consequences, [142]
  • Hogmanay, [154]
  • Hooping-Cough, Cure for the, [95]
  • Holly, The, [123]
  • Holy Fire, [176]
  • Holyrood, Origin of, [163]
  • Horse Shoe, Protection from Witchcraft, [139]
  • Horse, A, Neighing Towards a House, [114]
  • Human Hair in Birds' Nests, [114]
  • Hydrophobia, How to Prevent, [101]
  • Influence of Charms, [89]
  • Influence of May Dew, [170]
  • Influences, The Evil, Communicated by Dress, [39]
  • Initial Letters of Man and Wife's Name, [138]
  • Intermixing of Heathen with Christian Practices, [18]
  • Intercourse held with Infernal Fiends, [17]
  • Isabella Goudie's Confessions, [22]
  • Itching of the Nose, [136]
  • Jamieson, Dr. on Pales' Customs, [167]
  • Killing Spiders, [115]
  • Kirk, Rev. Mr., on the Nature of Fairies, [20]
  • Knife Presented as a Gift, [138]
  • Ladybirds, [116]
  • Lammas Festival, [181]
  • Lamuralia, an Ancient Festival, [167]
  • Lee Penny, The, [95]
  • Legend of Burd Ellen, [22]
  • Legend of Purgatory, [177]
  • Lily, The, [130]
  • Like Wakes: and reasons for keeping them, [61]
  • Love Charms, [89]
  • Luck for new dress, How to procure, [137]
  • Lucky Animals, [120]
  • Lucky People to meet first, [32]
    • as First Foot, [160]
  • Making Effigies to Torment People, [77]
  • Mandrake, its Influence, [90]
  • Marriage Customs Sixty Years Ago, [46]
    • Party meeting a Funeral, [51]
  • Marrying in May, [43]
  • Merlin the Wizard, [23]
  • Metals made under certain Constellations, [93]
  • Michælmas, [181]
  • Midfinger free from Canker, [99]
  • Midsummer Feast among the Ancients, [173]
    • Festivals in this Country, [170]
  • Milk Bewitched, [81]
  • Milking the Tether, [75]
  • Mistletoe Gathering, [150]
    • its Influence, [124]
  • Modern Superstitions, [34]
  • Money given to Poor at Funerals, [64]
  • Moon Worship, [98]
    • a Female Deity, [10]
  • Murders discovered by Bleeding of Corpse, [85]
  • Murrain in Cattle Prevented, [84]
  • Mutes have Supernatural Gifts, [72]