COMPANION TO THE PRESENT VOLUME.

POPULAR ROMANCES OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND:

or, The Drolls, Traditions, and Superstitions of Old Cornwall.

Collected and Edited by Robert Hunt, F.R.S.

With Illustrations by George Cruikshank.

London: CHATTO & WINDUS, 97 & 99 St. Martin’s Lane, W.C.

[CONTENTS.]

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Introduction[1]
The Horned Women[10]
The Legend of Ballytowtas Castle[12]
A Wolf Story[17]
The Evil Eye[20]
The Stolen Bride[27]
Fairy Music[29]
The Fairy Dance[30]
Fairy Justice[32]
The Priest’s Soul[33]
The Fairy Race[37]
The Trial by Fire[39]
The Lady Witch[41]
Ethna the Bride[42]
The Fairies’ Revenge[46]
Fairy Help—the Phouka[48]
The Farmer Punished[49]
The Farmer’s Wife[52]
The Midnight Ride[53]
The Leprehaun[56]
The Legends of the Western Islands[59]
The Bride’s Death-Song[60]
The Child’s Dream[62]
The Fairy Child[64]
The Doom[67]
The Clearing from Guilt[69]
The Holy Well and the Murderer[70]
Legends of Innis-Sark—a Woman’s Curse[71]
Legends of the Dead in the Western Islands[75]
The Death Sign[75]
Kathleen[76]
November Eve[78]
The Dance of the Dead[80]
Superstitions concerning the Dead[81]
The Fatal Love-Charm[83]
The Fenian Knights[84]
Rathlin Island[86]
The Strange Guests[86]
The Dead Soldier[87]
The Three Gifts[88]
The Fairies as Fallen Angels[89]
The Fairy Changeling[89]
Fairy Wiles[91]
Shaun-Mor[91]
The Cave Fairies—
The Tuatha-de-Danann[93]
Edain the Queen[94]
The Royal Steed[96]
Evil Spells—
Cathal the King[97]
The Poet’s Malediction[99]
Drimial Agus Thorial[100]
An Irish Adept of the Islands[100]
The May Festival[101]
May-Day Superstitions[106]
Festivals—
Candlemas[107]
Whitsuntide[108]
Whitsuntide Legend of the Fairy Horses[108]
November Spells[109]
November Eve[110]
A Terrible Revenge[112]
Midsummer—
The Baal Fires and Dances[113]
The Fairy Doctress[114]
Marriage Rites[115]
The Dead[117]
The Wake Orgies[119]
The Ancient Mysteries[123]
The Power of The Word[129]
The Poet and the King[130]
The Sidhe Race[132]
Music[133]
Poet Inspiration—Eodain the Poetess[134]
The Banshee[135]
Queen Maeve[137]
Death Signs[138]
The Hartpole Doom[139]
Superstitions[140]
The Fairy Rath[142]
Fairy Nature[142]
Irish Nature[144]
LEGENDS OF ANIMALS.
Concerning Dogs[146]
Concerning Cats[151]
The King of the Cats[153]
The Demon Cat[154]
Cat Nature[156]
Seanchan the Bard and the King of the Cats[159]
The Bards[163]
King Arthur and the Cat[166]
Concerning Cows[168]
Fairy Wiles[170]
The Dead Hand[172]
The Wicked Widow[173]
The Butter Mystery[175]
Concerning Birds—
The Magpie[177]
The Wren[177]
The Raven and Water Wagtail[177]
The Cuckoo and Robin Redbreast[177]
Concerning Living Creatures—
The Cricket[178]
The Beetle[178]
The Hare[179]
The Weasel[179]
The Properties of Herbs and their Use in Medicine[181]
A Love Potion[185]
Love Dreams[185]
To Cause Love[185]
Medical Superstitions and Ancient Charms[186]
Against Sorrow[188]
To Win Love[189]
For the Night Fire (the Fever)[189]
For a Pain in the Side[189]
For the Measles[190]
For the Mad Fever[190]
Against Enemies[190]
To Extract a Thorn[190]
To Cause Hatred between Lovers[191]
For Love[191]
How to have Money Always[191]
For the Great Worm[191]
For Sore Eyes[191]
For Pains in the Body[192]
Against Drowning[192]
In Time of Battle[192]
For the Red Rash[193]
To Tame a Horse[193]
A very Ancient Charm against Wounds or Poisons[193]
For a Sore Breast[193]
For a Wound[194]
For the Evil Eye[194]
For St. Anthony’s Fire[194]
How to go Invisible[194]
For Pains[194]
For a Sprain[195]
To Cause Love[195]
For the Bite of a Mad Dog[195]
For Toothache[196]
For Freckles[196]
For a Burn[197]
For the Memory[197]
For the Falling Sickness[197]
For Chin-Cough[197]
For Rheumatism[198]
For a Stye on the Eyelid[198]
To Cure Warts[198]
For a Stitch in the Side[198]
For Weak Eyes[198]
For Water on the Brain[199]
For Hip Disease[199]
For the Mumps[199]
For Epilepsy[199]
For Depression of Heart[200]
For the Fairy Dart[200]
Various Superstitions and Cures[200]
To find Stolen Goods[207]
A Prayer against the Plague[207]
A Blessing[207]
A Cure for Cattle[207]
A Charm for Safety[208]
An Elixir of Potency[208]
For the Bite of a Mad Dog[208]
Dreams[208]
Fairy Doctors[209]
Charms by Crystals[209]
Alectromantia[210]
Fairy Power[210]
Omens and Superstitions[211]
That Forbode Evil[211]
To Attract Bees[213]
Superstitions of the Islands—
Concerning the Dead[213]
The Coastguard’s Fate[214]
Relics[214]
LEGENDS OF THE SAINTS.
St. Patrick[215]
The Well of the Book[216]
St. Patrick and the Serpent[216]
St. Patrick and the Princesses[217]
The Poison Cup[217]
Divination[217]
The Blind Poet[218]
The Story of Breccan[218]
Bardic Privileges[219]
St. Ciaron[220]
St. Martin[220]
St. Bridget[222]
St. Kieran[223]
St. Kevin[223]
Christian Legends[224]
Swearing Stones and Relics—
The Cremave[225]
Relics for clearing from Guilt[226]
Innis-Murry[227]
MYSTERIES OF FAIRY POWER.
The Evil Stroke[228]
The Changeling[229]
The Fairy Doctor[231]
The Poet’s Spell[233]
Charm for the Fairy Stroke[233]
The Farmer’s Fate[234]
The Fairy Rath[235]
THE HOLY WELLS.
The Holy Wells[236]
The White Stones[237]
The Sacred Trout[237]
St. Augustine’s Well[238]
The Grilled Trout[238]
Legend of Neal-mor[239]
St. John’s Well[240]
The Well of Fionn Ma-Coul[240]
St. Seenan’s Well[241]
Kid-na-Greina[241]
The Well of Worship[243]
The Bride’s Well[243]
The Irish Fakir[244]
Sacred Trees[246]
Tober-na-Dara[247]
Lough Neagh[247]
The Doctor and the Fairy Princess[248]
A Holy Well[250]
A Sacred Island[251]
The Lake of Revenge[251]
Scenes at a Holy Well[252]
Lough Foyle[252]
The Hen’s Castle[253]
Sliabh-Mish, County Kerry[254]
The Skelligs of Kerry[254]
POPULAR NOTIONS CONCERNING THE SIDHE RACE.
The Sidhe Race[256]
The Hurling Match[259]
The Ride with the Fairies[260]
The Fairy Spy[263]
The Dark Horseman[264]
Sheela-na-Skean[267]
Captain Webb, the Robber Chief[270]
The Mayo Captain and Feenish the Mare[271]
SKETCHES OF THE IRISH PAST.
The Bardic Race[274]
The Ancient Race[276]
The Antiquities of Ireland[278]
Early Irish Art[287]
Our Ancient Capital[295]
SIR WILLIAM WILDE ON “THE ANCIENTRACES OF IRELAND”[329]