Guernsey Folk Lore / a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island

by Sir Edgar MacCulloch

That they full oft hearen the Hellish Rout,

Some faine they hear the gingling of Chains,

And some hath heard the Psautries straines,

At midnight some the headless Horse i meet,

And some espien a Corse in a white Sheet;

And other things, Faye, Elfin and Elfe,

And shapes that Fear createn to itself.”

—Gay.

“Et chacun croit fort aisément ce qu’il craint.”

—La Fontaine.