[147] Eastern Counties Collectanea, p. 3.

[148] See Notes and Queries, 1st S. xii. p. 486, for another hole or pit story.

[149] The Curate of Cranston, and other Stories, 1862, ‘Carriage and Four Ghosts.’

[150] Notes and Queries, 1st S. v. p. 295.

[151] Hardwick’s Traditions, Superstitions, and Folk-lore, p. 130.

[152] Shropshire Folk-lore, p. 112.

[153] Shropshire Folk-lore, pp. 113, 114.

[154] A full account will be found in a paper by Mr. F. Ross, in the Leeds Mercury, 1884, entitled ‘Yorkshire Legends and Traditions.’

[155] See Ingram’s Haunted Homes, 2nd S. pp. 72-78.

[156] Folk-lore of the Northern Counties, pp. 326-328.