[1047] Tyack, Lore and Legend, p. 77.

[1048] W. Henderson, Folk-Lore of Northern Counties, 1879, p. 226.

[1049] W. G. Black, in Antiquary, VI. 1882, pp. 12-15. Among the Anglo-Saxons, it was customary to consecrate charms by bringing them in contact with the church. See Jour. Amer. Folk-Lore, XXII. 1909, p. 153.

[1050] Macbeth, Act. iv. Sc. I.

[1051] Cent. Dict., s.v.

[1052] Milton, Lycidas, ll. 100-1.

[1053] M. D. Conway, Demonology and Devil-lore, 1879, I. pp. 44-45.

[1054] W. G. Black, l.c.

[1055] Notes and Queries, 5th Ser., XII. p. 191; Folk-Lore, XIII. p. 96.

[1056] Notes and Queries, 1st Ser., VIII. p. 244.