:

ON THE

POPULAR ANTIQUITIES

OF

GREAT BRITAIN:

CHIEFLY ILLUSTRATING

THE ORIGIN OF OUR VULGAR AND PROVINCIAL CUSTOMS,
CEREMONIES, AND SUPERSTITIONS.

BY

JOHN BRAND, M.A., F.S.A.

ARRANGED, REVISED, AND GREATLY ENLARGED BY

SIR HENRY ELLIS, K.H., F.R.S.,

LATE PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IN THREE VOLUMES.-VOL. III.

LONDON

GEORGE BELL & SONS

LIBRARY OF THE

LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY.

a. 51879

JUN 7 1901

LONDON:

REPRINTED FROM STEREOTYPE PLATES BY WM. CLOWES & SONS, LTD.,

STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.