Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, Volume 3G. Bell, 1901 |
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... 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 Stocks . Pillory . Drunkard's Cloak . A ANTHOUPPIES : 1901 OBSERVATIONS.
... 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 Stocks . Pillory . Drunkard's Cloak . A ANTHOUPPIES : 1901 OBSERVATIONS.
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... 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 1901 OBSERVATIONS.
... 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 1901 OBSERVATIONS.
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... 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 . CONTENTS OF VOL . III . PAGE 102 108 109.
... 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 . CONTENTS OF VOL . III . PAGE 102 108 109.
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... VOL . III . PAGE 102 108 109 110 114 119 127 141 153 155 160 . 166 169 171 174 176 . 177 180 183 184 DIVINATION Divining Rod Divination by Virgilian , Homeric , or. PAGE SORCERY OF WITCHCRAFT Fascination of Witches • • 1 OMENS- 44 • Cats ...
... VOL . III . PAGE 102 108 109 110 114 119 127 141 153 155 160 . 166 169 171 174 176 . 177 180 183 184 DIVINATION Divining Rod Divination by Virgilian , Homeric , or. PAGE SORCERY OF WITCHCRAFT Fascination of Witches • • 1 OMENS- 44 • Cats ...
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... vol . Ixi . p . 47 ) the confession of one of the poor persons in Pendle Forest , accused of witchcraft , in 1633 , describing mi- nutely the manner in which she was made a witch . In the Relation of the Swedish Witches , at the end of ...
... vol . Ixi . p . 47 ) the confession of one of the poor persons in Pendle Forest , accused of witchcraft , in 1633 , describing mi- nutely the manner in which she was made a witch . In the Relation of the Swedish Witches , at the end of ...
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