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Local Sprites. |
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The Bogle—Brownie—Dobie—Brown Man of the Muirs—Killmoulis—Redcap—Powries or Dunters—Wag-at-the-Wa’—Habetrot—Cowling E’en—Thrumpin—Dunnie—Hobhole Hob—Hob Headless—Hob Thrush—Peg Powler—Peg-o’-Nell——Cauld Lad of Hilton—The Radiant Boy—Silky—Picktree Brag—Hedley Kow Kludde—Oschaert—Padfoot—Barquest—Capelthwaite—Northern Sprites compared with those of Devon—The Evil Spirit—Cloutie’s Croft—The Minister and Satan—The Devil trying all Trades—Praying aloud
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Worms and Dragons. Probable Origin of these Legends—Worm of Sockburn—The Pollard Worm or Brawn—The Lambton Worm—The Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heugh—The Linton Worm—Dragons at St. Osyth’s—Deerhurst—Mordeford—Chipping Norton—Denbigh—St. Leonard and the Worm—The Helstone Dragon—Review of the Subject.
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Occult Powers and Sympathies. Seventh Sons or Marcoux—Twins—Aërial Appearances—The School-boy and Neville’s Cross—Sympathy between Bees and their Owners—Sacred Character of Bees—The Old Woman and Spider—Marks on the Leg of a Pig—The Presbyterian Minister and the Fisher Folk
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Haunted Spots. The Willington Ghost—Maiden’s Castle—Kirkstall Abbey—The Sexhow Farmer and Old Nannie—Mines Haunted—The Old Lady of Littledean—The Bow-brig Ladies—Apparition in Fifeshire—Haunted Spots in Durham—In Yorkshire—Sir Walter Calverley—Dalton Hill Head—Haunted Houses—Appearances at Ripon—Canon Humble’s Narration—Madame Gould—Devon Legends—Sussex Ghosts
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Dreams. Dreams presaging Death—In the North of England—In Ireland—Of the Rev. Jacob Duché—Dead Bodies discovered through Dreams—Visions at Horbury—In Lincolnshire—The Bodach Glas—Second Sight
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