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367
Gilsland, Cauld lad of: comes to bedside of the sick; lays an icy hand on those not fated to recover, 267
Glass, Looking: child not to use, before a year old, 21; shrouded at death, 57
Glassensikes haunted by a Barguest, 275
Gleipmir, the steed of Odin, mentioned, 71
Glory, Hand of, see Hand of Glory
Glow-worms shining betoken rain, 113
Gluck’s apparition of himself, 47
Goblin page mentioned, 212
God Mourie, see St. Malruba
Goitre, charm for: rubbing with hand of corpse, 153–4
Gold, rubbing with: a charm for an eruption, 167
Good Friday: tolling bell at Fishlake—blacksmiths drive no nails—held impious in North to dig or plant—in Devonshire thought good to sow and graft—breaking crockery on, 81; washing wrong—clothes hung to dry will spot with blood—Christ cursed women washing, 82; bread then made will not turn mouldy—has great virtue in healing and preserving life—Sunderland wives give it to their husbands to avert shipwreck, 82—given as a medicine in Sussex—three loaves then made will preserve corn from rats, &c. (Florida); eggs laid on, never go bad and used to relieve colic (Suffolk), 83
Goose, Berrywell haunted by a bogle in the form of a white, 328
Gothland, the ancient sword-dance still obtains in, 70
Gould (Rev. S. Baring) on shrouding looking-glass at death, 57; on burying a woman with her trinkets, ib.; on circling against the sun, 61–2; on walking round a room at midnight on All Souls’ Day, 62; on Christmas mummers, 70; on female “first foot,” 74; on Wandering Jew, 82; on “lifting” on Easter Monday, 84; on harvest customs, 90; on parkin, 97; on meeting eyebrows, 112; on first person entering a new church, 121; on first child baptized in new font, ib.; on a robin singing before a death, 124; on ravens, 126; on the Wild Huntsman, 132; on sneezing of Shunamite’s son, 136; on charm for whooping-cough, 142; on Devonshire talisman for sore eyes, 145; on sacrificing cocks to Devil, 147; on wood of cross, 151; on charms for bites and parson’s touch, 160–1; on word-charms, 169–170; on hanging dead horses in trees, 167; on disenchanting werewolf, 182; on Hurstpierpoint witch, 183; on Exeter white witch, 184; on elf-shooting, 186; on Polyphemus story in Yorkshire, 195; on witches, 198; on witch in form of wolf, 212; on images stuck with pins made by witches, 228; on Hand of Glory, 238, 242; on tales about spinners assisted by fairy, 262; on the Nick and horse-shaped spirits, 272; on Padfoot and the Swedish Kyrkogrim, 274; on picture of pixy merry-making, 276; on the gallitraps of Devonshire, 278; on haunted miner, 323; on headless woman, 327; on ghost of Lew Trenchard House, 330–335
Gould’s (J. B.) Book of Werewolves quoted on witches and cats, 207; Iceland quoted on the Wild Huntsman, 132; Yorkshire Oddities quoted on Radiant Boy, 267–8
Gould (Madame), see Lew Trenchard House
