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Pronouns 146-152 Verbs 153-156 Negation 156-157 CHAPTER XI POPULAR PHRASES AND SAYINGS Humorous similes 158-160 Metaphorical and figurative phrases and sayings 160-170 Proverbial sayings 171-174 Phrases referring to death 175-176 Answers to inquisitive questioners 176 Dialect forms of greeting 176-177 Contemptuous and derisive expressions 178 Local similes 178-179 Local nicknames and rhymes 180 Local sayings and jibes 181-182 Historical allusions 183-189 Ethnological evidence afforded by the dialects 190 CHAPTER XII SUPERNATURAL BEINGS Belief in ghosts 191-192 Boggarts 192-195 The Gabriel Ratchets 195 The Devil and his Dandy-dogs; Tregeagle 196 The Seven Whistlers 197 Imaginary monsters referred to in threats to children 198-199 Mine-goblins 199-200 Will o’ the wisp 200-201 Hob 201-202 The Devil in dialect lore 203-206 Fairies and pixies 207-210 Witches, and white witches 211-213 CHAPTER XIII SUPERSTITIONS Death-portents 214-217