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GOBLIN TALES OF LANCASHIRE.
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GOBLIN TALES
OF LANCASHIRE
BY
JAMES BOWKER, F.R.G.S.I.
AUTHOR OF 'PHŒBE CAREW, A NORTH COAST STORY,' 'NAT HOLT'S FORTUNE,' ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM DRAWINGS
BY THE LATE CHARLES GLIDDON.
'Of Faery-land yet if he more enquire,
By certain signes here sett in sondrie place,
He may itt fynd.'
Spenser
'La veuve du même Plogojovits déclara que son mari depuis sa mort lui était venu demander des souliers.'
Calmet, Traité sur les Apparitions, 1751.
London
W. SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO.
PATERNOSTER ROW
TO
THE MOST NOBLE
THE MARQUIS OF HARTINGTON, P.C., D.C.L.
THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS DEDICATED
IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF
MUCH KINDNESS.
CONTENTS.
PAGE INTRODUCTION, 13 I. THE SKRIKER, 27 II. THE UNBIDDEN GUEST, 37 III. THE FAIRY'S SPADE, 50 IV. THE KING OF THE FAIRIES, 52 V. MOTHER AND CHILD, 59 VI.
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href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@39712@[email protected]#THE_SPECTRAL_CAT" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">THE SPECTRAL CAT, 63 VII. THE CAPTURED FAIRIES, 73 VIII. THE PILLION LADY, 77 IX. THE FAIRY FUNERAL, 83 X. THE CHIVALROUS DEVIL, 97 XI. THE ENCHANTED FISHERMAN, 104 XII. THE SANDS OF COCKER, 120 XIII. THE SILVER TOKEN, 129 XIV. THE HEADLESS WOMAN, 131 XV. THE RESCUE OF MOONBEAM, 140 XVI. THE WHITE DOBBIE, 152 XVII. THE LITTLE MAN'S GIFT, 159 XVIII. SATAN'S SUPPER, 164 XIX. THE EARTHENWARE GOOSE, 167 XX. THE PHANTOM OF THE FELL, 174 XXI.
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tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">ALLHALLOW'S NIGHT, 189 XXII. THE CHRISTMAS-EVE VIGIL, 198 XXIII. THE CRIER OF CLAIFE, 212 XXIV. THE DEMON OF THE OAK, 221 XXV. THE BLACK COCK, 234 XXVI. THE INVISIBLE BURDEN. 238 APPENDIX.--Comparative Notes 243