Guernsey Folklore (1903)

Guernsey Folklore was a collection of research by Bailiff Sir Edgar MacCulloch based on stories he had collected over many years. After his death, it was organised into a book by Edith Carey and published in 1903.

Contents 1 Table of Contents 1.1 Part I: Times and Seasons, Festivals and Merrymakings 1.2 Part II: Superstitious Belief and Practice 1.3 Editor's Appendix: Old Guernsey Songs & Ballads, etc 2 Links

Table of Contents

Part I: Times and Seasons, Festivals and Merrymakings

• Festival Customs
• Local Customs, Chevauchée de St Michel, etc

Part II: Superstitious Belief and Practice

• Prehistoric Monuments and the Superstitions connected with them
• Natural Objects and the Superstitions connected with them
• Chapels and Holy Wells
• Fairies
• Demons and Goblins
• The Devil
• Ghosts and Prophetic Warnings
• Witches and Witchcraft
• Charms, Spells and Incantations
• Folk Medicine and Leech Craft
• Storytelling
• Historical Reminiscences
• Nursey Songs and Childrens' Games
• Superstitions Generally
• Proverbs and Weather Lore

Editor's Appendix: Old Guernsey Songs & Ballads, etc

Links

Guernsey Folklore - a digital copy of Guernsey Folklore : a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island (1903) by Sir Edgar MacCulloch edited by Edith Carey