Folk Lore, or Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland Within This Century: With an Appendix Shewing the Probable Relation of the Modern ... Halloween, to Ancient Sun and Fire Worship

Excerpt from Folk Lore, or Superstitious Beliefs in the West of Scotland Within This Century: With an Appendix Shewing the Probable Relation of the Modern Festivals of Christmas, May Day, St. John's Day, and Halloween, to Ancient Sun and Fire WorshipIn this collection I do not profess to include all that may come under the head of Folk Lore, such, for ex ample, as the reading of dreams and cups, spaeing for tunes by cards or other methods - that class of super stitions by which designing persons prey upon weak minded people.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.