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Miscellaneous letters, mainly domestic and social, and papers of the Marshall family of Leeds and Coniston, 1830-1884
Marshall Family
1830-1844
Writers include Jane Marshall, Jane Dorothea Marshall, Mary Anne Marshall, Richard M. Milner, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Leslie Stephen, Mary de Vere and Thomas Woolner
Popular Customs of Thrace
Kanellou-Thanassoulas, Alexandra
[ca. early-mid 1970s]
This file contains a typed paper, with ms. corrections, on the celebration of the Anastenari and the Kalogeros in North-Eastern Thrace, [24] pp.; and a photocopy of a typed paper, annotated in ms. [?b...
The Anastenari: A Popular Thracian Religious Custom
Kanellou-Thanassoulas, Alexandra
1976
M.A. study of a popular religious custom, celebrated over four days in May in Greece, by descendants of East Romelian ( North-East Thrace) refugees, living in the country since 1914. The people who ce...
Popular Beliefs and Superstitions in Iboland
Uzokwe, Francis C
1979
This file contains a paper by Francis Uzokwe of the Ministry of Education, Owerri, Nigeria, on beliefs and superstitions in Imo State, Nigeria. The paper includes a list of 30 numbered beliefs.
Witchcraft and Sorcery Among the Ejagham (West Cameroon), with an Ethnographical Introduction
Ebot, Wilson Atem
1978
This Ph.D. thesis describes beliefs in witchcraft and sorcery among the Ejagham, West Cameroon, in the context of development and change. It is divided into five sections, subdivided into eighteen cha...
The Cottingley Fairy Photographs
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1973
This file contains an offprint copy of Sanderson's Presidential Address to the Folklore Society at their Annual General Meeting, 21 March 1973. Entitled 'The Cottingley Fairy Photographs: A Re-Apprais...
Fairy Papers
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
1964-1973
This file contains two papers by Stewart Sanderson on fairies and fairy belief. These comprise 'A Prospect of Fairyland', a paper on Robert Kirk's 17th-century treatise 'The Secret Common-wealth', on ...
The Irrelevance of Conan Doyle
Gardner, Martin
[1970s]
This file contains a photocopy of Martin Gardner's typed paper (with ms. corrections) on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's spiritualism, including his involvement in the publication and investigation of the Co...
The Observance of Mothering Sunday
Gregson, Peter
1966
A thesis on the tradition and observance of the mothering custom, based on fieldwork carried out in North Nottinghamshire villages from February to October 1965, and early in 1966. Information was als...
A Bibliography of Books in English on Witchcraft to Which is Appended a Chronological List of Some Yorkshire Witchcraft Trials
Hatfield, E A
1968
The typed part of this study is the transcribed records of Yorkshire witchcraft trials (1583-1809), copied from original manuscripts. This part also includes an introduction explaining the selection, ...
The Mantelpiece
Cane, Rosemary
1971
A dissertation examining the question of what some people keep on their mantelpieces - which objects are placed there, and why - and to what extent the owners are conscious of the mantelpiece as a fea...