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Archive File

Notebook 18

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1970-1977

Teaching and poetry notebook with teaching notes on Jacobeans and Jacobean drama and William Wordsworth. It contains the following: - A timetable for teaching classes (front endpaper) - Names of B....

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Man, myth & magic : an illustrated encyclopedia of the supernatural

Cavendish, Richard

c1970-1971

v.1, no.43 1971 Includes S.F. Sanderson: 'Gypsies', pp. [1193]-1201. Illustrations include Les Saintes Maries de la Mer, bear-wrestling and a caravan burnt at a funeral

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Satan's invisible world discovered : detailing the particulars of strange pranks played by the Devil,... to which is added The marvellous history of Major Weir and his sister

Sinclair, George (1696)

[Between ca. 1830 and 1850?]

Anonymous. An abridgement of the work by George Sinclair. No. 116 in a series. (Number printed at foot of t.p.).

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The Fowler Manuscript

Fowler, Wilelmine M E

[1960s-1970s]

Bound photocopy of Wilelmine Fowler's manuscript, 'Yorkshire Sayings and Superstitions Collected in the Neighbourhood of Wakefield' ( ca. 1890s). Fowler intended the manuscript for publication in the ...

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West Country Folklore Pamphlets

1969-1975

This file contains pamphlets from the 'West Country Folklore Series', edited by Theo Brown. The pamphlets in this file relate to the folklore of Dorset and Devon, although the series covers all counti...

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Divination

1966-1967

This file contains items relating to aspects of divination, and includes photocopies of 19th century ms. horoscopes for Betty Snowden, Isaac Pearson, William Pearson and Elizabeth Pearson; a photocopy...

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Legends, Folktales, and Witches

[1971-1974]

This file includes a photocopy of questionnaires from the University College Dublin Department of Irish Folklore questionnaire, including sections on banshees, beverages, bonfires, local songs and wel...

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Talismans, Magical Techniques, Charms, Etc.

1966-1979

The file contains an ms. letter from Evelyn Briggs on a superstition associated with seeing pigs on the way to the [horse] races (16 October 1972); Mary Corringham's article on talismans and their use...

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Mythical Beings

1955-1978

This subseries contains items relating to mythical and supernatural beings. The subject matter includes pagan and Christian mythological beings; and fairies, in particular the Cottingley Fairy photogr...

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Pagan and Christian Mythology

1955-1976

This file contains items relating to pagan gods and legends, giants and Christian mythology. The file includes a copy of Stewart Sanderson's paper, 'Abitanti Soprannaturali delle Acque Scozzesi / Supe...

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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 ...

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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...

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