A SUPERSTITION OF THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. On Christmas Eve it is reputed in some districts that cocks crow all night, and thus scare away evil spirits for future days. FAITHS AND FOLKLORE A DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BELIEFS, SUPERSTITIONS AND POPULAR CUSTOMS, PAST AND CURRENT, WITH THEIR CLASSICAL AND FOREIGN ANALOGUES, DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED. VING A NEW EDITION OF THE POPULAR ANTIQUITIES OF GREAT FIRST ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. BY W. CAREW HAZLITT. IN TWO VOLUMES-VOL. I. LONDON: REEVES AND TURNER MCMV. |