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.

BRAND'S POPULAR ANTIQUITIES OF GREAT BRITAIN.

AND FOLKLORE

FAITHS AND

A DICTIONARY

OF

NATIONAL BELIEFS, SUPERSTITIONS AND POPULAR
CUSTOMS, PAST AND CURRENT, WITH THEIR

CLASSICAL AND FOREIGN ANALOGUES,

DESCRIBED AND ILLUSTRATED.

FORMING A NEW EDITION OF "THE POPULAR ANTIQUITIES OF GREAT
BRITAIN" BY BRAND AND ELLIS, LARGELY EXTENDED, CORRECTED,
BROUGHT DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME, AND NOW

FIRST ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.

BY

W. CAREW HAZLITT.

Brand

IN TWO VOLUMES-VOL. I.

LONDON: REEVES AND TURNER
83, CHARING CROSS ROAD, W.C.

MCMV.