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Index
Cover Image
Title Page
Epigraph
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Geographical Region and Its Links
ROUTES OF COMMUNICATION
ISOLATION AND COMMUNICATION
Chapter 2. The Drovers
THE BUSINESS OF DROVING
DROVERS’ LANDSCAPE MARKERS
OX SHOEING
PACKHORSE TRAINS
Chapter 3. Markets and Fairs
THE STURBRIDGE FAIR
THE STURBRIDGE INITIATION
“HAVE YOU BEEN SWORN AT HIGHGATE?”—SWEARING ON THE HORNS
Chapter 4. Secrets of the Trade and Craft Guilds
TRICKS OF THE TRADE
THE CONFRATERNITY OF THE PLOUGH AND HORSEMANRY
THE MIRACLE OF BREAD
Chapter 5. Secrets of the Horsemen
THE HORSEMAN’S INITIATION
BELL AND STAR
THE TOADMEN AND TOADWOMEN
URBAN HORSES
Chapter 6. Millers, Gardeners, and Bonesmen
THE MILLERS
THE FREE GARDENERS
THE GENTLE CRAFT OF SHOEMAKING
BONES AND BONESMEN
Chapter 7. The Confraternity of the Plough
SPEED THE PLOUGH
PLOUGH MONDAY
CUSTOMARY CHANTS ON PLOUGH MONDAY
TRADITIONAL CUSTOMS OF PLOUGH MONDAY
Chapter 8. Ritual Disguise and Resistance
WALTHAM, LITTLEPORT, CAPTAIN SWING, AND REBECCA
MINSTRELSY AND TRADITION
Chapter 9. Witches, Wise Women, Quack Doctresses, and Cunning Men
CUNNING FOLK
THE CUNNING MEN
WITCHCRAFT AND FOLK MAGIC
Chapter 10. Handywomen, Witches, and Witchcraft
HANDYWOMEN AND EUTHANASIA
ANIMAL STOPPING
PERSECUTION
THE WILD HERB MEN
Chapter 11. Geomantic Traditions and the Magic of Place
SPIRITS OF THE LAND: MAGIC IN PLACE
THE MAGIC CIRCLE
Chapter 12. Devilish Definitions
“HAVE YOU SEEN THE DEVIL?”
THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT
Chapter 13. Magic, Farming, and the Land
THE LORE OF STRAW
THE MAN OF STRAW
Chapter 14. Tools of the Craft
BROOMSTICK, FLAIL, AND CROOMSTICK
RHABDOMANTIC RODS
BLOODSTONES
LUCK STONES
BREEDING STONES
WITCH BOTTLES AND SPRITE TRAPS
Postscript
Bibliography
Footnotes
About the Author
About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
Books of Related Interest
Copyright & Permissions
Index
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