{"product_id":"2940014366540","title":"Goblin Tales Of Lancashire","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e               INTRODUCTION,\u003cbr\u003e           I.--THE SKRIKER,\u003cbr\u003e          II.--THE UNBIDDEN GUEST,\u003cbr\u003e         III.--THE FAIRY'S SPADE,\u003cbr\u003e          IV.--THE KING OF THE FAIRIES,\u003cbr\u003e           V.--MOTHER AND CHILD,\u003cbr\u003e          VI.--THE SPECTRAL CAT,\u003cbr\u003e         VII.--THE CAPTURED FAIRIES,\u003cbr\u003e        VIII.--THE PILLION LADY,\u003cbr\u003e          IX.--THE FAIRY FUNERAL,\u003cbr\u003e           X.--THE CHIVALROUS DEVIL,\u003cbr\u003e          XI.--THE ENCHANTED FISHERMAN,\u003cbr\u003e         XII.--THE SANDS OF COCKER,\u003cbr\u003e        XIII.--THE SILVER TOKEN,\u003cbr\u003e         XIV.--THE HEADLESS WOMAN,\u003cbr\u003e          XV.--THE RESCUE OF MOONBEAM,\u003cbr\u003e         XVI.--THE WHITE DOBBIE,\u003cbr\u003e        XVII.--THE LITTLE MAN'S GIFT,\u003cbr\u003e       XVIII.--SATAN'S SUPPER,\u003cbr\u003e         XIX.--THE EARTHENWARE GOOSE,\u003cbr\u003e          XX.--THE PHANTOM OF THE FELL,\u003cbr\u003e         XXI.--ALLHALLOW'S NIGHT,\u003cbr\u003e        XXII.--THE CHRISTMAS-EVE VIGIL,\u003cbr\u003e       XXIII.--THE CRIER OF CLAIFE,\u003cbr\u003e        XXIV.--THE DEMON OF THE OAK,\u003cbr\u003e         XXV.--THE BLACK COCK,\u003cbr\u003e        XXVI.--THE INVISIBLE BURDEN,\u003cbr\u003e    APPENDIX.--COMPARATIVE NOTES,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor many of the superstitions which still cling to him the Lancashire\u003cbr\u003eman of the present day is indebted to his Celtic and Scandinavian\u003cbr\u003eancestors. From them the Horse and Worm stories, and the Giant lore of\u003cbr\u003ethe northern and southern mountains and fells, have come down, while\u003cbr\u003ethe relationship of the 'Jinny Greenteeth,' the presiding nymph of the\u003cbr\u003eponds and streams, with allusions to whom the Lancastrian mother\u003cbr\u003estrives to deter her little ones from venturing near the pits and\u003cbr\u003ebrooks; to the water-spirits of the Gothic mythology, is too evident\u003cbr\u003eto admit of any doubt. The source of the 'Gabriel Ratchets,' the\u003cbr\u003ehell-hounds whose fear-inspiring yelps still are heard by the\u003cbr\u003ebenighted peasant, who finds in the dread sound a warning of the\u003cbr\u003eapproach of the angel of death; in the Norse Aasgaardsveia, the souls\u003cbr\u003econdemned to ride about the world until doomsday, and who gallop\u003cbr\u003ethrough the midnight storm with shrieks and cries which ring over the\u003cbr\u003elonely moors; or in that other troop of souls of the brave ones who\u003cbr\u003ehad died in battle, being led by the storm-god Woden to Walhalla, also\u003cbr\u003eis undeniable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStriking, however, as are the points of similitude between some of the\u003cbr\u003eLancastrian traditions and those of the north of Europe, others seem\u003cbr\u003eto be peculiar to the county, and that these are of a darker and\u003cbr\u003egloomier cast than are the superstitions of districts less wild and\u003cbr\u003emountainous, and away from the weird influence of the sea, with its\u003cbr\u003ewinter thunderings suggestive of hidden and awful power, may in a\u003cbr\u003egreat measure be correctly attributed to the nature of the scenery.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121273094384,"sku":"2940014366540","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014366540_p0.jpg?v=1763607165","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014366540","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}