ON THE

POPULAR ANTIQUITIES

OF

GREAT BRITAIN:

CHIEFLY ILLUSTRATING

THE ORIGIN OF OUR VULGAR AND PROVINCIAL CUSTOMS,
CEREMONIES, AND SUPERSTITIONS.

BY

JOHN BRAND, M.A., F.S.A.

ARRANGED, REVISED, AND GREATLY ENLARGED BY

SIR HENRY ELLIS, K.H., F.R.S.,

LATE PRINCIPAL LIBRARIAN OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

IN THREE VOLUMES.-VOL. III.

STANFORD LIBRARY

LONDON:

GEORGE BELL & SONS, YORK ST., COVENT GARDEN,

AND NEW YORK.

1893.