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Twenty-fourth Report of the Committee on Devonshire Folklore
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P.F.S Amery (Ed.)
Trans. Devon Assoc., Vol. XXXVIII, (1907) pp. 103-109.
Prepared by Michael Steer
The Report was received at the Association’s July 1907 Axminster meeting. The topics addressed in this year’s report are as follows: (a) some witchcraft notes from Countisbury; (b) stories of Membury witches; (c) a story of the Screaming Skull, from East Devon, with some folk-sayings in local dialect; (d) an instance of a white-witch charm and one of an evil eye, (e) some scraps from Torrington, and (f) some popular beliefs from Moretonhampstead. The report is from a copy of a rare and much sought-after journal that can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.
The Committee
Mr P.F.S. Amery (Secretary)
Mr R. Pearse Chope
Rev. S. Baring-Gould
Mr G.M. Doe
Rev. W. Harpley
Mr J.S. Neck
Mrs Radford
Mr J. Brooking-Rowe
Mrs F. Rose Troup
Mr H.B.S. Woodhouse
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Amery, Mr P.F.S | 103 |
Anne, Queen | 106 |
Baring-Gould, Rev S | 103, 106, 108 |
Chapple, Miss Pitfield | 103 |
Chick, Phillis | 105 |
Deare, Mr | 105 |
Doe, Mr George.M. | 103, 107 |
Franklin, Saint | 108 |
Fry, Squire, of Yarty | 105 |
Henley. Hannah | 104 |
James II | 106 |
Jeffreys, Judge | 106 |
Jeune, Mr E.B | 103-4 |
Langdon, Rev F.E.W | 103-5 |
Monmouth, Duke of | 106 |
Neck, Mr J.Stevens | 103, 109 |
Pinney, Azariah | 106 |
Weaver, Rev F.W | 107 |
Welsh-Collins, J.A | 108 |
Williams, Rev S | 106-7 |