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Rustic Speech and Folk-Lore

by Elizabeth Mary Wright

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Select List of Works Consulted
  3. 3Abbreviations
  4. 4Introduction
  5. 5Chapter I — Dialect Speakers
  6. 6Chapter II — Rich and Expressive Vocabulary
  7. 7Chapter III — Specimens of Dialect
  8. 8Chapter IV — Corruptions and Popular Etymologies
  9. 9Chapter V — Archaic Literary Words in the Dialects
  10. 10Chapter VI — Archaic Meanings and Forms in the Dialects
  11. 11Chapter VII — Foreign Loan-Words
  12. 12Chapter VIII — Literary Words With Dialect Meanings
  13. 13Chapter IX — Alliterative and Rhyming Phrases and Compounds
  14. 14Chapter X — Phonology and Grammar
  15. 15Chapter XI — Popular Phrases and Sayings
  16. 16Chapter XII — Supernatural Beings
  17. 17Chapter XIII — Superstitions
  18. 18Chapter XIV — Charms and Medical Lore
  19. 19Chapter XV — Divination
  20. 20Chapter XVI — Birth, Marriage, and Death Customs
  21. 21Chapter XVII — Customs Connected With Certain Days and Seasons
  22. 22Chapter XVIII — Games
  23. 23Chapter XIX — Weather Lore and Farming Terms
  24. 24Chapter XX — Weights and Measures
  25. 25Chapter XXI — Plant Names and Names of Animals

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