CHAPTER V

The Fenodyree and his Friends 323

Lincolnshire parallels 323 The brownie of Blednoch and Bwca'r Trwyn 325 Prognostication parallels from Lincolnshire and Herefordshire 327 The traffic in wind and the Gallizenæ 330 Wells with rags and pins 332 St. Catherine's hen plucked at Colby 335 The qualtagh or the first-foot and the question of race 336 Sundry instances of things unlucky 342 Manx reserve and the belief in the Enemy of Souls 346 The witch of Endor's influence and the respectability of the charmer's vocation 349 Public penance enforced pretty recently 350