Rustic Speech and Folk-Lore
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1. Transcriber’s Note:2. PREFACE3. SELECT LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED4. ABBREVIATIONS5. INTRODUCTION6. CHAPTER I DIALECT SPEAKERS7. CHAPTER II RICH AND EXPRESSIVE VOCABULARY8. CHAPTER III SPECIMENS OF DIALECT9. CHAPTER IV CORRUPTIONS AND POPULAR ETYMOLOGIES10. CHAPTER V ARCHAIC LITERARY WORDS IN THE DIALECTS11. CHAPTER VI ARCHAIC MEANINGS AND FORMS IN THE DIALECTS12. CHAPTER VII FOREIGN LOAN-WORDS13. CHAPTER VIII LITERARY WORDS WITH DIALECT MEANINGS14. CHAPTER IX ALLITERATIVE AND RHYMING PHRASES AND COMPOUNDS15. CHAPTER X PHONOLOGY AND GRAMMAR16. CHAPTER XI POPULAR PHRASES AND SAYINGS17. CHAPTER XII SUPERNATURAL BEINGS18. CHAPTER XIII SUPERSTITIONS19. CHAPTER XIV CHARMS AND MEDICAL LORE20. CHAPTER XV DIVINATION21. CHAPTER XVI BIRTH, MARRIAGE, AND DEATH CUSTOMS22. CHAPTER XVII CUSTOMS CONNECTED WITH CERTAIN DAYS AND SEASONS23. CHAPTER XVIII GAMES24. CHAPTER XIX WEATHER LORE AND FARMING TERMS25. CHAPTER XX WEIGHTS AND MEASURES26. CHAPTER XXI PLANT NAMES AND NAMES OF ANIMALS