Notes on Oxfordshire folklore (volume III)
MS. Top. Oxon. d. 191a
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Title
Notes on Oxfordshire folklore (volume III)
Shelfmark
MS. Top. Oxon. d. 191a
Summary
Collections on Oxfordshire folklore arranged alphabetically, with letters from (fol. 1) H.E. Abrams, (fol. 129a) V. Louise Wrench [i+217 leaves]:
Animals
Birth
Christening
Charms against disease
Divination charms
Death
Games
Ghosts
Gipsies [Romany]
Ancient tenure
Auctioneer "candle"
Devil-scaring
Treasure trove
The "holy" thorn
Shrew ash
Watchman
Associated place
Wendlebury | Oxfordshire | SP 5619
Marsh Baldon | Oxfordshire | SU 5699
Standlake | Oxfordshire | SP 3903 xx Stanlake
Upper Heyford | Oxfordshire | SP 5026
Launton | Oxfordshire | SP 6022
Great Milton | Oxfordshire | SP 6302
Shiplake | Oxfordshire | SU 7678
Fulbrook | Oxfordshire | SP 2512
Toot Baldon | Oxfordshire | SP 5600
Stanton Harcourt | Oxfordshire | SP 4105 xx Stanton Harcourt | Berkshire
Cuddesdon | Oxfordshire | SP 5903
Burford | Oxfordshire | SP 2512
Yarnton | Oxfordshire | SP 4712
Otmoor | Oxfordshire | SP 5713
Bampton | Oxfordshire | SP 3103
Kidlington | Oxfordshire | SP 4914
Bicester | Oxfordshire | SP 5822
Kirtlington | Oxfordshire | SP 5019
Little Tew | Oxfordshire | SP 3828
Headington | Oxford | Oxfordshire | SP 5407
Wootton | Oxfordshire | SP 4319 xx Wootton-by-Woodstock
Beckley | Oxfordshire | SP 5611
Stokenchurch | Oxfordshire | SU 7596
Oxford | Oxfordshire | SP 5106
Blackthorn | Oxfordshire | SP 6219
Wheatley | Oxfordshire | SP 5905
Oddington | Oxfordshire | SP 5514
Date
c. 1904-c. 1912
Language
English
Physical extent
1 volume
Acquisition
Acquired in January 1921 from A[rthur] Manning, the brother of Percy Manning.
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Collection contents
Folklore and daily life
Notes on Oxfordshire folklore (volume III)
