Witchcraft and Secret Societies of Rural England (eBook)

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

Keeping Up the Day

1 The Geographical Region and Its Links

2 The Drovers

3 Markets and Fairs

4 Secrets of the Trade and Craft Guilds

5 Secrets of the Horsemen

6 Millers, Gardeners, and Bonesmen

7 The Confraternity of the Plough

8 Ritual Disguise and Resistance

9 Witches, Wise Women, Quack Doctresses, and Cunning Men

10 Handywomen, Witches, and Witchcraft

11 Geomantic Traditions and the Magic of Place

12 Devilish Definitions

13 Magic, Farming, and the Land

14 Tools of the Craft

Postscript

Bibliography

Index