Author: Ella Mary Leather

Cited by

• Phil Rickman (1)
  • IN: The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (2004) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: No record in cold print can give the reader an idea of the pleasure experienced in collecting the elusive material we call folk-lore from the living brains of men and women of whose lives it has formed an integral part. In some cases, with regard to superstitious beliefs, there is a deep reserve to be overcome; the more real the belief, the greater the difficulty… The folk of the Welsh districts are more superstitious, as a rule…
    FROM: The Folk-lore of Herefordshire, (1912), Book, UK