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CURIOSITIES OF OLDEN TIMES

 

 

CURIOSITIES
OF
OLDEN TIMES

 

BY
S. BARING-GOULD, M.A.
AUTHOR OF ‘ICELAND, ITS SCENES AND ITS SAGAS,’ ‘MEHALAH,’ ETC.

 

REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION

 

 

 

Edinburgh
JOHN GRANT
31 GEORGE IV. BRIDGE
1896

 

 

PREFACE

An antiquary lights on many a curiosity whilst overhauling the dusty tomesof ancient writers. This little book is a small museum in which I havepreserved some of the quaintest relics which have attracted my noticeduring my labours. The majority of the articles were published in 1869. Ihave now added some others.

Lew Trenchard,
September 1895.

 

 

CONTENTS

  PAGE
The Meaning of Mourning 1
Curiosities of Cypher 17
Strange Wills 39
Queer Culprits 57
Ghosts in Court 74
Strange Pains and Penalties 89
What are Women made of? 102
“Flagellum Salutis” 119
“Hermippus Redivivus” 135
The Baroness de Beausoleil 153
Some Crazy Saints 167
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