"
Giles stayed not, but ran with great haste into the stable. The tired
beast could scarcely stand; but he pulled off the bridle, and--as Robin
told the tale--his own spouse immediately stood confessed before him!
Here we pause. In the next part we shall rapidly sketch another of the
traditions current on this strange subject. It will but be a brief and
shadowy outline: space forbids us to dilate: the whole volume would not
contain the stories that tradition attributes to the prevalence of this
unnatural and revolting, though, it may be, imaginary crime.
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FOOTNOTES:
[37] [Illustration: Clyfrigrcype], or _the rocky district_.
[38] Col-dwr, or _narrow water_. See Whitaker's etymology of the word
(_Hist. of Manchester_).
[39] See an able article on this subject in the _Retrospective Review_,
vol. v. part i.
[40] "On Christmas daie at night, a threed must be sponne of flax, by a
little virgine girl, in the name of the divell; and it must be by her
woven, and also wrought with the needle. On the breste or fore part
thereof must be made, with needlework, two heads; on the head of the
right side must be a hat, and a long beard,--the left head must have on
a crown, and it must be so horrible that it maie resemble Belzebub; and
on each side of the wastcote must be made a crosse.
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