[Hardy-l] Notebooks and folk Traditions

[Rosemarie Morgan]

>>NOTEBOOKS?

Well Ann, you surprise me!  Offhand, I can certainly recall  some "folk 
traditions" recorded in the Notebooks. Re Arabella & contaminated beer, for 
example. TH notes the fraudulent use of "beer flavour" mixed with water 
used by publicans. There are also useful segments on illegitimacy, on 
entailment, on the "forbidding of banns," on women dressing as men in order 
to steal cattle,  on various (curious & ingenious) methods of robbery, on 
various folk "medicinal" cures including use of snuff & secretly doping 
others with opium and what about killing by staring?

It helps to use the Notebooks as stepping stones and to research beyond 
them -- going to the primary sources.
Cheers
Rosemarie

>>>Thanks for that info, Rosemarie. I have searched through that and have
>>found nothing,

>With regard to Ruth Firor's book, I eagerly anticipated that this would be 
>a useful source and provide answers to some vexed questions. I felt rather 
>disappointed with it and would be interested to compare views with Jacky 
>when she has read it.
>Ann W.