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On the Trail of the Sin-Eater

Introduction – Accounts and Stories

Initial Observations

To Begin At the Beginning
Initial Observations
The Road to Ludlow
Mazer Wood and the Mazard Bowl
Missed Opportunities, Prior to 1830
The Mountain Decameron, and Other Missed Opportunities, 1830-1850
Interim - 1854-1874

Minor Diversions

William Thoms and The Origins of “Folk-Lore”
History of Notes & Queries
Souling and Soul-Cake

The First Controversy, 1875-6

Triggering the First Controversy, 1875
The First Controversy, 1875
Wider Fallout From the First Controversy

Interim, to 1876-1894

Following the First Controversy
Through the 1880s and early 1890s
Interlude — The Sin-Eater of Ross
An Aside — The Founding of the Folk-Lore Society
The Scientific Folklore View, 1890-92
The “Folklore” Correspondence, 1892-3

The Second Controversy, 1895

Triggering the Second Controversy, 1895
Second Controversy, 1895, Part I
Interlude – “The Sin-Eater”, Fiona Macleod
Second Controversy, 1895-6, Part II
Second Controversy, Feb-April, 1896, Part III
Second Controversy, Last Gasp, April-May, 1896
Guavas the Tinner, Sabine Baring-Gould

Aftermath

The Century Ends
The Twentieth Century Sin-Eater
“Precious Bane”, Mary Webb

Appendices

Appendix - Methodology

Endnotes

Appendix — 19th and Early 20th Century Literary References
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Storynotes & Biography

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By Tony Hirst

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