Welsh Journals

MONTGOMERYSHIRE FOLK-LORE. By J. MORETON PEARSOX. THE Montgomeryshire Collections in the earlier volumes, already contain an interesting and fairly comprehensive account of the Folk-lore of the County of Montgomery and its Borders from the pen of that learned and industrious antiquary, the Rev. Elias Owen, but, perhaps, no apology need be made for again including in these pages a further collection of the ancient observances and customs, and the beliefs, traditions, superstitions and prejudices which have come down to us from the past, and in the present rather bustling age are in danger of being forgotten if not made a note of The collection here given is far from being a complete one, but the writer believes it contains much that is not included in the Rev, Elias Owen's researches into this almost inexhaustible field of study, and should it repeat some of the matter previously collected, may yet be welcomed by new readers who have not perused the interesting collection in the earlier volumes In a collection of the Folk-lore of any particular district, one, of course, meets with beliefs and customs in it, that are common to a whole nation, or may be group of nations, while there are others which are entirely local and peculiar to the district. Primarily it will be the object of this paper to give a collection of the folk-lore peculiar to Montgomeryshire and its borders, but that will not exclude Folk-lore which is not only found in the county, but also in other parts of the country.