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A residence of many years in Yorkshire, and an inveterate habit of collecting all kinds of odd and out-of-the-way information concerning men and matters, furnished me, when I left Yorkshire in 1872, with a large amount of material, collected in that county, relating to its eccentric children.A friend, when he heard that I was collecting such material, exclaimed, "What are you about? Every other Yorkshireman is a character!" Such is the case. No other county produces so much originality—and that originality, when carried to excess, is eccentricity.

Yorkshire OdditiesSabine Baring-Gould, Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar (1834 – 1924)This ebook presents «Yorkshire Oddities», from Sabine Baring-Gould. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.Table of Contents- About This Book- Preface- Preface To Revised Edition- The Ghost Of Trinity Church, York- Peter Priestly, The Wakefield Parish Clerk- Prophet Wroe- Bishop-dyke Pond- Snowden Dunhill, The Convict- James Naylor, The Quaker- Old Three Laps- Christopher Pivett- David Turton, Musician At Horbury- John Bartendale, The Piper- Blind Jack Of Knaresborough- Peg Pennyworth- Peter Barker, The Blind Joiner Of Hampswaite- The White House- Jemmy Hirst- The Tragedy Of Beningbrough Hall- A Yorkshire Butcher- The One-pound Note- Mr. Wikes, Of Leaseholme- The Rev. Mr. Carter, Parson-publican- Job Senior, The Hermit Of Rumbold's Moor- Nancy Nicholson, The Termagant- The Wooden Bell Of Ripon- Old John Mealy-face- The Boggart Of Hellen-pot- Jonathan Martin, The Incendiary Of York Minster- Brother Jucundus- Mary Bateman, Witch And Murderess

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