JOHN WODDERSPOON.

Norwich.

_Old Charms._--I think that, if you are anxious to accumulate as much as

you can of the Folk Lore of England, no set of men are more likely to

help you than the clergy, particularly the younger part, viz., curates,

to whom the stories they hear among their flock have the gloss of

novelty. I send you a specimen of old charms, &c. that have come under

my notice in the south-eastern counties.

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