Gerish, W. B. (William Blyth)
Gerish, W. B.
William Blyth Gerish
VIAF ID: 16269595 ( Personal )
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Preferred Forms
- 100 1 _ ‡a Gerish, W. B.
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- 100 1 0 ‡a Gerish, W. B. ‡q (William Blyth)
- 100 0 _ ‡a William Blyth Gerish
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Works
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The childrens̓ example; showing how one Mrs. Johnsons̓ child of Barnet, was tempted of the Devil to forsake God, and follow the ways of other wicked children, who used to swear, tell lies, and disobey their parents; how this pretty innocent child, resisting Satan, was comforted by an angel from Heaven, who warned her of her approaching death. Together with her dying words, desiring young children not to forsake God, lest Satan would gain power over them. To the tune of Bleeding Heart. | |
The cross erected in memory of Queen Eleanor, near Waltham | |
The folk-lore of Hertfordshire; a brief list of material collected and classified by W. B. Gerish. | |
The Hartfordshire wonder; | |
A Hertfordshire Robin Hood; or, The story of Jack o' Legs, the robber-giant of Weston | |
The Hock-tide observance at Hexton in Hertfordshire; together with some suggestions regarding its origin and significance | |
John Kellerman, the "last of the alchemists." | |
The "maid of the mill," a story of Baldock; | |
The Mayers and their song, or Some account of the first of May and its observance in Hertfordshire. | |
The mowing devil | |
A relation of Mary Hall of Gadsden, reputed to be possessed of two devils, 1664, from "A small treatise of sicknesses and diseases from witchcraft," appended to "Physical experiments," | |
The severall practices of Johane Harrison and her daughter, condemned and executed at Hartford for witchcraft, the 4th August last, 1606. | |
A short rehearsal of the sad condition of three of the children of John Baldwin of Sarret in the county of Hertford, and also the manner of their deliverance, 1717. | |
The surprising discoveries of murtherers. "The case of a murther in Hertfordshire" in 1628-9 |