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CURIOSITIES OF OLDEN TIMES

by

S. BARING-GOULD, M.A.

Author of 'Iceland, Its Scenes and Its Sagas,' 'Mehalah,' etc.

Revised and Enlarged Edition







Edinburgh
John Grant
31 George IV. Bridge
1896




PREFACE


An antiquary lights on many a curiosity whilst overha