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A Study of the Tales As Printed in Folk-Lore in 1891 2060302 INVESTIGATING THE LEGENDS OF THE CARRS: A STUDY OF THE TALES AS PRINTED IN FOLK-LORE IN 1891 Maureen James A submission presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Glamorgan/Prifysgol Morgannwg For the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Volume 1 April 2013 Abstract This study investigates the content, collection and dissemination of the Legends of the Cars, a group of tales published in Folk-Lore in 1891, as having been collected in North Lincolnshire from local people. The stories, have been criticised for their relatively unique content and the collector, Marie Clothilde Balfour has been accused of creating the tales. The stories are today used by artists, writers and storytellers, wishing to evoke the flatland and beliefs of the past, yet despite the questions raised regarding authenticity, neither the collector, the context or the contents have been thoroughly investigated. The tales have also, due to their inclusion in diverse collections, moved geographically south in the popular perception. This thesis documents the research into the historical, geographical and social context of the Legends of the Cars, and also validates the folkloric content and the dialect as being from North Lincolnshire. The situation within the early Folklore Society prior to, and after the publication of the stories, has also been investigated, to reveal a widespread desire to collect stories from the rural populations, particularly if they demonstrated a latent survival of paganism. Balfour followed the advice of the folklorists and, as well as submitting the tales in dialect, also acknowledged their pagan content within her introductions. Shortly after the publication, she became a member of the Folklore Society, and though she continued to collect stories these appeared not in Folk-Lore but in the popular collections of Jacobs. The story collecting methods used in the late nineteenth century and the narrative content of the Legends of the Cars, have also been explored to demonstrate clear links to the oral rather than literary traditions. These factors have been set alongside an exploration of the life of Balfour to highlight her potential motivations. Using clues within the introductions, I believe I have managed to locate the tellers of four of the stories, and whilst the original creators of the narratives may never be known, their influences have placed these tales firmly within the Ancholme Valley, a fact that is of growing interest to the people of the Lincolnshire Carrs today. in Table of Contents Abstract.......................................................................................................................... iii Acknowledgements....................................................................................................-...^ GENERAL INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................-1 1 INTRODUCING THE LEGENDS, THE COLLECTOR AND THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY FROM ITS FOUNDATION TO THE PUBLICATION OF THE DICTIONARY OF BRITISH FOLK-TALES...................................................-.........-....^ 1.1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................-..-.............^ 1.2 TOWARDS A DEFINITION OF THE TERM'LEGEND'.................................8 1.3 THE LEGENDS OF THE CARRS - ARE THEY 'LEGENDS'?.......................10 1.3.1 Summary of the'Legends'............................................................................ 10 1.3.LlTiddyMun...........................................................................................10 1.3.1.2 The Dead Moon ...................................................................................11 1.3.1.3 APottleo'Brains.............................................-...................................12 1.3.1.4 The Green Mist ....................................................................................13 1.3.1.5 Yallery Brown.....................................................................................14 1.3.1.6 The Dead Hand ....................................................................................15 1.3.1.7 The Strangers' Share ............................................................................16 1.3.1.8 The Flyin'Childer................................................................................16 1.3.1.9 Fred th'Fool.........................................................................................!? 1.3.1.10 SamTsGhost.....................................................................................l8 1.3.2 Are the Legends correct in being defined as such?.....................................18 1.4 THE INFLUENCE OF THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY TO 1891........................20 1.4.1 The Early Antiquarians ...............................................................................20 1.4.2 The Brothers Grimm....................................................................................21 1.4.3 The Foundation of the Folklore Society......................................................22 1.4.4 The Role of the Folklore Society ................................................................24 1.4.5 The Popularity of Fairies and Interest in the Vikings..................................28 1.5 WHO WAS MARIE CLOTHILDE BALFOUR?................................................29 1.5.1 Early Years in New Zealand.........................................................................30 1.5.2 Back to Edinburgh.......................................................................................32 1.5.3 Albert Henry Nicholson...............................................................................32 1.5.4 Another Family Story .................................................................................33 1.5.5 Adult life before and just after Marriage.....................................................34 1.5.6 Living and writing in France .......................................................................36 1.5.7 Back to Edinburgh and the death of her Husband.......................................36 1.5.8 The End of the Family Line.........................................................................37 1.6 THE FOLKLORE SOCIETY AND PUBLICATION OF THE LEGENDS.......38 1.6.1 The Folklore Society in 1891 ......................................................................38 1.6.2 Feedback Immediately after Publication.....................................................38 1.6.3 Balfour's relationship with the Folklore Society in the years following publication .............................................................................................................41 1.6.4 Gomme & Burne and the Handbook of Folklore.........................................43 1.6.5 Jacobs, Nutt, Balfour and the Legends........................................................44 1.6.6 The views of Katherine Briggs....................................................................46 1.7 CHAPTER SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS..............................................^ 1.8 MY RESEARCH METHODS.............................................................................50 2 THE LEGENDS IN CONTEXT - NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE THEN AND NOW. .53 IV 2.1INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................-...-53 2.2 GEOGRAPHY OF NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE .................................................58 2.2.1 Geography, Geology and Land Use of North Lincolnshire.........................58 2.2.2 The village of Redbourne ............................................................................61 2.3 ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE .........62 2.3.1 The Carrs before the Seventeenth Century.............................................-. 63 2.3.2 Seventeenth Century Drainage..................................................................-64 2.3.3 Nineteenth Century drainage and its Effects................................................66 2.3.4 Adapting to New Methods of Farming........................................................67 2.3.5 The Growth of the Gang Labour System.....................................................67 2.3.6 Competition, particularly from Abroad.......................................................69 2.3.7 Redbourne in the Nineteenth Century..........................................................70 2.3.8 Was Redbourne an Isolated Village?............................................................73 2.4 EDUCATION AND RELIGION IN NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE ......................74 2.4.1 The Education of Children in Rural Communities......................................74 2.4.2 Education in Redbourne...............................................................................75 2.4.3 Literacy in the General Population..............................................................78 2.4.4 The role of the Church in rural communities...............................................80 2.4.5 Redbourne Church and Congregations........................................................81 2.4.6 Redbourne Clergy........................................................................................83 2.4.7 Paganism, Heathenism and Superstitious Belief in Lincolnshire................85 2.4.8 The Effect of Education and Religion on Superstitious Belief....................87 2.5 DIET, HEALTH, DRINK AND OPIUM ADDICTION IN LINCOLNSHIRE. .88 2.5.1 The Diet and Drinking habits of the Rural Poor..........................................88 2.5.2 The Effects
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