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Eric Lease Morgan Number of items in the collection; 'How big is my corpus?' ---------------------------------------------------------- 12 Average length of all items measured in words; "More or less, how big is each item?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 92854 Average readability score of all items (0 = difficult; 100 = easy) ------------------------------------------------------------------ 73 Top 50 statistically significant keywords; "What is my collection about?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 St. 5 God 4 place 3 year 3 man 3 death 3 day 3 Sunday 3 South 3 Sir 3 Scotland 3 North 3 King 3 John 3 France 3 Eve 3 Europe 3 England 3 CHAPTER 3 Africa 2 time 2 fire 2 child 2 Yule 2 William 2 Rome 2 Rev. 2 Queen 2 Paris 2 New 2 Nature 2 Mr. 2 Midsummer 2 Indians 2 Frank 2 Folk 2 Egypt 2 Easter 2 Duke 2 Day 2 Church 2 Christmas 2 Central 2 Balder 1 wedding 1 tree 1 superstition 1 seclusion 1 roumenian 1 roman Top 50 lemmatized nouns; "What is discussed?" --------------------------------------------- 3138 man 2441 fire 1896 time 1855 day 1696 year 1687 woman 1448 house 1356 people 1274 tree 1159 death 1123 child 1046 spirit 1045 hand 1034 custom 1029 person 1009 king 996 name 994 place 982 part 981 animal 966 life 957 head 922 corn 908 village 886 water 830 ceremony 818 body 793 girl 706 festival 699 soul 688 p. 676 ground 621 way 612 one 594 night 590 power 561 field 559 family 555 stone 543 form 538 blood 528 order 528 earth 522 sun 517 bonfire 513 word 513 foot 500 case 484 country 481 wife Top 50 proper nouns; "What are the names of persons or places?" -------------------------------------------------------------- 7931 _ 868 . 630 god 628 pp 619 sq 390 St. 356 John 338 May 335 Sir 330 i. 320 London 316 Midsummer 315 Indians 291 God 289 King 270 Eve 246 New 244 Day 242 de 234 Europe 229 Scotland 201 Africa 198 England 196 France 193 Lord 190 Mr. 185 Osiris 183 Mr 179 Sunday 176 Old 175 hut 173 ii 172 Paris 170 South 168 Easter 166 Kea 165 Folk 162 lore 162 Frank 161 Adonis 160 J. 158 Man 158 Christmas 156 North 155 Rome 152 Yule 141 Rev. 140 Hallowe''en 135 W. 131 cit Top 50 personal pronouns nouns; "To whom are things referred?" ------------------------------------------------------------- 9996 it 6396 he 5630 they 3044 i 2917 them 2522 she 2504 him 2386 we 1212 you 1057 her 752 me 706 himself 647 us 570 themselves 240 itself 232 herself 115 one 100 myself 69 thee 61 ourselves 22 yourself 13 his 8 theirs 5 ye 5 mine 4 yours 3 yourselves 3 thyself 3 ours 3 oneself 3 hers 3 ''em 2 thy 2 ay 1 uncoffin''d 1 treateth 1 hysteria._--this 1 hallow''d 1 earl"--there 1 ''s Top 50 lemmatized verbs; "What do things do?" --------------------------------------------- 39951 be 10008 have 2196 make 2015 say 1883 do 1761 take 1624 see 1469 go 1242 come 1229 call 1137 give 966 believe 960 find 920 burn 885 use 869 carry 866 suppose 856 know 796 die 755 appear 752 think 746 bring 740 put 720 kill 720 keep 713 tell 703 fall 666 seem 647 follow 638 throw 613 eat 605 cut 604 set 601 place 598 bear 576 hold 554 leave 548 observe 543 become 528 live 495 pass 487 accord 481 stand 459 look 453 regard 420 kindle 417 get 406 drive 397 remain 380 represent Top 50 lemmatized adjectives and adverbs; "How are things described?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4381 not 2214 so 1769 other 1703 up 1517 then 1392 out 1268 great 1243 more 1239 old 1185 thus 1121 many 1096 only 1092 first 1062 same 960 down 950 very 943 long 923 as 919 such 900 last 875 also 838 young 825 well 823 most 762 again 757 away 753 still 752 even 745 certain 731 now 710 good 635 sometimes 633 own 616 little 576 human 574 off 571 new 566 however 535 never 534 sacred 534 much 518 once 518 far 513 often 497 dead 463 high 440 too 418 here 413 soon 409 whole Top 50 lemmatized superlative adjectives; "How are things described to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 225 least 159 most 107 good 86 high 82 great 49 near 44 old 38 early 32 small 27 eld 21 slight 20 bad 18 young 17 strong 17 Most 16 low 14 large 13 fine 11 deep 10 simple 10 long 9 noble 9 manif 8 common 6 short 6 rich 6 gross 6 full 6 fair 5 strange 5 l 5 happy 5 grand 5 clear 5 able 4 temp 4 remote 4 pure 4 mean 4 loud 4 late 4 j 4 hard 4 gay 4 dear 4 dark 4 brave 3 wild 3 weak 3 tall Top 50 lemmatized superlative adverbs; "How do things do to the extreme?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 664 most 24 least 18 well 4 lest 3 long 2 ¦ 2 near 2 aldermen 1 worst 1 lightest 1 highest 1 heaviest Top 50 Internet domains; "What Webbed places are alluded to in this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 www.freeliterature.org Top 50 URLs; "What is hyperlinked from this corpus?" ---------------------------------------------------- 1 http://www.freeliterature.org Top 50 email addresses; "Who are you gonna call?" ------------------------------------------------- Top 50 positive assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-noun?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 days gone by 8 ceremony is over 8 ceremony takes place 6 fires are still 6 people did not 5 ceremony took place 5 man is not 5 years gone by 4 custom is still 4 fires are always 4 man is ill 4 men do not 4 spirit is often 3 ceremonies were not 3 custom is thus 3 custom was still 3 fire is sometimes 3 fire is still 3 fire was regularly 3 fires were also 3 god was annually 3 head is then 3 man dies also 3 man does not 3 man was not 3 time goes on 3 time went on 3 tree is then 3 year is out 2 _ am bonnach 2 _ is _ 2 _ is annually 2 _ was _ 2 animal is habitually 2 animal is often 2 animals are often 2 animals have lately 2 animals were originally 2 body is also 2 ceremonies was primary 2 child is full 2 child is then 2 custom is never 2 custom is similar 2 custom was certainly 2 custom was chiefly 2 custom was so 2 custom was widespread 2 customs appear never 2 customs are only Top 50 negative assertions; "What sentences are in the shape of noun-verb-no|not-noun?" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 death was not merely 2 fires have no necessary 1 animal has not even 1 ceremonies had not yet 1 ceremonies were not so 1 ceremony was no sooner 1 child made no objection 1 corn are not infrequently 1 custom are not quite 1 custom has no analogy 1 customs was no doubt 1 day is not forthcoming 1 days was not entirely 1 fire is not far 1 fires are no longer 1 god had no chance 1 god is no other 1 hand was no other 1 hands are not free 1 house be not tolerably 1 king was no empty 1 life is not entirely 1 life was no more 1 man are not satisfied 1 man does not naturally 1 man is no were 1 man is not only 1 man were not thus 1 men did not sooner 1 men had not yet 1 men have no relation 1 name carries no weight 1 name were not mere 1 names is not permanent 1 people is not uncommon 1 people make no attempt 1 people make no scruple 1 people saw no reason 1 people were not content 1 person is not likely 1 persons are not exempt 1 persons are not subject 1 spirit be no longer 1 trees do not afterwards 1 villages did not so 1 woman had no such A rudimentary bibliography -------------------------- id = 34744 author = Allen, Grant title = The White Man''s Foot date = keywords = Floor; Frank; Hawaiians; Hilo; Kalaua; Kea; Loa; Maloka; Mauna; Pélé; answer; like; man summary = "Bring out some more food, Kea," the dark old Hawaiian half whispered to introduced to us the dark old man as her Uncle Kalaua, a Hawaiian chief "To make observations!" Kea answered with a faint thrill of solemn awe hard-looking old man has offered up in his time to Pélé--ay, and I dare door, and Kalaua, Kea, Frank, and myself, mounting our careering steeds eye, like a feather in the flame, our fathers said, Pélé would surely Not a living soul remained upon the spot save Frank and myself, and Kea They set my leg that very night, and Frank and Kalaua in turns sat up to For the next week, Frank, Kalaua, and Kea in turn each bore their fair "That looks like a bridal veil, Kea," I said at last, regarding it Kalaua means to make Kea leap into the crater as a bride to Pélé''s id = 38379 author = Carlile, Richard title = An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... date = keywords = Chemistry; God; Man; Men; Nature; Newton; Priestcraft; Science summary = useful instruction ''in Chemistry and the laws of Nature? submit this sketch to the judgment of Men of Science, with an idea when addressed to the Chemist, or to the Man of Science, but between science and superstition in the mind of Sir Isaac Newton than In support of my assertion, that Men of Science have hitherto crouched I may be told that the Man of Science had much better pursue his studies disgraceful laws, and shall the Man of Science be silent, and see all The science of Chemistry has so far explored the properties of matter himself that there is no truth that any Man of Science will write, The Man of Science ought not to look at, or respect, any thing but the of Science, either from having their minds tinged with superstition, this science alone is so far infinite as to make the life of man a id = 12261 author = Frazer, James George title = Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul date = keywords = Africa; American; Balder; Beltane; Berlin; British; Central; Christmas; County; Customs; Day; Der; Deutsche; Die; Easter; Edinburgh; Europe; Eve; Folk; France; Highlands; Indians; Ireland; J.G.; John; Lent; London; Mannhardt; Midsummer; New; North; Paris; Rev.; Sagen; Saturday; Scotland; Sir; South; St.; Sunday; Wales; Yule; fire; seclusion summary = bonfires on certain days of the year, dancing round them, leaping over [European custom of kindling bonfires on certain days of the year, to kindle bonfires on certain days of the year, and to dance round or witches."[393] The custom of kindling fires on the eve of May Day Midsummer Eve or Midsummer Day, which the church has dedicated to St. John the Baptist; the bonfires, the torches, and the burning wheels of In Wales the midsummer fires were kindled on St. John''s Eve and on St. John''s Day. Three or nine different kinds of wood and charred faggots bonfires were kindled on Midsummer Eve.[513] On the same day people in great bonfire is kindled on St. John''s Eve, and that the young people till New Year''s Day to kindle a light with or it is carried out to the id = 3623 author = Frazer, James George title = The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion date = keywords = Adonis; Africa; Aino; America; Attis; Australia; Balder; Carnival; Central; Christmas; Day; Demeter; Diana; Dionysus; East; Easter; Egypt; Egyptians; Europe; Eve; France; Germany; God; Greece; Guinea; Indians; Isis; Islands; Italy; John; Jupiter; King; Maiden; Midsummer; Mother; Nemi; New; North; Old; Osiris; Persephone; Queen; Rome; Scotland; South; St.; Sunday; Sweden; West; Whitsuntide; Wolf; Wood; Yule; Zeus; chapter; corn; death; european; fire; greek; man; roman; tree; year summary = grove there grew a certain tree round which at any time of the day, festival, the tree is carried into the house with great ceremony to supposing that in very early times the old Latin kings personated a believe that at death the soul, "the little entire man or woman" power of life and death over the man, woman, or child who ate the putting the man-god to death instead of allowing him to die of old man-god dies what we call a natural death, it means, according to like those by which, in so many places, the life of the man-god has a tree and by a person, so in the harvest customs the corn-spirit is Believing the rice to be animated by a soul like that of a man, the the Wild Man. The OX appears as a representative of the corn-spirit in other parts corn-spirit''s representative, were taken to the king''s house and id = 52165 author = Gerard, E. (Emily) title = Transylvanian Superstitions From: The Nineteenth Century (Vol. 18), London, July-December 1885, pp. 130-150 date = keywords = Saxon; St.; day; death; footnote; place; roumenian summary = old German customs and beliefs brought hither seven hundred years ago by evil spirit of that day is in its fullest force, and in many districts abnormal number of feast-days, to almost each of which peculiar customs On New Year''s Day it is customary for the Roumenian to interrogate his frequently kept by occult meetings taking place at night in lonely The feast itself is the great day to beware of witches, to counteract and the man who has courage to conjure up the evil spirit will be sure bird plays a great part in Roumenian poetry, and is frequently supposed man die without a candle--a favour the Roumenian durst not refuse to his the form of a man; but this, in the minds of the Roumenians, who now Ascension is the day on which this ceremony takes place in a village of The evil death away to carry; [Footnote 16: Also believed by the Roumenians.] id = 21471 author = Kingston, William Henry Giles title = Mountain Moggy: The Stoning of the Witch date = keywords = Anna; Frank; God; Jenny; Moggy; Morgan; Tom; William; Willie summary = MOUNTAIN MOGGY; THE STONING OF THE WITCH, BY WILLIAM H G KINGSTON. MOUNTAIN MOGGY; THE STONING OF THE WITCH, BY WILLIAM H G KINGSTON. "Old Polly Forty Rags, the witch, came from America," said William. "You throw stones at Mountain Moggy!" she said in an incredulous tone. sorrow-stricken soul I have never met in my life than poor Old Moggy "Then, Frank, you are the young gentleman who saved Old Moggy''s life," "Oh, to look after the poor old woman," said Frank, "I understood from fellow-creature of life; indeed, he knew not even now whether Old Moggy "It''s like your father''s son to come and visit the poor and the When the Doctor had gone Anna took a seat by Moggy''s side, and Willie "I don''t doubt you, old shipmate," said Frank. "My dear children," said Dr Morgan, who had entered soon after Moggy id = 1271 author = Redgrove, H. Stanley (Herbert Stanley) title = Bygone Beliefs: Being a Series of Excursions in the Byways of Thought date = keywords = AGRIPPA; Ages; BACON; Church; Divine; God; Middle; Nature; Occult; PARACELSUS; PYTHAGORAS; Philosopher; Powder; ROGER; SWEDENBORG; Sir; Spirit; Stone; WAITE; art; gold; man summary = to a belief in God. But man felt the need of unity, and crude animism, not, the stars were still symbols of spiritual forces operative on man. Philosopher''s Stone--the concentrated Essence of Nature,--as man''s soul "Man''s nature," writes CORNELIUS AGRIPPA, "_is the most complete Image Man, taught the old mystical philosophers, is threefold in nature, of cure is of great force unto this day; for I have seen a certain man neatly calls it, and perhaps man''s earliest view of natural phenomena, between spirit and matter AGRIPPA places the stars: modern thought devils--spirits supposed to be superior to man in certain powers, but In the metals the alchemists saw symbols of man in the according to the alchemists, are the powers and life of nature in writes one alchemist, "is the Spirit of Truth, which the world cannot of Crates_ says that copper, like man, has a spirit, soul, and body," id = 17050 author = Thiselton-Dyer, T. F. (Thomas Firminger) title = Strange Pages from Family Papers date = keywords = Abbey; Anne; CHAPTER; Captain; Castle; Charles; Duke; Earl; England; Hall; Henry; House; James; John; King; Lady; Lancashire; Lord; Miss; Mr.; Mrs.; Queen; Robert; Scott; Sir; St.; Thomas; Walter; William; curse; year summary = year 1590, Sir Henry, on account of age, resigned his office, having White." The story generally told is that one of the daughters of Sir state for a year and a day, during which time Sir Robert kept open country houses have long been said to be troubled with mysterious One room in Clayton Old Hall, Lancashire, has for years past occupied the house, and writes that ''in that year on Feast Day, being Having discovered that the Earl was in love with a certain lady and "they entered the house armed with a dead man''s hand, with a lighted tales which have long held a prominent place in family traditions. "tradition tells us this estate was given to an old family who came Sir John, accompanying the present with these words: "The family shall house, of which the following occurrence was told: ''A young lady, the id = 47053 author = Thiselton-Dyer, T. F. (Thomas Firminger) title = Domestic folk-lore date = keywords = Act; CHAPTER; England; Eve; Folk; Friday; Mr.; North; Scotland; Shakespeare; Sunday; Sussex; child; day; death; divination; look; person; place; superstition; time; wedding summary = Popular Traditions, Proverbial Sayings, Superstitions, and Customs Seasons and Days propitious to Marriage--Superstitions connected Value of Superstitions--Lucky Days and Hours of Birth--The Value of Superstitions--Lucky Days and Hours of Birth--The According to another idea, children born open-handed are said to be paid as to which hand a child uses when taking up for the first time curious superstition is related by Mrs. Latham, in the "Folk-lore similar notion prevails, young people look upon his right hand as the Thus, the Devonshire young ladies have a fancy that on St. Valentine''s Day they can, if they wish, make certain of their future. Friday has been held a good day of the week for love omens, and in bearing to his resting-place some person not dead at the time of the may be said to hold an important place in the folk-lore of death, so well-known piece of folk-lore, most persons wear new clothes on id = 35690 author = Thurston, Edgar title = Omens and Superstitions of Southern India date = keywords = Ant; Bellary; Bishop; Brahman; Bull; Canara; District; Fawcett; Gazetteer; Hindu; India; Madras; Madura; Malabar; Manual; Muhammadan; Museum; Mysore; Rev.; Siva; South; Southern; Tamil; Telugu; Travancore; Vizagapatam; ceremony; place summary = object on the morning of New Year''s Day, as the effects of omens If, when a person is leaving his house, the head or feet strike boiled in milk is offered to propitiate the Sun God. Before the ceremony of walking through fire [28] (burning embers) at Images of snakes are offered to the deity on days of eclipse inmate, the village is said to be deserted, and sacrifices are offered waved round the heads of all the children of the house, taken to a illness or bear children, takes a big pot of water, and, placing it on Viramushtis are said, in former days, to have performed a ceremony the temple, and must be offered by the person who has taken the vow, places round a house, will keep snakes away. A new pot, full of water, is placed in the milk-house, ceremony, "offerings are made at the temples, and, on the day of the id = 42921 author = nan title = A World of Wonders, with Anecdotes and Opinions Concerning Popular Superstitions date = keywords = Abbé; Africa; Aristotle; CHAPTER; Church; Dr.; Duke; Egypt; Emperor; England; Europe; France; God; Holy; Jews; King; Louis; Nostradamus; Paris; Pliny; Prince; Romans; Rome; St.; XIV; animal; century; certain; child; day; french; great; place; time; year summary = consequently formed the ground-work of a popular error in France. mules, than the incontestible fact that certain men, even in modern times, themselves, in different times and countries, as endowed with the natural is the history of the Jews from the days of Titus to the present time. until a year later, 1314, the martyrdom of the Templars having taken place "In the month of June, 1806, a child of four years old having fallen following circumstances as having taken place at Joinville, in the having seen a phoenix, though for ages, a popular superstition attached to given to the use of the right hand, though existing from the times of time in Italy, women possessed of the power attributed by the poets to In establishing between man and woman certain relations and differences, this unfortunate young man, having recovered in the course of the night