Michael Aislabie Denham

Life

Works

• A Collection of Proverbs and Popular Sayings relating to the Seasons, the Weather, and Agricultural Pursuits, gathered chiefly from oral tradition, London, 1846, printed by the Percy Society.
• The Slogans, and War and Gathering Cries of the North of England, 1850, and with additions, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1851.
• A Collection of Bishoprick Rhymes, Proverbs, and Sayings, to which he afterwards added four tracts of the same kind, completing the last about 1858.
• Cumberland Rhymes, Proverbs, and Sayings, in four parts, the last of which appeared in 1854.
• A similar work relating to Westmorland, in two parts, 1858.
• Roman Imperial Gold Coin, a description of a coin of the Emperor Maximus , under the pseudonym "Archæus".
• Folklore of the North, in six parts, the last appearing in 1856.
• Folklore, or a Collection of Local Rhymes, Proverbs, Sayings, Prophecies, Slogans, &c., relating to Northumberland, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Berwick-on-Tweed; Richmond, Yorkshire, 1858. Limited to fifty copies.
• Minor Tracts on Folklore, to the number of twenty, starting about 1849 and ending about 1854.
• A Classified Catalogue of the Antiquarian Tomes, Tracts, and Trifles, referring to the works Denham had edited himself, 1859.