Richard Dugdale, a young man from Lancashire, begs leave of his master to go to a rushbearing, or a rural festival at the dedication of a church, in Whalley. The following morning, returning to work, Richard Dugdale "being troubled in Mind, he thought that he saw several Apparitions, but could not tell the resemblance thereof."(62)

While at a rushbearing, a rural festival at the dedication of a church, in Whalley, Richard Dugdale allegedly offers himself to the Devil, "on condition the Devil would make him a good Dancer." He makes this deal in order to gain the favour a young woman at the festival.(2)