| Description |
1 online resource (499 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACCIDENTS; ACORN; ADDER; ADDER BITES; ADDER STONES; AGATE; AGNES; AGNES' EVE, ST.; AGUE, CURE OF; ALL SOULS' DAY; ANDREW'S WELL, ST.; ANGELS; ANIMALS; ANTS; APOPLEXY; APOSTLE SPOONS; APPLE; APPLE HOWLING; APPLE PIPS; APPLE TREES; APRIL; APRIL FOOL; APRON; ARCHES; ARVALS; ASCENSION DAY; ASHEN FAGGOT, THE; ASHES; ASH LEAVES; ASH SAP; ASH TREE; ASH WEDNESDAY; ASPARAGUS; ASPEN TREE; ASS; ASTHMA; BABY; BACHELOR'S BUTTON; BACK; BADGER; BAKER'S DOZEN; BAKING; BALDNESS; BALLS; BANNS; BAPTISM; BARNACLE; BATS; BAY TREE; BEAM; BEANS |
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BEATING THE BOUNDSBED; BEDROOM; BEES; BEETLE; BELLS; BETROTHAL; BIBLE; BIDDING (TO FUNERAL); BIDDING (TO WEDDING); BIRDS; BIRDS' EGGS; BIRTH; "BIT OF MY OWN AGAIN"; BITTERN; BLACKBERRY; BLACKBIRD; BLACK CAT; BLACK COCK; BLACKHEADS; BLACK PENNY; BLACK SHEEP; BLACKSMITH; BLACK SNAIL; BLEEDING; BLEEDING NOSE; BLISTERS; BLOOD; BLOSSOMS; BLUE-BOTTLES; BODY; BOIL; BOILING; BOILS; BOLTS; BONES; BONE-SHAVE; BOOSENING; BOOTS (ON TABLE); BORROWING; BORROWING DAYS; BOY OR GIRL; BRAKE (PLANT); BRAMBLE-ARCH; BRASSES (ON HORSE'S HARNESS); BREAD; BREAD (TO FIND A CORPSE); BREAKFAST; BRIDE; BRIDE-ALE |
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BRIDE-BEDBRIDE CAKES; BRIDE'S CHAIR; BRIDE DOOR; BRIDE LACES; BRIDE'S EVE, ST.; BRIDE'S DAY, ST.; BRIDE'S PIE; BRIDE-WAIN.; BRIDGE; BROOM; BROWNIE; BUMBLE-BEE; BUN; BUNIONS; BURBECK'S BONE.; BURIAL; BURIED TREASURE; BURN (FIRE); BURN (WOUND); BURNING THE FAGGOT; BURNING T'OLD WITCH; BURYING OLD TOM; BUSH; BUTTER; BUTTERFLY; BUTTONS; CAESARIAN OPERATION; CAKE; CALF; CALF (BURNING); CALF (HANGING); CAMPHOR; CANCER; CANDLE; CANDLE (CORPSE); CANDLE-AND-PINS; CANDLEMAS.; CANTERBURY BELLS; CARROTS; CARRYING THE BRIDE; CAT; CATERPILLAR; CATTLE; CAUL; CHAFF-RIDDLING; CHARMS; CHEEKS; CHERRIES |
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CHICKENSCHILBLAINS; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CHOPPING THE BLOCK; CHRISTENING; CHRISTMAS; CHRISTMAS BOX; CHRISTMAS CARDS; CHRISTMAS DAY; CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS; CHRISTMAS EVE; CHRISTMAS MUMMERS; CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS; CHRISTMAS TREE; CHRSTMAS YULE LOG; CHURCH; CHURCH BELLS; CHURCHING (OF WOMEN); CHURNING; CIDER; CIGARETTE; CINDERS; CLOCK; CLOTHES; CLUB-MOSS; CLUBS (PLAYING CARDS); COAL; COBBLERS; COBWEB; COCK; COFFIN RINGS; COINS; COLD (IN HEAD); COLIC; COLLIERS; COMMUNION, HOLY; CONFIRMATION; CONSUMPTION; CORNS; CORPSE; COUGHS; COUVADE, THE; COWS; CRADLE; CRAMP; CRAWLING; CRICKET |
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CRICKET (IN THE HOUSE)CROPS; CROSSED EYES; CROSSED THINGS; CROW; CROWING HEN; CRYING BACK THE DYING; CUCKOO; CURES, IN SEASON; CURFEW; CURLEW; CUTS; DADDY-LONGLEGS; DAFFODIL; DAIRY; DEAD EMBERS; DEAD MAN'S HAND; DEAFNESS; DEATH; DEATH AT LOW TIDE; DEATH-COME-QUICKLY; DEATH DIVINATION; DEATH PORTENTS; DEATH WATCH; DEATH WATCH BEETLE; DEER; DEW; DISH; DISHCLOTH; DOG; DOG WHIPPING; DOLPHIN; DONKEY; DOOR; DOORSTEP; DOVE; DRAKE'S DRUM; DREAMS; DRESS; DRESSING; DROPPING OF FORK (KNIFE, etc.); DROPSY; DROWNING; DRUNKENNESS; DUCK; DUST; DYKE; DYSPEPSIA, TO CURE; EAGLE; EAR; EARACHE; EARRINGS; EASTER |
| Summary |
This classic and thoroughly delightful reference explores the origins of superstitions. You'll discover the origins behind charms, spells, fairy lore and legend, folk remedies and customs of birth, marriage, and death. This collection will be a staple in your library for years and generations to come |
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EASTER EGGS |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Superstition -- Dictionaries
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RELIGION -- Cults.
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Superstition
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Radford, Edwin
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| ISBN |
9781504055086 |
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150405508X |
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