A dictionary of superstitions [electronic resource] / edited by Iona Opie and Moira Tatem.

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Publication details: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1992.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 494 p.)ISBN:

9780192829160

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Electronic books.

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001.9603 23

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BF1775 .D53 1992

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Summary: This is a fascinating dictionary covering the wide range of folk beliefs that have survived into our own age. Each superstition is illustrated by quotations tracing its development through the centuries. Entries tell of the traditional significance of animals, colours, days, and the elements; rituals to be observed at certain seasons or when faced with natural and unnatural occurrences; cures, taboos, and the uses to which people have put everyday objects in pursuit of good fortune or knowledge of the future.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This is a fascinating dictionary covering the wide range of folk beliefs that have survived into our own age. Each superstition is illustrated by quotations tracing its development through the centuries. Entries tell of the traditional significance of animals, colours, days, and the elements; rituals to be observed at certain seasons or when faced with natural and unnatural occurrences; cures, taboos, and the uses to which people have put everyday objects in pursuit of good fortune or knowledge of the future.

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