The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland (Penguin Reference Books S.) - Hardcover

Roud, Steve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0141006730 ISBN 13: 9780141006734

Publisher: Penguin, 2003

Synopsis

The first major new book on British superstitions and their history in over a generation, this survey not only explains what people have believed and why, but when superstitions arose, which parts of the country adopted them, how they evolved and what people believe today. Drawing extensively on literary sources from medieval times to the present, the book settles many arguments, debunks many myths and provides in the process a fascinating sideways view of social customs and beliefs over the centuries.

About this title

Synopsis:

This survey not only explains what people have believed and why, but when superstitions arose, which parts of the country adopted them, how they evolved and what people today believe. Drawing extensively on literary sources from medieval times to the present, the book settles many arguments, debunks many myths and provides in the process an interesting sideways view of social customs and beliefs over the centuries.

About the Author:

Steve Roud is an expert on folklore and superstition and co-author of the OXFORD DICTIONARY OF BRITISH FOLKLORE. He lives in Maresfield, East Sussex.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0141006730
• ISBN 13: 9780141006734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576