Pocket Guide to Superstitions of the British Isles
Roud, Steve
ISBN 10: 0140515496 ISBN 13: 9780140515497
Published by Penguin Books, Limited, 2004
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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 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.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Pocket Guide to Superstitions of the British...
Publisher: Penguin Books, Limited
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good