The Hoopoe, a Study in European Folklore: A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Division of the Humanities in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Classic Reprint)

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On the following pages I offer what I have collected of the lore of the hoopoe. So far as possible, I shall arrange my material geographically and chronologically. I shall present it in the following order: 1. The hoopoe, the crested bird; 2. The hoopoe, the doctor (folk-medicine, magical and similar prac tices and beliefs); 3. The hoopoe, an exponent of filial piety; hoopoe, the bird that fouls its nest.

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