A Pocket Guide to Superstitions of the British Isles
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Language: English
Published by Penguin, 2004
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- Title
- A Pocket Guide to Superstitions of the British Isles
- Author
- Stephen Roud
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0140515496
- ISBN 13
- 9780140515497
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.
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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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