The Encyclopedia of Superstitions

The Encyclopedia of Superstitions

Author: Richard Webster

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

ISBN: 9780738725611

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 336

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Have you ever rubbed a frog on your freckles? Trivia fans and fun fact fanatics will adore this fascinating, flickable encyclopedia of superstitions! Richard Webster presents over five hundred of the most obscure, curious, and just-plain-freaky superstitions of the Western world. Discover batty beliefs about baldness, beans, and the Bermuda Triangle, and peculiar practices regarding hiccups, hearses, and hunchbacks. From modern myths to centuries-old lore, The Encyclopedia of Superstitions offers a wealth of wonderfully weird beliefs on just about every topic you can imagine: Holidays Birth Death Weddings Colors Gemstones Trees Flowers Fairies Weather Numbers Animals Birds Insects Household Items Zodiac Signs Gambling The Human Body Food Praise: "[T]his reference makes for compulsive browsing."—Publishers Weekly
The Encyclopedia of Superstitions
Language: en
Pages: 336

The Encyclopedia of Superstitions

Authors: Richard Webster
Categories: Body, Mind & Spirit
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-08 - Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Have you ever rubbed a frog on your freckles? Trivia fans and fun fact fanatics will adore this fascinating, flickable encyclopedia of superstitions! Richard Webster presents over five hundred of the most obscure, curious, and just-plain-freaky superstitions of the Western world. Discover batty beliefs about baldness, beans, and the Bermuda
The encyclopedia of superstitions
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