Download or read book A Treasury of American Superstitions written by Claudia Delys and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 1997 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the origins and the truth behind a wide variety of superstitions, grouped in over 325 subject categories.

Download or read book A Treasury of American Superstitions written by Claudia de Lys and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book A Treasury of American Jewish Folklore written by Steve Koppman and published by Jason Aronson, Incorporated. This book was released on 1998-05-31 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To find more information on Rowman & Littlefield titles, please visit www.rlpgbooks.com.

Download or read book A Treasury of Superstitions written by Claudia de Lys and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Treasury of American Folklore written by Terri Hardin and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look into American folklore.

Download or read book Brief Dictionary of American Superstitions written by Vergilius Ferm and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Folklore written by Linda Watts and published by Infobase Holdings, Inc. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folklore has been described as the unwritten literature of a culture: its songs, stories, sayings, games, rituals, beliefs, and ways of life. Encyclopedia of American Folklore helps readers explore topics, terms, themes, figures, and issues related to this popular subject. This comprehensive reference guide addresses the needs of multiple audiences, including high school, college, and public libraries, archive and museum collections, storytellers, and independent researchers. Its content and organization correspond to the ways educators integrate folklore within literacy and wider learning objectives for language arts and cultural studies at the secondary level. This well-rounded resource connects United States folk forms with their cultural origin, historical context, and social function. Appendixes include a bibliography, a category index, and a discussion of starting points for researching American folklore. References and bibliographic material throughout the text highlight recently published and commonly available materials for further study. Coverage includes: Folk heroes and legendary figures, including Paul Bunyan and Yankee Doodle Fables, fairy tales, and myths often featured in American folklore, including "Little Red Riding Hood" and "The Princess and the Pea" American authors who have added to or modified folklore traditions, including Washington Irving Historical events that gave rise to folklore, including the civil rights movement and the Revolutionary War Terms in folklore studies, such as fieldwork and the folklife movement Holidays and observances, such as Christmas and Kwanzaa Topics related to folklore in everyday life, such as sports folklore and courtship/dating folklore Folklore related to cultural groups, such as Appalachian folklore and African-American folklore and more.

Download or read book A Treasury of American Folklore written by Terri Hardin and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look into American folklore.

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Superstitions written by Richard Webster and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2012-09-08 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Download or read book A Treasury of Modern Superstitions and Charms written by Beth Perry and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-21 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every age has its superstitions, and today's generation is no exception. Even as science unveils the intricate secrets of our universe and society grows ever more reliant on technology, new superstitions and the charms inspired from them continue to evolve. A Treasury of Modern Superstitions and Charms presents an extensive compilation of these beliefs and practices that are alive and thriving in our contemporary age. Among the multitude of entries found in this book you will learn the superstitious reasoning behind such topics as: What it means to wake up with a song stuck in your head Why finding a cracked cell phone can be a good thing What coming across the number 13 while channel surfing means How keeping the ultrasound image of your child is believed to protect them later in life Whether you are a confirmed skeptic of superstition, an accepting believer or simply a student of social customs, this compilation by author Beth Perry is sure to fascinate, teach and entertain.

Download or read book 101 American Superstitions written by Harry Collis and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 1998-03-02 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This humorous and informative compendium gives the origin and an example of each of 101 familiar superstitions.

Download or read book American Regional Folklore written by Terry Ann Mood-Leopold and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-09-24 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy-to-use guide to American regional folklore with advice on conducting research, regional essays, and a selective annotated bibliography. American Regional Folklore begins with a chapter on library research, including how to locate a library suitable for folklore research, how to understand a library's resources, and how to construct a research strategy. Mood also gives excellent advice on researching beyond the library: locating and using community resources like historical societies, museums, fairs and festivals, storytelling groups, local colleges, newspapers and magazines, and individuals with knowledge of the field. The rest of the book is divided into eight sections, each one highlighting a separate region (the Northeast, the South and Southern Highlands, the Midwest, the Southwest, the West, the Northwest, Alaska, and Hawaii). Each regional section contains a useful overview essay, written by an expert on the folklore of that particular region, followed by a selective, annotated bibliography of books and a directory of related resources.

Download or read book A Brief Dictionary of American Superstitions written by Vergilius Ferm and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For other editions, see Author Catalog.

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Download or read book Cunningham s Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs written by Scott Cunningham and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2012-04-08 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanded and revised, this comprehensive guide features magical uses of over 400 herbs and plants from all parts of the world. With over 500,000 copies in print, this reference book is a must for all who perform natural magic. It features illustrations for easy identification of every herb, in addition to common names, use, and rulership.