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Popular Superstitions by Platt, Charles is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Popular Superstitions about?
1925. Nearly everyone is more or less superstitious, nevertheless, ninety-nine persons out of a hundred will walk under a ladder. The nature and origin of this and many other superstitions of everyday life are explained in this book. Contents: what a strange thing is man; cult of the horseshoe; numbers and dates; animals; flowers, fruits and trees; colors; women, children and clothes; marriage; birth and death; fisherfolk, card players, actors and musicians; salt; sneezing; nursery rhymes and other oddments.
Who reads Popular Superstitions?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Platt, Charles
- Publisher
- Kessinger Publishing, Llc
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781161370423
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Social Science, Science, Social Sciences
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