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Item Details
Title:
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POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS
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By: |
Charles Platt |
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Paperback |
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£6.50 |
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ISBN 10: |
8129201941 |
ISBN 13: |
9788129201942 |
Publisher: |
INDIGO BOOKS |
Pages: |
189 |
Synopsis: |
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 include: 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. |
Publication: |
India |
Imprint: |
Indigo Books |
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Non-returnable |
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