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A Dictionary of Superstitions
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A Dictionary of Superstitions

Iona Opie, Moira Tatem

This is a fascinating dictionary covering the wide range of folk beliefs that have survived into our own age. Each superstition is illustrated by quotations tracing its development through the centuries. Entries tell of the traditional significance of animals, colours, days, and the elements; rituals to be observed at certain seasons or when faced with natural and unnatural occurrences; cures, taboos, and the uses to which people have put everyday objects in pursuit of good fortune or knowledge of the future.

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
1996
Print ISBN-13:
9780192829160
Published to Oxford Reference:
2003
Current Online Version:
2012
eISBN:
9780191726873

Authors

Iona Opie, author

Moira Tatem, author

Iona Opie was the author, with her late husband Peter Opie, of a number of admired works on the folklore of children.

Moria Tatem is a linguist by profession. Her interest in superstitions dates back to her childhood in the mining and seafaring community of South Shields, northern England.

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