Folk Lore Old Customs And Superstitions In Shakespeare Land
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Author | : J. Harvey Bloom |
Publisher | : Read Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 202 |
Release | : 2017-09-06 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1473340896 |
This vintage book contains a fascinating treatise on the customs and traditions of England, with information on its folklore, history, and more. From folk rhymes and funeral customs to brewing ale and the occult, this volume contains a wealth if information that will appeal to those with an interest in England and it's people. Contents include: "The Farmer and his Men", "Family Life: Marriage", "Christening and Birth Customs", "Children's Complaints", "Women's Indoor Work-Baking", "Brewing", "Washing", "Death and Funeral Customs", "The Husband and Wife", "Dress", "Farm Buildings", "The farm-house and Cottage", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with its original artwork and text. First published in 1929.
Author | : James Harvey Bloom |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 1929 |
Genre | : Folklore |
ISBN | : 9780841417915 |
Author | : J.H. Bloom |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1919 |
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Author | : Edwin Radford |
Publisher | : Barnes & Noble Publishing |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1996-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780760702284 |
Containing more that two thousand supersitions of Britain ranging over the past six hundred years, and extending down to the present day,this book demonstrates that superstitions are world-wide and inherent in all peoples of the world in exactly identical forms of fear and avoidance.
Author | : Alexander Barrie |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 516 |
Release | : 2005-11-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0750954272 |
Britain's rich and varied folklore, legends and beliefs provide an insight into the island's history. Every invader, refugee or settler has helped contribute some new element or twist to the complex pattern of our national heritage. This volume provides a comprehensive companion to legends and customs in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
Author | : Mark Norman |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2020-05-13 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0750995335 |
As featured in The New York Times... Throughout the history of civilisation, traditional crafts have been passed down from hand to skilled hand. Blacksmithing, brewing, beekeeping, baking, milling, spinning, knitting and weaving: these skills held societies together, and so too shaped their folklore and mythology. Exploring the folklore connected with these rural crafts, Telling the Bees examines the customs, superstitions and stories woven into some of the world's oldest trades. From the spinning of the Fates to the blacksmith's relationship with the devil, and the symbolism of John Barleycorn to a ritual to create bees from the corpse of a cow – these are the traditions upon which our modern world was built.
Author | : Steve Roud |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 1004 |
Release | : 2006-04-06 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0141941626 |
Are black cats lucky or unlucky? What should you do when you hear the first cuckoo? Since when have people believed that it's unlucky to shoot an albatross? Why does breaking a mirror lead to misfortune? This fascinating collection answers these and many other questions about the world of superstitions and forms an endlessly browsable guide to a subject that continues to obsess and intrigue.
Author | : D.C. Watts |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 482 |
Release | : 2007-05-02 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0080546021 |
Knowledge of plant names can give insight into largely forgotten beliefs. For example, the common red poppy is known as "Blind Man" due to an old superstitious belief that if the poppy were put to the eyes it would cause blindness. Many plant names derived from superstition, folk lore, or primal beliefs. Other names are purely descriptive and can serve to explain the meaning of the botanical name. For example, Beauty-Berry is the name given to the American shrub that belongs to the genus Callicarpa. Callicarpa is Greek for beautiful fruit. Still other names come from literary sources providing rich detail of the transmission of words through the ages.Conceived as part of the author's wider interest in plant and tree lore and ethnobotanical studies, this fully revised edition of Elsevier's Dictionary of Plant Names and Their Origins contains over 30,000 vernacular and literary English names of plants. Wild and cultivated plants alike are identified by the botanical name. Further detail provides a brief account of the meaning of the name and detailed commentary on common usage.* Includes color images * Inclusive of all Latin terms with vernacular derivatives * The most comprehensive guide for plant scientists, linguists, botanists, and historians
Author | : Marc Alexander |
Publisher | : Sutton Publishing |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
With over a thousand entries, this illustrated encyclopedia is the most comprehensive guide to the legends and beliefs of the British Isles.
Author | : Jennifer Westwood |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 601 |
Release | : 2013-10-31 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0141959533 |
Watch out for a ghostly ship and its spectral crew off the coast of Cornwall Listen for the unearthly tread and rustling silk dress of Darlington's Lady Jarratt Shiver at the malevolent apparition of 50 Berkeley Square that no-one survives seeing Beware the black dog of Shap Fell: a sighting warns of fatal accidents England's past echoes with stories of unquiet spirits and hauntings, of headless highwaymen and grey ladies, indelible bloodstains and ghastly premonitions. Here, county by county, are the nation's most fascinating supernatural tales and bone-chilling legends: from a ghostly army marching across Cumbria to the vanishing hitchhiker of Bluebell Hill, from the gruesome Man-Monkey of Shropshire to the phantom congregation who gather for a 'Sermon of the Dead' ...