Divining Daisy
The daisy is probably best known for the "loves me, loves me not" ditty which children chant as they pick off the petals. The superstition that the flower could discern affections was popularized in the early 1800's by Goethe's play, in which [... more]
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Shirley Jackson
Stories of magic, superstition, and witchcraft were strictly forbidden in the little town of Salem Village. But a group of young girls ignored those rules, spellbound by the tales told by a woman named Tituba. When questioned about their ... [... more]
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Venetia Newall
Many of the beliefs and superstitions of early man were connected with animals which were credited with their own powers of speech and understanding and were also regarded as a source of cures for both mental and physical ailments. Modern ... [... more]
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Tales From the Tower: Secrets and Superstitions from a ...
 Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 941 EAN: 9781845250263 ISBN: 1845250265 Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: 2007-01-01 [... more]
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Inventing Superstition: From the Hippocratics to the ...
Author: Dale B. Martin Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 398.410901 EAN: 9780674024076 ISBN: 0674024079 Number Of Pages: 320 Publication Date: 2007-03-01 [... more]
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Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk Religion
Author: Joshua Tractenberg Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 133 EAN: 9781432617783 ISBN: 1432617788 Number Of Pages: 376 Publication Date: 2006-02 [... more]
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101 American Superstitions
101 Superstitions!: Here's a delightful collection of American superstitions, wonderfully illustrated with whimsical cartoons. 101 American Superstitions will amuse you for hours - while giving insight into American customs, beliefs, and humor. Each [... more]
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Hiking Arizona's Superstition and Mazatzal Country
Excellent hikes in Phoenix area: I gave it only four stars because there's a lot of information he could have given that he did not give, but still, given the limits of the format, this is one of the better books on hiking in the Phoenix area. Most books [... more]
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Mad Mandrake
And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad. . . The idea that mandrake would scream when uprooted, causing insanity or death to those hearing it, is only one of the strange superstitions ascribed ... [... more]
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Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels ...
Turning constructs on their head: This book, by Paul Gross and Norman Levitt, both scientists (the former a biologist, the latter a mathematician), airs the grievances of science against the new post-modernist movement in the academia. A movement that [... more]
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Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition
From Amazon.com: Wade Boggs is one of the best hitters baseball has ever known; at the plate he's a master technician. He also believes that eating chicken gives him good luck, so he's eaten chicken every day for years. Starting with the superstitions of [... more]
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Leon et les superstitions
Amazon.ca: Léon deviendra à coup sûr un classique, tant ce personnage créé par la Québécoise Annie Groovie a le don de faire rigoler ses jeunes admirateurs. Léon, c'est un petit bonhomme tracé [... more]
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