A Brief Dictionary of American Superstitions
by Vergilius Ferm
A fantastic, quirky, vintage find!
Superstitions have been attached to almost everything at some time in history. Here are the many peculiarly indigenous to America—some familiar to moderns, others traditional to certain areas of folklore, all exceedingly curious. Superstitions about the weather, cures for illnesses, taboos of theater, safe procedures in marriage, lucky days, charms, foods, festivals, and hundreds of others, are carefully alphabetized and cross-indexed to make easily accessible a vast body of fascinating information. The kind of volume to satisfy a specific curiosity or tempt the reader to endless hours of leisurely browsing.
GENRE Folklore, Mythology, American Superstitions, Dictionary
COVER Hardcover with dust jacket
CONDITION Good vintage conditions
LENGTH 110 pages
PUBLISHED 1965
by Vergilius Ferm
A fantastic, quirky, vintage find!
Superstitions have been attached to almost everything at some time in history. Here are the many peculiarly indigenous to America—some familiar to moderns, others traditional to certain areas of folklore, all exceedingly curious. Superstitions about the weather, cures for illnesses, taboos of theater, safe procedures in marriage, lucky days, charms, foods, festivals, and hundreds of others, are carefully alphabetized and cross-indexed to make easily accessible a vast body of fascinating information. The kind of volume to satisfy a specific curiosity or tempt the reader to endless hours of leisurely browsing.
GENRE Folklore, Mythology, American Superstitions, Dictionary
COVER Hardcover with dust jacket
CONDITION Good vintage conditions
LENGTH 110 pages
PUBLISHED 1965
by Vergilius Ferm
A fantastic, quirky, vintage find!
Superstitions have been attached to almost everything at some time in history. Here are the many peculiarly indigenous to America—some familiar to moderns, others traditional to certain areas of folklore, all exceedingly curious. Superstitions about the weather, cures for illnesses, taboos of theater, safe procedures in marriage, lucky days, charms, foods, festivals, and hundreds of others, are carefully alphabetized and cross-indexed to make easily accessible a vast body of fascinating information. The kind of volume to satisfy a specific curiosity or tempt the reader to endless hours of leisurely browsing.
GENRE Folklore, Mythology, American Superstitions, Dictionary
COVER Hardcover with dust jacket
CONDITION Good vintage conditions
LENGTH 110 pages
PUBLISHED 1965