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: 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.
**Contents and Sample Pages**
Hindu (931)
Agriculture (121)
Ancient (1090)
Archaeology (767)
Architecture (564)
Art & Culture (913)
Biography (715)
Buddhist (544)
Cookery (167)
Emperor & Queen (567)
Islam (242)
Jainism (309)
Literary (889)
Mahatma Gandhi (376)
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