The Myths and Fables of To-Day
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from WEATHER LORE " Fair is foul, and foul is fair." Shakespeare. r I "HERE is a certain class of so-called -- signs, that from long use have become so embedded in the every-day life of the people as to pass current with some as mere whimsical fancies, with others as possessing a real significance. At any rate, they crop out everywhere in the course of common conversation. Most of them have been handed down from former genera...
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- THE MYTHS AND FABLES OF TO-DAY
- CONTENTS
- I A RECKONING WITH TIME
- II THE FOLK-LORE OF CHILDHOOD
- III WEATHER LORE
- IV SIGNS OF ALL SORTS
- V CHARMS TO GOOD LUCK
- VI CHARMS AGAINST DISEASE
- VII OF FATE IN JEWELS
- VIII OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE
- IX OF EVIL OMENS
- X OF HAUNTED HOUSES, PERSONS, AND PLACES
- XI OF PRESENTIMENTS
- XII THE DIVINING-ROD
- XIII WONDERS OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE
- XIV “SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT”
- XV FORTUNE-TELLING, ASTROLOGY, AND PALMISTRY
- FOOTNOTES
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