CURRENT SUPERSTITIONS: Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk.
Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin Co.for the American Folk-Lore Society, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo, burgundy cloth with gilt spine title; x, 161 pp. + 6-page catalog at rear. Covers moderately spotted, else very good. Good+. Item #21381
1475 different superstitions organized into 19 categories, from "Babyhood" to "Mortuary Customs." Each citation with locality where used. Memoirs of the American Folk-Lore Society Vo. IV.
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