| A Handbook of Folklore Contributor(s): Burne, Charlotte Sophia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1162580542 ISBN-13: 9781162580548 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Customs & Traditions - Literary Collections - History | Modern - 19th Century |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 374 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 1914. A compendium of folkloric beliefs and tales from around the world. The "learning of the people." Contents: What folklore is; How to collect and record folklore; Belief and practice: earth and sky, vegetable world, animal world, human beings, things made by man, the soul and another life, superhuman beings; Omens and divination; The magic art; Disease and leech craft; Social and political institutions; Rites of individual life; Occupations and industries; Calendar fasts and festivals; Games, sports, and pastimes; Stories, songs, and sayings; Appendices. |