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Black cats & four-leaf clovers : the origins of old wives' tales and superstitions in our everyday lives / Harry Oliver.

By: Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Group, 2010.Edition: 1st American edDescription: xi, 255 p. : ill. ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0399536094 (pbk.)
  • 9780399536090 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Black cats and four-leaf clovers
Contained works:
  • Oliver, Harry. Black cats and April fools
Subject(s):
Contents:
1. Arts and entertainment -- 2. Outdoor dangers -- 3. Actions and gestures -- 4. Around the home -- 5. Clothes and apparel -- 6. Animals -- 7. The body -- 8. Love and marriage -- 9. Food and drink -- 10. Sports and pastimes -- 11. The weather and natural occurrences -- 12. Birth -- 13. Death -- 14. Numbers, lucky and unlucky -- 15. Gifts -- 16. Celebrations and festivals -- 17. Days of the week -- 18. Predicting the future -- 19. Old wives' tales and pseudo-science -- 20. Flowers and trees -- 21. International talismans -- 22. Around the world.
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Book - training Training Library Non-fiction 398.41 Oli (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

"A Perigee book."

Originally published as Black cats and April fools in Great Britain in 2006 by John Blake Pub.

1. Arts and entertainment -- 2. Outdoor dangers -- 3. Actions and gestures -- 4. Around the home -- 5. Clothes and apparel -- 6. Animals -- 7. The body -- 8. Love and marriage -- 9. Food and drink -- 10. Sports and pastimes -- 11. The weather and natural occurrences -- 12. Birth -- 13. Death -- 14. Numbers, lucky and unlucky -- 15. Gifts -- 16. Celebrations and festivals -- 17. Days of the week -- 18. Predicting the future -- 19. Old wives' tales and pseudo-science -- 20. Flowers and trees -- 21. International talismans -- 22. Around the world.