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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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"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.