This is a ‘dipper’, one for your reference library; full of wonderful, odd, funny and just plain weird superstitions from around the world. It also contains some of the old sayings, half-remembered from childhood, to impress your friends with.
Did you know that a housewarming was originally performed to honour the spirits that lived in the house? Or that moles on the body can be read to determine character, depending on where they are placed? I’m surprised that sailors were able to carry out their duties considering the many and varied superstitions they were prone to.
I laughed my way through this book because it is a lot of fun. Richard Webster has done a great job of collecting stories of the obscure things that have worried us since the beginning of Man on Earth.
Review by Jane Stewart Adams
Published by Llewellyn Worldwide www.llewellyn.com
ISBN Number: 978-0-7387-1277-2
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