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· 분류 : 외국도서 > 역사 > 역사일반
· ISBN : 9781108036474
· 쪽수 : 746쪽
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Customs and Ceremonies: Child-bearing, churching, and christening customs; Marriage customs and ceremonies; Customs at deaths; Of bowing towards the altar or communion table on entering the church; Drinking customs; Barbers' signs; Tobacco in ale houses; Custom and superstitions concerning wells and fountains; Notices concerning sports and games; Popular notices concerning cards; Sports of sailors; Fairs; Of the meaning of the old saw, 'Five score or men, money, and pins, six score of all other things'; Fairy mythology; Popular notions concerning the apparition of the devil; Sorcery or witchcraft; Ghosts or apparitions; Gipsies; Obsolete vulgar punishments; Omens; Charms; Divination; Vulgar errors; Neck verse; Bishop in the pan; Dining with Duke Humphrey; Miller's thumb; Turning cat in pan; Putting the miller's eye out; To bear the bell; To pluck a crow with any one; Of certain other obscure phrases and common expressions; Of the phenomenon vulgarly called Will, or Kitty with a wisp, or Jack with a lanthorn.