Current Superstitions, by Various

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Title: Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk

Author: Various

Commentator: William Wells Newell

Editor: Fanny D. Bergen

Release Date: August 5, 2006 [EBook #18992]

Language: English

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CURRENT SUPERSTITIONS

COLLECTED FROM THE ORAL TRADITION OF ENGLISH SPEAKING FOLK

EDITED BY FANNY D. BERGEN

WITH NOTES, AND AN INTRODUCTION BY WILLIAM WELLS NEWELL

BOSTON AND NEW YORK Published for The American Folk Lore Society by HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY LONDON: DAVID NUTT, 270, 271 STRAND LEIPZIG: OTTO HARRASSOWITZ, QUERSTRASSE, 14 1896

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