The first major new book on British superstitions and their history in over a generation, this survey not only explains what people have believed and why, but when superstitions arose, which parts of the country adopted them, how they evolved and what people believe today. Drawing extensively on literary sources from medieval times to the present, the book settles many arguments, debunks many myths and provides in the process a fascinating sideways view of social customs and beliefs over the centuries.
- ISBN10 0140515496
- ISBN13 9780140515497
- Publish Date 4 November 2004
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 13 February 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English