On 2009-10-25 Dennis Hendrix, Atlanta GA wrote: This is an excellent book for both serious folklorists and the mere browser of strange beliefs of old. Under each key word it lists various beliefs stretching back centuries and cites the source there as well. This may not be as lengthy a text as Hyatt´s ´Folklore From Adam´s County Illinois´ or the two-volume ´Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore´ -- but it certainly is one of the more serious efforts of cataloging superstitions that has been produced in the past quarter century. Of all the books I own on the topic (over 25), this one would be in the top five, both as a reference book and a great book for merely dipping into.
. And summed up by saying One of the best for the serious researcher AND mere browser.... Currently A Dictionary of Superstitions has an overall rating of 10 over 10.
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Iona Opie claimed Ranging from the familiar to the bizarre, and including everything from spells and omens to rituals and taboos, this delightfully informative dictionary covers a wide array of popular superstitions.
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