Dictionary of Superstitions
David Pickering,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Cassell P L C
David Pickering,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Cassell P L C
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780304345359 (0304345350)
Publish date: March 1st 1996
Publisher: Cassell
Pages no: 294
Edition language: English
I haven't actually "read" this tome. I picked it up today at one of my libraries for a dollar and already I've learned something:molucca bean A kind of bean or nut, sometimes worn as an amulet in the Western Isles of Scotland....When witchcraft is threatened the beans turn black, warning of misfortu...