
The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland
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This fascinating collection answers many questions about the world of superstitions and forms an endlessly browsable guide to a subject that continues to obsess and intrigue. It won the 2004 Katherine Briggs Folklore award and was short-listed for the Nielsen Bookdata Reference Book of the Year.
Are black cats lucky or unlucky? What should you do when you hear the first cuckoo? Since when have people believed that it's unlucky to shoot an albatross? Why does breaking a mirror lead to misfortune? This collection answers these and other questions about the world of superstitions, and aims to form a browsable guide to this subject.