The Myths and Fables of To-Day
by Drake, Samuel Adams
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Title:
The Myths and Fables of To-Day
Alternate Title:
The Myths and Fables of Today
Contents:
A reckoning with time -- The folk-lore of childhood -- Weather lore -- Signs of all sorts -- Charms to good luck -- Charms against disease -- Of fate in jewels -- Of love and marriage -- Of evil omens -- Of haunted houses, persons, and places -- Of presentiments -- The divining-rod -- Wonders of the physical universe -- "ships that pass in the night" -- Fortune-telling,...