A dictionary of English folklore / Jacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud.

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Simpson, Jacqueline

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TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

0198608462
9780198608462
9780191578526
0191578525
058548628X
9780585486284
9786610374823
6610374821
1280374829
9781280374821

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Dictionary of English folklore.DDC classification:

398/.0942/03 22

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GR141 .S59 2000eb

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71.55

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Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Introduction; Abbreviations; List of Plates; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Bibliography.

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Summary: Provides information on English folklore, beliefs, oral performances, and calendar customs. Includes articles on oral and performance genres such as cheese rolling, morris dancing, and rushbearing, superstitions such as crossing fingers and wishbones, beliefs like fairy rings and frog showers, and calendar customs from April Fool's Day to St. Valentine's Day.

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Provides information on English folklore, beliefs, oral performances, and calendar customs. Includes articles on oral and performance genres such as cheese rolling, morris dancing, and rushbearing, superstitions such as crossing fingers and wishbones, beliefs like fairy rings and frog showers, and calendar customs from April Fool's Day to St. Valentine's Day.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-411).

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Introduction; Abbreviations; List of Plates; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Bibliography.

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