Enid Porter

Cambridgeshire Customs and Folklore (RLE Folklore) (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Enid Porter spent many years collecting and recording from Cambridgeshire people the folk beliefs and customs held and observed in the country, both past and present. The subjects covered in the book, first published in 1969, range from the folklore of courtship, marriage, birth and death, of trees and plants and the whole world of nature to tra

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 521
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000112917
• Artikelnr.: 59851876

Autorenporträt

Enid Porter

Inhaltsangabe

1. Folklore and Customs of Human Life 1.1. Courtship 1.2. Marriage 1.3.
Pregnancy and Birth 1.4. Child Care and Education 1.5. Death and Burial 2.
Folklore of Nature 2.1. Birds 2.2. Flowers and Plants 2.3. Insects and
Reptiles 2.4. Mammals 2.5. Moon and Stars 2.6. Trees 2.7. Water 2.8.
Weather 3. Curing the Sick 4. Calendar Customs 5. The World of Magic 5.1.
Ghosts 5.2. Witchcraft 6. Narratives and Traditions 6.1. Local Legends 6.2.
Curious Characters 6.3. Strange Incidents 7. Games, Sports and Pastimes 8.
University Customs 9. Customs of Municipal and Corporate Life Appendix 1.
Charity, Land-Letting and Rental Customs Appendix 2. Food and Drink
Appendix 3. Sayings, Proverbs and Rhymes Appendix 4. Miscellaneous Beliefs
and Customs