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Curious cures of old Yorkshire : a collection of remedies, health superstitions and medical memories / Dulcie Lewis.
Lewis, Dulcie.Date: 2001- Books
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Essays on subjects connected with the literature, popular superstitions, and history of England in the Middle Ages / By Thomas Wright.
Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877.Date: 1846- Books
Aztec sorcerers in seventeenth century Mexico : the Treatise on superstitions by Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón / Michael D. Coe and Gordon Whittaker.
Coe, Michael D.Date: 1982- Books
Traditions, legends, superstitions, and sketches of Devonshire on the borders of the Tamar and the Tavy illustrative of its manners, customs, history, antiquities, scenery, and natural history, in a series of letters to Robert Southey, esq / By Mrs. Bray.
Bray, Mrs. (Anna Eliza), 1790-1883.Date: 1838- Books
Curious facts in the history of insects : including spiders and scorpions a complete collection of the legends, superstitions, beliefs, and ominous signs connected with insects together with their uses in medicine, art, and as food and a summary of their remarkable injuries and appearances / by Frank Cowan.
Cowan, Frank, 1844-1905.Date: 1865- Books
China, or, illustrations of the symbols, philosophy, antiquities, customs, superstitions, laws, government, education, and literature of the Chinese / [Samuel Kidd].
Kidd, Samuel, 1804-1843Date: 1841 [i.e. 1842]- Books
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Some verses composed upon the insurrections of the Jacobites, in the kingdoms of Great-Britain and Ireland, from their first rise to the present time. To the tune of, Balhaven's voyage; or, Andrew and his cutty Gun. Giving an Account of Intention to re-establish Popery under the Reign of the late King James; of the Revolution and the Attempts of the Jacobite Party, under the Reigns of the late King William and Queen Anne, with their Disappointments; with an Account of the Rebellion in 1715, under the Reign of King George the 1 st, of blessed Memory, with an Account how they were subdued; likewise of the Rebels rising last Year; their Progress, and of the compleat Victory gained over them at Culloden, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, April 16. 1746. with some Reflections on the Rebels that have been executed, and the Superstitions of the Church of Rome, and the Jacobite Clergy in Scotland, &c.
Turnbull, Walter, active 1746.Date: 1746- Books
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De Laune's plea for the non-conformists: shewing the true state of their case, and how far the conformists separation from the Church of Rome for their Popish Superstitions, &c. introduced into the Service of God, justifies the non-conformist's separation from them for the same. In a Letter to Dr. Benjamin Calamy, upon his Sermon, called Scrupulous Conscience, inviting hereto. To which is added, a Parallel Scheme of the Pagan, Papal, and Christian Rites and Ceremonies. With a narrative of the remarkable tryal and sufferings underwent for Writing, Printing and Publishing hereof. By Thomas Delaune, who died in Newgate during his Imprisonment for this Book. Printed Twenty Years ago; But being seiz'd by the Messenger of the Press, was afterwards Burnt by the Common-Hang-Man: And is now Re-Printed from the Author's Original Copy; and Published by a Protestant Dissenter, who was the Author's Fellow-Prisoner at the Time of his Death, for the Cause of Non-Conformity.
De Laune, Thomas, -1685.Date: 1704- Books
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The protestant alarm; or, popish cruelty fully displayed. Containing an impartial enquiry into, and a fair investigation of, the propagation, rise, progress, Doctrines, Discipline, Horrid Practices, Idolatrous Ceremonies, Superstitions, Innovations, Tyrannies, Treacheries, Cruel Persecutions, Tortures, Massacrees, and Errors of the Romish church. Calculated To detect the dangerous Tenets of Poperty, to counteract the poisonous Effects which its Principles may promote, and to defeat the pernicious Purposes of the most artful Priests, and their Romish Emissaries among the Roman Catholics. Suited To all Times, but more particularly to the present important Crisis, when such peculiar Countenance is given to Tenets at once so destructive to the Rights of Mankind in general, and to the Peace of the Individuals of the British Empire. The whole comprized In a Series of Entertaining and Useful Familiar Dialogues between Father and Son. Inscribed to the Protestant Association. By John Fellows, Author of the History of the Bible in Verse; and of Grace Triumphant, a Poem.
Fellows, John, -1785.Date: [1778?]- Books
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De Laune's plea for the non-conformists: shewing the true state of their case, and how for the conformist's separation from the Church of Rome for their Popish Superstitions, &c. introduced into the Service of God, justifies the non-conformist's separation from them for the same. In a Letter to Dr. Benjamin Calamy, upon his Sermon, called, Scrupulous Conscience, inviting hereto. To which is added, a Parallel Scheme of the Pagan, Papal, and Christian Rites and Ceremonies. With a narrative of the remarkable tryal and sufferings underwent for Writing, Printing and Publishing hereof. By Thomas Delaune, who died in Newgate during his Imprisonment for this Book. Printed Twenty Years ago; But being seiz'd by the Messenger of the Press, was afterwards Burnt by the Common-Hang-Man: And is now Re-Printed from the Author's Original Copy; and Published by a Protestant Dissenter, who was the Author's Fellow-Prisoner at the Time of his Death, for the Cause of Non-Conformity.
De Laune, Thomas, -1685.Date: 1704- Books
Archaic England : an essay in deciphering prehistory from megalithic monuments, earthworks, customs, coins, placenames, and faeric superstitions / by Harold Bayley.
Bayley, Harold.Date: 1919- Books
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Plant lore, legends, and lyrics : Embracing the myths, traditions, superstitions, and folk-lore of the plant kingdom / by Richard Folkard, jun.
Folkard, Richard.Date: 1884- Books
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Amulets and superstitions : the original texts with translations and descriptions of a long series of Egyptian, Sumerian, Assyrian, Hebrew, Christian, Gnostic and Muslim amulets and talismans and magical figures, with chapters on the evil eye, the origin of the amulet, the pentagon, the swastika, the cross (pagan and Christian), the properties of stones, rings, divination, numbers, the Kabbâlâh, ancient astrology, etc., bySir E. A. Wallis Budge ... / with twenty-two plates and three hundred illustrations.
Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934.Date: 1930- Books
Miraculous restoration of lost body parts : relationship to the phantom limb phenomenon and to limb-burial superstitions and practices / Douglas B. Price.
Price, Douglas BDate: 1976- Books
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The natural history of superstition.
Trenchard, John, 1662-1723.Date: MDCCIX. [1709]- Books
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Observations on the popular antiquities of Great Britain: chiefly illustrating the origin of our vulgar and provincial customs, ceremonies, and superstitions / by John Brand.
Brand, John, 1744-1806.Date: 1849- Books
A description of the Shetland Islands. Comprising an account of their geology, scenery, antiquities, and superstitions / By Samuel Hibbert ... With a geological map.
Hibbert, Samuel, 1782-1848.Date: 1822- Books
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A new family instructor; containing, a brief and clear defence of the Christian religion in general, against the errors of the atheists, Jews, deists & sceptics: and of the Protestant Religion in Particular, Against the Superstitions of the Church of Rome. In familiar discourses between a father and his children. in two parts. Part I. Containing a Father's Instructions to his Son on his going to Travel into Popish Countries; And to the rest of his Children on his Son's turning Papist, confirming them in the Protestant Religion against the Absurdities of Popery. With the effectual Arguments he made use of to reclaim his apostatized Son from the Errors of the Church of Rome. Part II. Instructions against the Three Grand Errors of the Times: Asserting, 1st, The Divine Authority of the Scriptures against the Deists; Demonstrating, 2dly, The messias to be already come, against the Atheists and Jews. Defending, 3dly, The Divinity of Jesus Christ, against our Modern Hereticks. With a Poem on the Divine Nature of Jesus Christ, in Blank Verse. By th author of the Family instructor.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: 1732- Books
The religion of fools? : superstition past and present / edited by S.A. Smith and Alan Knight.
Date: 2008- Books
Folk medicine : a miscellany of old cures and remedies, superstitions, and old wives' tales having particular reference to Australia and the British Isles / Bill Wannan.
Wannan, Bill.Date: 1970- Books
The occult sciences : sketches of the traditions and superstitions of past times, and the marvels of the present day / by Rev. Edward Smedley [and others].
Smedley, Edward, 1788-1836.Date: 1855- Books
La thérapeutique et l'hygiène en Chine : de l'influence des superstitions sur le développement des sciences médico-pharmaceutiques / préface de M. le professeur Em. Perrot.
Doré, François J.Date: 1920- Books
The psychology of superstition / by Gustav Jahoda.
Jahoda, Gustav.Date: 1969- Books
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A glossary of North country words, with their etymology, and affinity to other languages; and occasional notices of local customs and popular superstitions ... / [John Trotter Brockett].
Brockett, John Trotter, 1788-1842Date: 1846- Books
Traditions, superstitions, and folklore, (chiefly Lancashire and the north of England:) their affinity to others in widely-distributed localities; their eastern origin and mythical significance / [Charles Hardwick].
Hardwick, Charles, 1817-1889.Date: 1872