The hand of destiny : the folk-lore and superstitions of everyday life / by C.J.S. Thompson.

  • Thompson, C. J. S. (Charles John Samuel), 1862-1943.
Date:
[1932]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The hand of destiny : the folk-lore and superstitions of everyday life / by C.J.S. Thompson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Hand of Destiny .... Frontispiece FACING PAGE The Death of St. Stephen.78 Bronze Hand in the Attitude of Benediction . 80 A Calf's Heart stuck with Pins and Thorns used in Witchcraft.136 The Regimental Mascot of the ist Royal Welch Fusiliers.246 The Regimental Mascot of the Argyll and Suther¬ land Highlanders ...... 252 The Howard Grace Cup ...... 272 The Mascots of the “ Springboks/' the South African Rugby Team, 1931 ...... 280 IN TEXT PAGE Astrologer at the Birth of a Child ii Putty Figure of a Man ...... 45 Hunchback Charm ....... 67 Double Horus Eye ....... 68 “ Cimaruta in Silver ...... 69 “ Mano Fica ........ 70 Mano Cornuto ....... 71 Hippocampus or Sea-horse ..... 75 The Hand of Renunciation ..... 78 Wooden Sign used as a Signal for the opening of Chester Fair in the Seventeenth Century . .114 Baking Bread . . . . . . . .117