The Encyclopedia of Superstitions – Richard Webster

The Encyclopedia of Superstitions – Richard Webster|Superstitions can be effective ways of handling the anxieties and stress of everyday life,” anyone who reads straight through will likely develop a nervous twitch; still, this reference makes for compulsive browsing. – Publishers Weekly Have you ever rubbed a frog on your freckles? An Encyclopedia of Strange Superstitions and Bizarre Beliefs Trivia fans and fun fact fanatics will adore this fascinating, flickable encyclopedia! Richard Webster presents over five hundred of the most obscure, curious, and just-plain-freaky superstitions of the Western world. Discover batty beliefs about baldness, beans, and the Bermuda Triangle, and peculiar practices regarding hiccups, hearses, and hunchbacks. From modern myths to centuries-old lore, The Encyclopedia of Superstitions offers a wealth of wonderfully weird beliefs on just about every topic you can imagine.