Baby Lore
Baby Lore

Author: Rosalind Franklin

Publisher: Diggory Press Limited

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0951565540

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Hundreds of superstitions and old wives tales from every corner of the world related to every aspect of pregnancy, birth, and baby care are collected in this volume. It covers folklore from determining baby's sex at conception to easing baby's teething pains.

Fairy Lore
Fairy Lore

Author: D. L. Ashliman

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2005-12-30

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0313042004

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Fairy lore concerns beliefs about elves, dwarfs, gnomes, trolls, mermaids, brownies, pixies, leprechauns, and many other beings found in world folklore. Written for students and general readers, this book is an introduction to fairy lore from around the world. The handbook defines and classifies types of fairies, provides numerous examples and texts, overviews scholarship, and discusses the role of fairies in art, film, and popular culture. It closes with a glossary and a bibliography of print and electronic resources.

Culture and Change
Culture and Change

Author: Margaret Lael Mikesell

Publisher: University of Delaware Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780874138252

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These issues of city-building and institutional change involved more than the familiar push and pull of interest groups or battles between bosses, reformers, immigrants, and natives. Revell explores the ways in which technical values - a distinctive civic culture of expertise - helped to reshape ideas of community, generate new centers of public authority, and change the physical landscape of New York City."--Jacket.