CROSS YOUR FINGERS, SPIT IN YOUR HAT: Superstitions and Other Beliefs

by Alvin -- Ed. Schwartz ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 13, 1974

Though the nature of the material in the fourth of Schwartz and Rounds' amiable American folklore collections is not as rumbustiously funny as the samplers of tongue twisters, word tricks and jokes, the same pesky illustrations, browsable format and conscientious research notes make it just as fetching in its own way. There are recipes for winning a lover or losing a wart, catalogs of ailments and cures, superstitions dealing with travel, numbers, the weather and death, and traditional notions about good luck and bad, witches and stars. In addition Schwartz appends an informal introductory course in folk beliefs via his definitions of charm, talisman, sympathetic and imitative magic, etc. Another winner.

Pub Date: May 13, 1974

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Lippincott

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1974

Categories: NONFICTION