Scientific Essays and Lectures

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Charles Kingsley

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The superstitious man, according to him, after having washed his hands with lustral water--that is, water in which a torch from the altar had been quenched--goes about with a laurel-leaf in his mouth, to keep off evil influences, as the pigs in Devonshire used, in my youth, to go about with a withe of mountain ash round their necks to keep off the evil eye. If a weasel crosses his path, he stops, and either throws three pebbles into the road, or, with the innate selfishness of fear, lets someone else go before him, and attract to himself the harm which may ensue. He has a similar dread of a screech-owl, whom he compliments in the name of its mistress, Pallas Athene.

Release date NZ

September 10th, 2010

Author

Charles Kingsley

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

110

Dimensions

235x191x6

ISBN-13

9781162683256

Product ID

9207317

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