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Author Simpson, Jacqueline.

Title A dictionary of English folklore / Jacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000
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Contents Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Introduction; Abbreviations; List of Plates; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Bibliography
Summary Provides information on English folklore, beliefs, oral performances, and calendar customs. Includes articles on oral and performance genres such as cheese rolling, morris dancing, and rushbearing, superstitions such as crossing fingers and wishbones, beliefs like fairy rings and frog showers, and calendar customs from April Fool's Day to St. Valentine's Day
Notes "First published 2000. Reissued with new covers 2003"--Oxford reference online premium website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-411)
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Folklore -- England -- Dictionaries
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
Folklore
Manners and customs
Volkscultuur.
SUBJECT England -- Social life and customs -- Dictionaries
Subject England
Genre/Form dictionaries.
Dictionaries
Dictionaries.
Dictionnaires.
Form Electronic book
Author Roud, Stephen
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0198608462
9780198608462
9780191578526
0191578525
058548628X
9780585486284
9786610374823
6610374821
1280374829
9781280374821