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Title: The Myths and Fables of To-Day
Author: Samuel Adams Drake
Release Date: November 14, 2013 [eBook #44177]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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THE MYTHS AND FABLES
OF TO-DAY
“Lord, what fools these mortals be!”
THE
MYTHS AND FABLES
OF TO-DAY
By
Samuel Adams Drake
Illustrations by
Frank T. Merrill
BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD
MCM
Copyright, 1900, by Samuel Adams Drake.
All rights reserved.
The Myths and Fables of To-day.
Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith
Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| I. | A Reckoning with Time | 1 |
| II. | The Folk-lore of Childhood | 25 |
| III. | Weather Lore | 34 |
| IV. | Signs of All Sorts | 47 |
| V. | Charms to Good Luck | 55 |
| VI. | Charms against Disease | 85 |
| VII. | Of Fate in Jewels | 109 |
| VIII. | Of Love and Marriage | 122 |
| IX. | Of Evil Omens |