PREFACE.
CHAPTER II. - PRIMITIVE AND SAVAGE NOTIONS RESPECTING PLANTS
CHAPTER III. - PLANT-WORSHIP.
CHAPTER IV. - LIGHTNING PLANTS.
CHAPTER V. - PLANTS IN WITCHCRAFT.
CHAPTER VI. - PLANTS IN DEMONOLOGY.
CHAPTER VII. - PLANTS IN FAIRY-LORE.
CHAPTER VIII. - LOVE-CHARMS.
CHAPTER IX. - DREAM-PLANTS.
CHAPTER X. - PLANTS AND THE WEATHER.
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (449K characters)
Release date
2003-11-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
1848–1923
A Victorian clergyman with a lively curiosity about old beliefs and everyday traditions, he turned folklore, plants, and social customs into readable popular history. His books blend wide reading with a taste for the odd, memorable details that make the past feel close at hand.
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