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Myths and Fables of To-day

Name: Myths and Fables of To-day
Author: Samuel Adams Drake

Samuel Adams Drake

Read by RPBrevard, Jenn Broda, Julian Pratley, jenno, John Stevens, April6090, Justin Ordway, KevinB and Kathleen Moore · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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A Reckoning with Time (25:16)
The Folk-lore of Childhood (9:17)
Weather Lore (10:50)
Signs of All Sorts (7:57)
Charms to Good Luck (33:06)
Charms against Disease (28:34)
Of Fate in Jewels (15:59)
Of Love and Marriage (27:12)
Of Evil Omens (39:56)
Of Haunted Houses, Persons, and Places (27:06)
Of Presentiments (23:06)
The Divining-rod (5:20)
Wonders of the Physical Universe (12:32)
“Ships that Pass in the Night” (19:47)
Fortune-telling, Astrology, and Palmistry (10:25)