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The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical

by Frank H. Stauffer

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2Books With Unpronounceable Names
  3. 3Most Curious Book in the World
  4. 4A Long Lost Book Recovered
  5. 5The Bug Bible
  6. 6Illuminated Manuscript Bible
  7. 7The Mazarine Bible — A Book Without Words
  8. 8Wierix’s Bible
  9. 9Gilt Beards
  10. 10Printed in Gold Letters — Magnificent Latin Bible
  11. 11Interesting Manuscript Bibles
  12. 12The Vinegar Bible
  13. 13Queen Elizabeth’s “Oone Gospell Booke”
  14. 14Eliot’s Indian Bible
  15. 15Silver Book
  16. 16Huge Copy of the Koran
  17. 17A Lost Book
  18. 18Book of Riddles
  19. 19Unique Library
  20. 20The New England Primer
  21. 21The Bedford Missal
  22. 22Lord Kingsborough’s Mexico
  23. 23Imperishable Prison Literature
  24. 24Puffing Their Own Books
  25. 25Sibylline Books
  26. 26Prophetic Almanacs
  27. 27Diaries
  28. 28Literary Ingenuity
  29. 29Supposed to Be a Genuine Island
  30. 30King of India’s Library
  31. 31Palindromes
  32. 32Chronogram
  33. 33Instance of Remarkable Perseverance
  34. 34Alliterative Whims
  35. 35Alliterations Carried to Absurd Excess
  36. 36Vacillating Newspapers
  37. 37Dr. Johnson’s Blunders
  38. 38Blunders of Painters
  39. 39Thackeray’s Geographical Blunders
  40. 40A Stupid Critic
  41. 41Crooked Coincidences
  42. 42The Bride of Abydos — Grandiloquent Outbursts
  43. 43Dialect Rhyme
  44. 44In Search of a Rhyme
  45. 45Noted Anachronisms
  46. 46Diogenes and His Tub
  47. 47Slave Advertisements
  48. 48Sir John Moore Not Buried at Night
  49. 49Cleopatra a Myth
  50. 50Abelard and Heloise — Odd Titles of Old Books
  51. 51Title-Pages Which Mislead
  52. 52A Carmelite Friar’s Poem
  53. 53Striking Parallel Passages Between Shakspeare and the Bible
  54. 54Curious Play Bill
  55. 55Boone’s Spelling
  56. 56Vagaries of Spelling
  57. 57Singular Specimen of Orthography in the Sixteenth Century
  58. 58High-Sounding Prologue
  59. 59Inducements to Subscribers
  60. 60Composition During Sleep
  61. 61A Bill of Particulars
  62. 62Lilly’s Predictions
  63. 63Puritan Surnames
  64. 64Curious Old Memorandum
  65. 65Double-Entendre
  66. 66Changes of Signification
  67. 67Don Quixote’s Sheep
  68. 68The Oldest Ballad
  69. 69Two Certificates of Gretna-Green Marriages
  70. 70Swift’s Latin Puns
  71. 71Rhyming Charter
  72. 72Cæsar’s Wife Must Be Above Suspicion
  73. 73Oddly Addressed Letters
  74. 74Amusements of Some Learned Men
  75. 75Kant’s Eccentricity
  76. 76Death Warrant of the Saviour
  77. 77Quaint Recipes
  78. 78Chronological Table of Remarkable Events
  79. 79Hymn — in the Form of a Cross — Curious Piece of Antiquity, on the…
  80. 80Copy of a Letter Written by Cardinal Richelieu to the French Ambass…
  81. 81Passage Through the Isthmus of Panama, Suggested Three Hundred Year…
  82. 82A False Conclusion
  83. 83Posies From Wedding Rings
  84. 84Private Expenses of Charles II
  85. 85First Brick House in Philadelphia
  86. 86The Pillory in Philadelphia
  87. 87One Hundred Years Too Soon
  88. 88The Manner of Watchmen Imitating the Clock at Herrnhuth, in Germany
  89. 89Household Rules in the Sixteenth Century
  90. 90Hindoo Oaths
  91. 91Saturday a Fatal Day to the Royal Family of England
  92. 92Edicts Against Fiddlers
  93. 93John O’Gaunt’s Will
  94. 94Eccentric Will
  95. 95Curious Custom at Strasbourg
  96. 96Tooth-Picks — Phantom Menageries
  97. 97Curious Law
  98. 98Curious Historical Coincidence
  99. 99Born Within the Sound of Bow Bells
  100. 100Refreshments for the Pulpit
  101. 101Birthdays
  102. 102Toppling Flower Pots
  103. 103Electioneering in 1640
  104. 104Monks Ordered to Shave
  105. 105Odd Bill for Repairs
  106. 106Antiquity of Riddles
  107. 107Cashing Lottery Prizes
  108. 108Lottery for Women in India
  109. 109Ancient Lottery
  110. 110Child Played for
  111. 111Lotteries
  112. 112Babes in the Wood
  113. 113A Little Bird Told Me
  114. 114Dead Drunk for Twopence
  115. 115How the Prophecy of the Destruction of Bath Came About
  116. 116Drop-Letter Retort
  117. 117Dean Swift’s Marriage Ceremony
  118. 118Pious Guide-Posts
  119. 119A Bogus Dragon
  120. 120Donation to a Fair
  121. 121Confectionery Decorations
  122. 122Superscription to a Letter
  123. 123In Search of a Looking-Glass
  124. 124Bleeding for Nothing
  125. 125An Astonished Lawyer
  126. 126Duels Fought by Clergymen
  127. 127A Singular Coincidence
  128. 128Tavern Screens
  129. 129Ancient Antipathy to Red Hair
  130. 130Lightning-Prints
  131. 131No Buttons but Brass Buttons
  132. 132Curious Signs in New York
  133. 133Recipes From Albertus Magnus
  134. 134Infamous Nankeen
  135. 135The Military Salute
  136. 136Book-keeping in Norway
  137. 137Curious Post-Office
  138. 138Inordinate Self-Esteem
  139. 139He’s a Brick
  140. 140Punch and Judy in 1669
  141. 141Offending Barbers
  142. 142Primitive Tavern Signs
  143. 143Watch-Papers
  144. 144Echo Verse
  145. 145Signature of the Cross
  146. 146Simply on Account of Her Name
  147. 147Richelieu’s Boast
  148. 148Curious Parallel
  149. 149Earliest Clocks
  150. 150Famous Astronomical Clock
  151. 151Clock That Strikes Thirteen
  152. 152Westminster Clock
  153. 153Wonderful Clock
  154. 154Vocal Clock
  155. 155Harrison’s Clock
  156. 156A Cat-Clock
  157. 157Curious Time-Piece
  158. 158Clock Presented to Charlemagne
  159. 159Delicate Machinery
  160. 160Ancient Dials
  161. 161Skull Watches
  162. 162Book-Shaped Watch
  163. 163Cruciform Watch
  164. 164Miniature Time-Piece — Resurrection Watch
  165. 165Borrowing Watches
  166. 166Striking Watches
  167. 167Too Many Watches
  168. 168Wearing Two Watches
  169. 169Minute Mechanisms
  170. 170Wonderful Lock
  171. 171Roman Stamp
  172. 172Talisman of Charlemagne
  173. 173The Black Stone at Mecca
  174. 174The Portland Vase
  175. 175Martin Luther’s Tankard
  176. 176Brass Medal of the Saviour
  177. 177Friar Bacon’s Brazen Head
  178. 178Crucifix of Columbus
  179. 179Scipio’s Shield
  180. 180Horn of Oldenburg
  181. 181Nebuchadnezzar’s Golden Mask
  182. 182Iron Crown of Lombardy
  183. 183The Sacro Catino
  184. 184Curious Lantern
  185. 185Carrara’s Toilet Box
  186. 186Executioner’s Sword
  187. 187Luck of Eden-hall
  188. 188Bernini’s Bust of Charles I.
  189. 189Burn’s Snuff-box
  190. 190Statue of Memnon
  191. 191The Head of Orpheus
  192. 192Wonderful Automata
  193. 193Temple of the Sun
  194. 194Tomb of Darius
  195. 195Temples the First Museums
  196. 196Wesley’s Plate
  197. 197Grace Knives
  198. 198Religious Relics
  199. 199Mammoth Bottle
  200. 200A Drinking Glass a Yard Long
  201. 201Kneeling Statue of Atlas
  202. 202The Druid’s Seat
  203. 203Curious Epitaphs
  204. 204Great Tom of Lincoln
  205. 205Mammoth Bell of Buddah
  206. 206Great Bell of Rouen
  207. 207St. Fillan’s Bell
  208. 208The Bells of Jersey
  209. 209Subterranean Christmas Bells
  210. 210St. Sepulchre’s Bell
  211. 211The Passing Bell
  212. 212Bell-ringing in Holland
  213. 213Babes of Bethlehem
  214. 214Ringing the Changes
  215. 215Bell Inscriptions
  216. 216Old Weather Rhymes
  217. 217Signs of Foul Weather
  218. 218First Meerschaum Pipe
  219. 219The First Oval Lathe
  220. 220Porcelain — Origin of Blue-tinted Paper
  221. 221Following His Nose
  222. 222Discovery of Composition for Printing-Rollers
  223. 223Mezzotinting — Whitening Sugar
  224. 224Discovery of Glass
  225. 225Essence of Pearl
  226. 226Diminutive Note Paper
  227. 227Etching Upon Glass
  228. 228Lundyfoot’s Luck
  229. 229Citric Acid
  230. 230A Half-Starved Tramp
  231. 231Fiddling to Some Purpose
  232. 232German Silver
  233. 233Isabella Color
  234. 234Parisian Scarlet
  235. 235Tyrian Purple
  236. 236Odor of Patchouli
  237. 237Veneered Diamonds
  238. 238Hungary Water
  239. 239Cork Jackets
  240. 240Nothing New Under the Sun
  241. 241How the Ancients Rewarded Inventors
  242. 242Deutsche Luft
  243. 243The Great Hero of the Bretons
  244. 244The Wandering Jew
  245. 245The Pyed Piper
  246. 246Thomas, the Rhymer
  247. 247Pontius Pilate at Vienne
  248. 248The Sea-woman of Haarlem
  249. 249Legends of Judas Iscariot
  250. 250Blue Beard
  251. 251African Rain-Doctors
  252. 252Whittington and His Cat
  253. 253Head of James IV. of Scotland
  254. 254Discovery of the Body of Canute the Great
  255. 255Martyrdom of Isaiah
  256. 256Courtship of William the Conqueror
  257. 257Court Fools
  258. 258A Cunning Astrologer
  259. 259Stone Barometer
  260. 260Crinoline in 1744
  261. 261Pagoda-shaped Head-dresses
  262. 262Preserved in Salt
  263. 263Luxury in 1562
  264. 264Trains in the Fourteenth Century
  265. 265Foppery in Eminent Men
  266. 266The Turban in Arabia
  267. 267Queen Elizabeth’s Dresses
  268. 268Absurdities of the Toilet
  269. 269Gambling for Fingers
  270. 270Pigmies
  271. 271The Letter “M” and the Napoleons
  272. 272The Physician’s Symbol
  273. 273Chinese Giants
  274. 274Trying Land Titles in Hindostan
  275. 275An Asylum for Destitute Cats
  276. 276Treasure Digging
  277. 277House of Hen’s Feathers
  278. 278St. George’s Cavern
  279. 279Remarkable Echoes
  280. 280Moving Gods
  281. 281Roving Tinkers
  282. 282The Freischutz
  283. 283Moon-struck
  284. 284Curious Locality for Saying Prayers
  285. 285Egyptian Physicians
  286. 286Not Divine Until Smeared With Red Paint
  287. 287Gipsy Reticence
  288. 288Carrying Coals to Newcastle
  289. 289Mammoth Pawnbroker’s Shop
  290. 290Half-Penny and Farthing
  291. 291An Egg Mistaken for a Pearl
  292. 292Spacious Halls
  293. 293Medallions Only for the Royal
  294. 294The Queen’s Vow
  295. 295Swearing on the Book
  296. 296Chinese Oath
  297. 297Color of the Hat for Cardinals
  298. 298Cat-Concert
  299. 299Mob Wisdom
  300. 300Queer Arctic Music
  301. 301Fineness of Indian Muslins
  302. 302Mummies Converted Into Paint
  303. 303Swallowed by an Earthquake and Thrown Out Again
  304. 304Scripture Prices
  305. 305Manufacturing Feat
  306. 306Wall Paper Pattern
  307. 307Feathers for the Ladies
  308. 308A Man Carries His House on His Head
  309. 309Queen Anne’s Farthings
  310. 310No Lead in Lead Pencils
  311. 311Whalebone
  312. 312Light From Potatoes
  313. 313A Very Long Word · Cobblers’ Stalls in Rome — Luminous Human Bodies
  314. 314Sacred Anchors — Anne Boleyn’s Gloves
  315. 315Adding Insult to Injury
  316. 316St. Anthony’s Fire
  317. 317Before Houses Were Numbered
  318. 318Monkish Prayers
  319. 319A Mammoth Feast
  320. 320Gluttony of the Monks
  321. 321Ancient Smokers
  322. 322Gipsy Dance
  323. 323Chinese Medical Prescriptions
  324. 324Queer Evidence of Divinity
  325. 325Picnics Centuries Ago
  326. 326Skeletons at Feasts
  327. 327Hair Cutting in Russia
  328. 328Antiquity of Tarring and Feathering
  329. 329Grinning for a Wager
  330. 330Eating for a Wager
  331. 331Curious Wagers
  332. 332The Jumping Jack
  333. 333Love-handkerchiefs
  334. 334Umbrellas
  335. 335Fashionable Disfigurement
  336. 336Fine for Insulting a King
  337. 337True-Lovers’ Knots
  338. 338Hundred Families’ Lock
  339. 339The King’s Cock-crower
  340. 340Mourning Robes
  341. 341Mole-skin Eyebrows
  342. 342Praying for Revenge
  343. 343Selling Snails
  344. 344Coral and Bells
  345. 345Bagging His Rival
  346. 346Deepened Damnation
  347. 347Ancient Bit of Waggery
  348. 348A Walking Apothecary Shop
  349. 349To Disappoint His Wife
  350. 350Boots an Object of Honor
  351. 351St. Cuthbert’s Beads
  352. 352Eating Animals That Have Died a Natural Death
  353. 353Embalmed in Honey
  354. 354Perfumed Butter
  355. 355Wine at Two Millions a Bottle
  356. 356Opal of Nonius
  357. 357Children’s Day in Japan
  358. 358Cock-Fighting Among the Ancient Greeks
  359. 359Colors Most Frequently Hit in Battle
  360. 360Immense Value Placed Upon Gems by the Ancients
  361. 361Candle Clock
  362. 362Twins in Africa
  363. 363Right and Left Hand
  364. 364Earliest Traders
  365. 365The First Hermits
  366. 366The First Opera
  367. 367The First Artificial Limb
  368. 368Kircher’s Speaking-Trumpet
  369. 369Fish Market at Scarborough
  370. 370Few Fish Found at Sea
  371. 371Musical Stones
  372. 372Musical Sand
  373. 373A River of Ink
  374. 374A Warlike Bantam
  375. 375Oyster-dredging Chaunt
  376. 376Normandy Treasures
  377. 377Tenacity of Odors
  378. 378Antiquity of Acrobatic Figures
  379. 379Saffron as a Perfume
  380. 380Spontaneous Combustion
  381. 381Egyptian Perfumes
  382. 382Magic Rain Stone
  383. 383Decapitation by the Guillotine
  384. 384Chateaubrun’s Escape From the Guillotine
  385. 385A Lucky Find
  386. 386Paradise of Old Hats
  387. 387Wedding-Rings
  388. 388The Prince of Charlatans
  389. 389One Meal a Day
  390. 390Gold-headed Canes for Physicians
  391. 391Yearly Food of One Man
  392. 392Eating Tea
  393. 393Human Hair
  394. 394Durability of Bricks
  395. 395Origin of Long-toed Shoes
  396. 396A Good Tenant
  397. 397Three Borrowed Days
  398. 398Luncheon
  399. 399Value of a Long Psalm
  400. 400Barbers’ Basins
  401. 401Strained Politeness
  402. 402Can a Clergyman Marry Himself?
  403. 403Novel Way of Curing Vicious Horses
  404. 404Pope’s Skull
  405. 405Pawning Bibles and Waterloo Medals
  406. 406A Drum Made of Human Skin
  407. 407Groaning Boards
  408. 408Abyssinian Tradition
  409. 409Cutting Timber by the Moon
  410. 410An Artist Tradition
  411. 411Born of a Peri
  412. 412A Regal Hunting Party
  413. 413Care of the Beard
  414. 414A Royal Sportsman
  415. 415Origin of Attar of Roses
  416. 416Effect of a New Nose
  417. 417Cader Idris Couch
  418. 418Rights and Lefts
  419. 419Efficacy in a Mutilated Saint
  420. 420Feasts at Coronations
  421. 421A Baker’s Dozen
  422. 422Wonderful Exhibition With Bees
  423. 423A Treacherous Talisman
  424. 424The Cavern Chapel
  425. 425Glastonbury Thorn
  426. 426Buying and Selling
  427. 427Fairy Treasure
  428. 428Hour Glasses in Coffins
  429. 429Macduff’s Cross
  430. 430Woman’s Cleverness
  431. 431Queer Place to Secrete a Diamond
  432. 432Incredible Liars
  433. 433Force of Imagination
  434. 434A Wife Returned
  435. 435Life in Death
  436. 436Remedy for Bad Dreams
  437. 437The Letiche
  438. 438Hell-stones
  439. 439The Golden Tooth
  440. 440The Devil Regarded as a Benefactor of the Human Race
  441. 441Curse of Scotland
  442. 442Curse of Innocent Blood
  443. 443Legend of an Inventor
  444. 444A Strange Legend
  445. 445Abraham and Sarah
  446. 446Tradition of the Temple
  447. 447Magnetic Cures
  448. 448May Dew a Cure for Freckles
  449. 449Singular Hindoo Vow
  450. 450Satanic Superstitions
  451. 451Healing by the King
  452. 452Hallow E’en Customs
  453. 453St. Agnes’ Eve
  454. 454St. Patrick’s Birthday
  455. 455Wassailing the Orchards
  456. 456Cutting Off the Fiddler’s Head
  457. 457Striking With Nettles
  458. 458Singular Burial Customs
  459. 459Treatment of Lepers in England
  460. 460Kissed While Asleep
  461. 461How the Chinese Secure a Pastor
  462. 462Easter-Box
  463. 463Antipathies
  464. 464Superstitions Respecting Bees
  465. 465Welcoming the New Moon
  466. 466The Bodach Glas
  467. 467Strange Instance of Sympathy
  468. 468Double Apparition
  469. 469Spirit of Dundee
  470. 470Captain Kidd’s Vision
  471. 471Sir Henry Wotton’s Strange Dream
  472. 472Supernatural Appearance at Holland House
  473. 473Old Grimaldi’s Death
  474. 474Twelfth-night Omens
  475. 475Twofold Apparition
  476. 476Dr. Donne’s Apparition
  477. 477Picture Omens
  478. 478Felling Oaks
  479. 479Lord Bacon’s Dream
  480. 480Reckless Disregard of Omens
  481. 481Sailors’ Whistling
  482. 482The Hinder Well-spout Unlucky
  483. 483Assuming the Form of a Bird
  484. 484Talismanic Stones in Birds
  485. 485Birds Prognosticating Death
  486. 486The Crossbill
  487. 487The Ostrich
  488. 488Honoring the Lark
  489. 489The Nightingale
  490. 490The Blackbird Originally White
  491. 491The Dove
  492. 492Killing a Robin
  493. 493The Cuckoo
  494. 494Why the Cuckoo Builds No Nest
  495. 495The Magpie
  496. 496Why the Magpie Builds but Half a Nest
  497. 497A Swallow Drinks the King’s Health
  498. 498Birds of Paradise
  499. 499The Owl
  500. 500The Phœnix
  501. 501The Wren
  502. 502White-breasted Birds
  503. 503The Penguin’s Solitary Egg
  504. 504The Crocodile Plover
  505. 505Peacocks’ Crests
  506. 506Worshipful Cranes
  507. 507The Great Auk
  508. 508The Kingfisher
  509. 509The Albatross
  510. 510The Stork
  511. 511Cocks and Hens
  512. 512Led by a Gander
  513. 513Crows Lost in a Fog
  514. 514The Peacock at Home
  515. 515Story of the Dodo
  516. 516An Old Gander
  517. 517Chaffinch Contest
  518. 518The Fabulous Roc
  519. 519Fable of the Pelican
  520. 520Night Owls
  521. 521Imprisoned During Incubation
  522. 522Love-Birds
  523. 523Penguin Breeding Grounds
  524. 524The Ear of Birds Not to Be Deceived
  525. 525A Bird Hammock
  526. 526Sagacity of a Bird
  527. 527Change of Sight in Birds
  528. 528Nest of the Flamingo
  529. 529Barking of Dogs
  530. 530Superstitions About Eggs
  531. 531The Camel as a Scape-Goat
  532. 532The Mark of the Cross on the Ass
  533. 533White Elephants
  534. 534Tenacity of Life in an Elephant
  535. 535Ears of the Elephant
  536. 536A Shaved Bear
  537. 537Retailing a Lion
  538. 538Magpie Stoning a Toad
  539. 539Cynocephalic Apes
  540. 540Monkeys Demanding Their Dead
  541. 541Can Dogs Count?
  542. 542Can Hens Count?
  543. 543How Rats and Mice Use Their Tails
  544. 544Kicked by a Camel
  545. 545Crocodiles of the Nile
  546. 546Alligators Swallowing Stones
  547. 547Animals Forecasting Danger
  548. 548Singular Provision Against Famine
  549. 549Looking for the Head of the Bed
  550. 550Getting Himself Outside of His Dinner
  551. 551Superstition About the Camel
  552. 552Pedigree of Arabian Horses
  553. 553Voracity of the Mole
  554. 554Cat Worship
  555. 555Horses Feeding One Another
  556. 556Odd Mode of Revenge
  557. 557Cats With Knotted Tails
  558. 558Tortoises Afraid of Heat and Rain
  559. 559Pea Crabs
  560. 560Extraordinary Muscular Strength of the Bat
  561. 561Great Digestive Powers
  562. 562The Earwig
  563. 563Eyes of the Cuttle-Fish
  564. 564Innate Appetite
  565. 565Leaf-Butterfly of Java
  566. 566The Jump of a Flea
  567. 567Book-Worms
  568. 568Spider Barometers
  569. 569Muscles of the Caterpillar
  570. 570A Persistent Fly
  571. 571Phosphorescent Insects
  572. 572Eating Clouds
  573. 573A Hundred Stomachs
  574. 574Motherly Sacrifice by the Gall Insect
  575. 575Wonderful Spider’s Web
  576. 576Horrible Mode of Assassination
  577. 577Fighting Fish
  578. 578A Snake’s Attachment for Home
  579. 579Queer Legend About Fish
  580. 580An Old Pike
  581. 581Colossal Shells
  582. 582Changing Colors in a Dying Mullet
  583. 583An Immense Zoological Cabinet
  584. 584Chank-Shell
  585. 585Edifices of the Polypi
  586. 586Showers of Blood
  587. 587Shirts Growing on Trees
  588. 588Whistling Trees
  589. 589Aconite
  590. 590Oysters Growing on Trees
  591. 591The Shaking Aspen
  592. 592Tree Planting in Java · Turkish Superstition About the Geranium — F…
  593. 593Bitterness of Strychnia
  594. 594Copied From Nature — Rose of Jericho
  595. 595Curious Oranges
  596. 596Trifoliated Plants Considered Sacred
  597. 597The Belladonna Lily
  598. 598Thirty Years in Blossoming
  599. 599Mouse-Ear
  600. 600Mugwort
  601. 601The Shoe-black Plant
  602. 602St. John’s Wort
  603. 603Vegetable Fungus
  604. 604The Rose at Midsummer
  605. 605The House Leek
  606. 606Ordeal of the Cross
  607. 607Ordeal of the Eucharist
  608. 608Ordeals in Africa
  609. 609Ordeal of Cold Water
  610. 610Ordeal of Chewing Rice
  611. 611Ordeal by Fire
  612. 612Ordeal of Touch
  613. 613Chinese Veneration for the Lily
  614. 614The Passion Flower
  615. 615Burned Wastes Replenished
  616. 616Unlucky Stumbling
  617. 617Patagonian Superstitions
  618. 618Superstition About the Caul
  619. 619The Will-with-a-Wisp
  620. 620Cramp Rings
  621. 621Horseshoes
  622. 622Breaking a Piece of Money
  623. 623Love Charms
  624. 624Spellbound
  625. 625Amulets Inserted Under the Skin
  626. 626Divining Rods
  627. 627Washing but Once in a Lifetime
  628. 628Looking Back
  629. 629Toad-Stone Rings
  630. 630Royal Dinner Time
  631. 631Throwing an Old Shoe
  632. 632Cock-crowing an Omen of Victory
  633. 633The Unicorn’s Horn
  634. 634The Evil Eye in Spain
  635. 635Witchcraft Charms
  636. 636A Mountain Highway
  637. 637A Buffalo’s Skull
  638. 638Superstitious Notion of the Number One
  639. 639Thunder and Lightning
  640. 640Manna Marked With the Number Six
  641. 641The Seventh Son of the Seventh Son
  642. 642Virtue in the Number Seven
  643. 643Onomancy
  644. 644Mystic Gifts — Exterminating Vermin
  645. 645Perforated Stones
  646. 646St. Helena Coins
  647. 647Weighing a Witch
  648. 648Poetry of Omens
  649. 649House Crickets
  650. 650Sitting Cross-Legged
  651. 651The Death-Watch
  652. 652Sundry Rural Charms
  653. 653Charm Against Dogs
  654. 654Barnacles
  655. 655Odd Way to Discover a Dead Body
  656. 656The Salagrama Stone
  657. 657Charm for the Cramp
  658. 658Fisherman’s Luck
  659. 659Luck of Birthdays
  660. 660Sleeping on Stones
  661. 661Spilling Salt
  662. 662Charm for the Ague
  663. 663Ancient Practice of Medicine
  664. 664Amethyst Amulets — Preservative Against Toothache
  665. 665Mixed Moons
  666. 666The Blood of the Martyrs
  667. 667The First Sale for the Day
  668. 668Arsenic as an Amulet
  669. 669Red Tape a Protection Against the Plague
  670. 670Owl’s Claws
  671. 671Witch-ridden Horses
  672. 672A Smuggler’s Talisman
  673. 673Rubbing With a Gold Ring
  674. 674Divination of the Bible and Key
  675. 675Visions of Destiny
  676. 676Selecting an Avocation
  677. 677Spitting for Luck’s Sake
  678. 678May Marriages Unlucky
  679. 679Pin Superstitions
  680. 680Superstitions About Children
  681. 681Digging for Water
  682. 682Wolf Superstition
  683. 683Stanching Blood
  684. 684Arab Charms
  685. 685Superstitions Among the Bretons
  686. 686Blessing of Beasts
  687. 687Moles
  688. 688Whipping Toads to Produce Rain
  689. 689The First Butterfly
  690. 690Child-Stealing Elves

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