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Total number of records: 147

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Archives	124
Books and printed items	23

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture	124
Brotherton Collection	8
English Literature	2
Leeds Russian Archive	2
Herbert Read Collection	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
superstition	146
manners and customs	124
culture	110
folklore	97
supernatural	56
nature	49
community life	43
social life and customs	41
persons	40
occupations	39

Count of Place

Place	Count
Middle East	1
Palestine	1
Saratovska︠I︡A Oblastʹ (Russia)	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Frazer, Sir James George (1854-1941)	8
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)	7
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)	5
Griffiths, Frances (1907-1986)	5
Wright, Elsie	5
Green, Anthony E (1943-)	4
Dunn, Ginette	3
Edge, Christine	3
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)	3
Chamberlain, John S	2

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1600	1
From 1700	3
From 1800	8
From 1900	135

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1699	1
Up to 1799	3
Up to 1899	8
Up to 1999	135

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La contagion sacrée : ou, Histoire naturelle de la superstition. Ouvrage traduit de l'anglois

Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry baron d' (1723-1789); Trenchard, John (1662-1723)

1768

Fictitious imprint: actually published in Amsterdam, by M.M. Rey.

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O suev︠i︡ernykh prim︠i︡etakh

Glinska︠i︡a Rozhdestvo-Bogorodi︠t︡ska︠i︡a zashtatna︠i︡a muzhska︠i︡a pustynʹ

1911

"Izdanīe Glinskoĭ Bogorodi︠t︡skoĭ pustyni"

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Essays on the superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland : to which are added, translations from the Gaelic; and letters connected with those formerly published (v.1)

Grant, Anne MacVicar (1755-1838)

1811

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Essays on the superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland : to which are added, translations from the Gaelic; and letters connected with those formerly published (v.2)

Grant, Anne MacVicar (1755-1838)

1811

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Narodnye obychai, sueveri︠i︡a, predrassudki i obr︠i︡ady krestʹ︠i︡an Saratovskoĭ gubernii

Minkh, A N (1833-1912)

1890

Includes bibliographical references.

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Hebrew idolatry and superstition: its place in folk-lore

Higgens, Elford

1893

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Vier Bücher wunderbarlicher bisz daher unerhörter, und ungleublicher indianischer Reysen, durch die Lufft, Wasser, Land, Helle, Paradisz, und den Himmel : Beschrieben von dem grossen Alexander, dem Plinio Secundo, dem Oratore Luciano, und von S. Brandano : Mit eitlichen warhafften, jedoch bey vielen Gelehrten glaubwirdigen Lügen

Rollenhagen, Gabriel (1583-1619); Alexander the Great (356 B.C.-323 B.C); Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630); Lucian of Samosata; Pliny the Younger; Aristotle (384 BCE-322 BCE); Brendan Saint, the Voyager (483-577)

Im Jahr 1603

Part 1 is a long popular collection of imaginary voyages and accounts, such as Alexander's letters to Aristotle, Pliny the Younger's description of India, Lucian's and St. Brandan's voyages; Part 2 co...

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Histoire des ceremonies et des superstitions, qui se sont introduites dans l'Eglise : On a joint à ce livre quelques autres traités qui etoient devenus rares

Porrée, Jonas; Wilson, John of Katharine Hall, Cambridge (fl. 1646); Martin pastor of the French church in London (fl. 1646)

1717

According to Barbier, the "Histoire des ceremonies" was originally issued in 1646 as "Traité des anciennes cérémonies". Earlier editions signed 'Jonas Porrée'; also attributed to John Wilson and...

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