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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture96
Leeds Russian Archive1

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superstition100
culture96
folklore96
manners and customs96
supernatural44
nature42
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occupations33
social life and customs32
persons27

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Middle East1
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Saratovska︠I︡A Oblastʹ (Russia)1

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Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)7
Griffiths, Frances (1907-1986)5
Wright, Elsie5
Edge, Christine3
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)3
Green, Anthony E (1943-)3
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)3
Chamberlain, John S2
Cook, Catherine2
Dunn, Ginette2

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Cottingley Fairies

1967-1977

This file contains items relating to the Cottingley Fairy photographs, and includes a photocopy of an article from the 'Times' (3 March 1921); a photocopy of a page from Harry Houdini's 'A Magician Am...

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Legends, Folktales, and Witches

[1971-1974]

This file includes a photocopy of questionnaires from the University College Dublin Department of Irish Folklore questionnaire, including sections on banshees, beverages, bonfires, local songs and wel...

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Popular Beliefs and Superstitions in Iboland

Uzokwe, Francis C

1979

This file contains a paper by Francis Uzokwe of the Ministry of Education, Owerri, Nigeria, on beliefs and superstitions in Imo State, Nigeria. The paper includes a list of 30 numbered beliefs.

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Kuwaiti Folktales

Al-Hamdan, Amna Rashed

1967

Postgraduate study comprising four chapters. The Introduction has sections on the geography and climate of Kuwait, the origin of its people, a brief history of modern Kuwait, religion, family and soci...

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Superstitions Concerning Luck: A Structural Analysis

Holliday, Thurza Elizabeth Anne

1977

An analysis of beliefs concerning good and bad luck, gathered through letters to two Manchester newspapers, the Leeds 'Evening Post' and 'The Yorkshire Post', and interviews with those readers who res...

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Divination

1966-1967

This file contains items relating to aspects of divination, and includes photocopies of 19th century ms. horoscopes for Betty Snowden, Isaac Pearson, William Pearson and Elizabeth Pearson; a photocopy...

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The Cottingley Fairy Photographs

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1973

This file contains an offprint copy of Sanderson's Presidential Address to the Folklore Society at their Annual General Meeting, 21 March 1973. Entitled 'The Cottingley Fairy Photographs: A Re-Apprais...

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Fairy Papers

Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)

1964-1973

This file contains two papers by Stewart Sanderson on fairies and fairy belief. These comprise 'A Prospect of Fairyland', a paper on Robert Kirk's 17th-century treatise 'The Secret Common-wealth', on ...

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