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Title: Fascinating collection of folk beliefs
Review: (Originally a review of the original printing, not this facimile.)This was originally work supporting the author's doctoral thesis in folklore and published in 1915. The work is a catalog of beliefs and superstitions among the Pennsylvania Germans, along with translations in English and comparative sources. For those of us who are interested in folklore, this is quite an interesting collection. The book is well organized and the introduction quite informative. Some of the beliefs have clearly a rational basis while others seem to be a part of the collective folk mentality.My only complaint is that the author chose to move the sexual beliefs and superstitions out of the book and into a supplement that doesn't seem to be available, though no doubt this was due to the assault on medical textbooks and the like from that era under obscenity laws.All in all, it's a worthy resource.
