The Magic of the Horse-Shoe, with other folk-lore notes, by Robert Means Lawrence, M. D

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Author

Lawrence, Robert Means, 1847-1935

Title

The Magic of the Horse-shoe, with other folk-lore notes

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Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

GR: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Folklore

Subject

Folklore

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Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 57411

Release Date

June 27, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE MAGIC OF THE HORSE-SHOE
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.THE MAGIC OF THE HORSE-SHOE — I. HISTORY OF THE HORSE-SHOE — II. THE HORSE-SHOE AS A SAFEGUARD — III. HORNS AND OTHER TWO-PRONGED OBJECTS — IV. THE SYMBOL OF THE OPEN HAND — V. CRESCENTS AND HALF-MOON-SHAPED AMULETS — VI. IRON AS A PROTECTIVE CHARM — VII. BLACKSMITHS CREDITED WITH SUPERNATURAL ATTRIBUTES — VIII. FIRE AS A SPIRIT-SCARING ELEMENT — IX. THE SERPENTINE SHAPE OF THE HORSE-SHOE — X. THE HORSE-SHOE ARCH IN ANCIENT CALEDONIAN HIEROGLYPHICS — XI. THE HORSE-SHOE AS A SYMBOL OF THE HORSE — XII. HORSES’ HEADS AS TALISMANS — XIII. THE HORSE-SHOE AS A FAVORITE ANTI-WITCH CHARM — XIV. THE POSITION OF THE HORSE-SHOE AS A PROTECTOR OF BUILDINGS — XV. THE LUCKY HORSE-SHOE IN GENERAL — XVI. THE HORSE-SHOE AS A PHALLIC SYMBOL — XVII. THE HORSE-SHOE AS A SYMBOL ON TAVERN SIGN-BOARDS — XVIII. HORSE-SHOES ON CHURCH-DOORS — XIX. HORSE-SHOE LEGENDARY LORE — XX. RECAPITULATION OF THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN OF THE HORSE-SHOE SUPERSTITION — XXI. CONCLUSION
5. 5.FORTUNE AND LUCK — I. TYCHE, THE GRECIAN GODDESS OF GOOD LUCK — II. THE ROMAN GODDESS FORTUNA — III. THE CHARACTER OF FORTUNE — IV. TEMPLES OF FORTUNE — V. LUCK, ANCIENT AND MODERN
6. 6.THE FOLK-LORE OF COMMON SALT [252] — I. ORIGIN AND HISTORY — II. SALT UNCONGENIAL TO WITCHES AND DEVILS — III. THE LATIN WORD “SAL” — IV. SALT EMPLOYED TO CONFIRM AN OATH — V. SALT-SPILLING AS AN OMEN — VI. HELPING TO SALT AT TABLE — VII. SALT AS A PROTECTION TO YOUNG INFANTS — VIII. SALT AS A MAGICAL SUBSTANCE — IX. MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS ON SALT — X. THE SALT-CELLAR
7. 7.THE OMENS OF SNEEZING — I. IN ANCIENT TIMES — II. MEDIÆVAL BELIEFS ABOUT SNEEZING — III. MODERN SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT SNEEZING — IV. THE DOCTRINE OF DEMONIACAL POSSESSION — V. SALUTATION AFTER SNEEZING — VI. LEGENDS RELATING TO SNEEZING
8. 8.DAYS OF GOOD AND EVIL OMEN — I. EGYPTIAN DAYS — II. ROMAN SUPERSTITION CONCERNING DAYS — III. MEDIÆVAL BELIEF IN DAY-FATALITY — IV. PREVALENCE OF SIMILAR BELIEFS IN MODERN TIMES — V. THE SIXTH DAY OF THE WEEK — VI. FRIDAY IN MODERN TIMES
9. 9.SUPERSTITIOUS DEALINGS WITH ANIMALS — I. RATS AND MICE AS AVENGERS — II. SPIRITS ASSUME THE FORMS OF BLACK ANIMALS — III. EXORCISM AND CONJURATION OF VERMIN — IV. CHARMS AGAINST ANIMALS — V. IMAGES OF ANIMALS AND BIRDS USED AS CHARMS — VI. WORDS USED AS CHARMS — VII. SUPERSTITIOUS DEALINGS WITH WILD ANIMALS — VIII. LEGAL PROSECUTION OF ANIMALS
10. 10.THE LUCK OF ODD NUMBERS — I. EARLY SIGNIFICANCE OF NUMBERS — II. THE NUMBER THREE — III. THE NUMBER SEVEN — IV. ODD NUMBERS IN WITCHCRAFT — V. ODD NUMBERS IN FOLK-MEDICINE — VI. THE NUMBER THIRTEEN
11. 11.FOOTNOTES
12. 12.TOPICAL INDEX

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