BY THE SAME AUTHOR

CONTENTS

I A RECKONING WITH TIME

II THE FOLK-LORE OF CHILDHOOD

III WEATHER LORE

IV SIGNS OF ALL SORTS

V CHARMS TO GOOD LUCK

VI CHARMS AGAINST DISEASE

VII OF FATE IN JEWELS

VIII OF LOVE AND MARRIAGE

IX OF EVIL OMENS

X OF HAUNTED HOUSES, PERSONS, AND PLACES

XI OF PRESENTIMENTS

XII THE DIVINING-ROD

XIII WONDERS OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE

XIV "SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT"

XV FORTUNE-TELLING, ASTROLOGY, AND PALMISTRY

FOOTNOTES

Transcriber's Notes

Title: The Myths and Fables of To-Day

Author: Samuel Adams Drake

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

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