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Author Simpson, Jacqueline.

Title A dictionary of English folklore / Jacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Note "First published 2000. Reissued with new covers 2003"--Oxford reference online premium website.
Summary Provides information on English folklore, beliefs, oral performances, and calendar customs. Includes articles on oral and performance genres such as cheese rolling, morris dancing, and rushbearing, superstitions such as crossing fingers and wishbones, beliefs like fairy rings and frog showers, and calendar customs from April Fool's Day to St. Valentine's Day.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-411).
Contents Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Introduction; Abbreviations; List of Plates; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Bibliography.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
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Subject Folklore -- England -- Dictionaries.
Folklore.
England.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Subject England -- Social life and customs -- Dictionaries.
Manners and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic reference sources.
Dictionaries.
Added Author Roud, Stephen.
Oxford University Press.
Other Form: Print version: Simpson, Jacqueline. Dictionary of English folklore. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000 019210019X (DLC) 2001266642 (OCoLC)44737169
ISBN 0198608462 (electronic book ; Mobipocket Reader)
9780198608462 (electronic book ; Mobipocket Reader)
9780191578526
0191578525
058548628X (electronic book)
9780585486284 (electronic book)
0198607660 (print 2003)
9780198607663 (print 2003)
019210019X (print 2000)
9780192100191 (print 2000)