Excerpt from Domestic Folk-Lore Hence, however reluctant the intelligent part of the community may be to own the fact, it must be admitted that superstition, in one form or another, dwells beneath the surface of most human hearts, although it may frequently display itself in the most disguised or refined form. Among the lower orders, as a writer has observe it wears its old fashions, in the higher it changes with the rapidity of modes in fashionable circles. Indeed, it is no matter of sur prise that superstition prevails ...
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Excerpt from Domestic Folk-Lore Hence, however reluctant the intelligent part of the community may be to own the fact, it must be admitted that superstition, in one form or another, dwells beneath the surface of most human hearts, although it may frequently display itself in the most disguised or refined form. Among the lower orders, as a writer has observe it wears its old fashions, in the higher it changes with the rapidity of modes in fashionable circles. Indeed, it is no matter of sur prise that superstition prevails among the poor and ignorant, when' we find the affluent and enlightened in many cases quite as ready to repose their belief in the most illogical ideas. In conclusion, we would only add that the present little volume has been written with a view of showing how this rule applies even to the daily routine of Domestic Life, every department of which, as will be seen in the following pages, has its own Folk-lore. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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