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

THE MAGIC OF THE HORSE-SHOE [Illustration: ARMS OF THE TOWN OF OAKHAM, RUTLANDSHIRE, ENGLAND. [_From an Old Engraving._]] THE MAGIC OF THE HORSE-SHOE With Other Folk-Lore Notes BY ROBERT MEANS LAWRENCE, M. D. [Illustration] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1898 COPYRIGHT, 1898, BY ROBERT MEANS LAWRENCE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PREFACE The study of the origin and history of popular customs and beliefs affords an insight, otherwise unattainable, into the operations of the human mind in early times. Superstitions, however trivial in themselves, relics of paganism though they be, and oftentimes comparable to baneful weeds, are now considered proper su…

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