Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Have a certain value, in spite of its imperfections. The expert folk-lorist may find much to criticise; but this book, treating of popular beliefs, is intended for popu lar reading. It has been the writer’s aim to make the chapter on the horse-shoe as exhaustive as possible, as this attractive symbol of superstition does not appear to have received hitherto the attention which it merits. This chapter is the outgrowth of a paper read at the seventh annual meeting of the American folk-lore Society, at Philadelphia, December 28, 1895, an ab stract of which appeared in the Society’s Journal for December, 1896.
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