Strange but True

Why do we:
• Christen ships and sailing vessels or refer to them as ‘she’?

• Avoid the number thirteen, breaking mirrors or walking under ladders?

• Use the phrase having a ‘skeleton in the cupboard’?

• Dress baby boys in blue, speak of ‘true blue’ or ‘blue-blooded’?

• Decorate the Christmas Tree or eat Easter Eggs?

• Kiss under the mistletoe or 'trick or treat’ on Halloween?

In this easy-to-read book – a revised and updated re-publication of her previous book, Curious and Curiouser! – autho...