The Mammoth Book of Superstition: From Rabbits' Feet to Friday the 13th

Rather than providing a dictionary of superstitions, of which there are already numerous excellent, exhaustive and, in many cases, academic works which list superstitions from A to Z, Bainton gives us an entertaining flight over the terrain, landing from time to time in more thought-provoking areas. He offers an overview of humanity's often illogical and irrational persistence in seeking good luck and avoiding misfortune.

While Steve Roud's two excellent books - The Penguin Dictionary of Su...