Margaret Baker
1974
David & Charles, Netwon Abbot, Devon, England
Rowan & Littlefield
Totowa, New Jersey
ISBN 0-87471-549-0

183pp

Ms Baker compiled an exhaustive survey of country customs and lore, using sources dating back to the 1800’s, including personal recollections. While this assembly is impressive in it’s breadth, little has been done to categorize these traditions according to their possible practicality or effectiveness, their relevance to or origin in a particular location, or even very effectively by topic.

Although divided into chapters on “Fields and Fertility