superstition

Colette's family in torn apart by events and attitudes she cannot control, but she is determined to find a way to mend the rifts that threaten to destroy the people she loves.

The kids on bus 5 fear they are jinxed when they run into trouble on their way home on Friday the 13th.

A compendium of folklore lists spells, omens, rituals, and other superstitions surrounding love, family life, animals and objects, death, and many other topics--all arranged by theme and traced over time.

Explores some of the reasons that many people, both past and present, are fascinated by vampires and werewolves.

Describes a variety of superstitions observed by athletes in such sports as baseball, hockey, tennis, and football.

A collection of Christmas superstitions from around the world, including ways to achieve a year of good luck and protect your pets.

Presents hundreds of superstitions arranged in seven categories: love, money, health, good and bad luck, lucky birds and insects, lucky trees, and lucky animals.

Presents folk tales and superstitions from central and southeastern Alabama, collected primarily between 1958 and 1962 by students from Troy State University, and includes selections from the Alabama Slave Narratives.

In a village where everything is painted white, a stranger agrees to paint the school in order to avoid bad luck, but instead teaches the villagers a valuable lesson.