| Black Cats and the Black Cat Bone |
Essay contrasts fear of black cats in European-American folklore with African-American belief that a black cat bone acquired and prepared with proper ceremony can grant the bearer invisibility or force the return of an ex-lover.
http://www.luckymojo.com/blackcat.html
Proposing a Greek origin of the charm word.
http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-abr1.htm
Discusses the reality and effect of curses in a Biblical con
text.
http://www.sw-mins.org/curses.html
| Language Miniatures: A POX on Them All! |
Dutch form of cursing by calling a dreadful disease down on the unfortunate victim.
http://home.bluemarble.net/~langmin/dutch.htm
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