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Tom Sawyer Superstitions and Home Remedies Project

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Books

Superstitious! Here's why
The secrets of superstions

Internet sites

Animal superstitions from Dog Haus  http://www.doghause.com/super.html
Best home remedies of 1700  http://www.umich.edu/%7Eece/student_projects/remedies/
Includes links to various beliefs about healing common illnesses and plagues
Folklore goes global http://library.thinkquest.org/J002513/
From quackery to bacteriology; the emergence of modern medicine in the 19th century  http://www.cl.utoledo.edu/canaday/quackery/quack-index.html
Home Medical Remedies  http://mcweb.martin.k12.ky.us/hillsweb/articles/mountainmedicine.htm
Quack Medicine http://www.lva.lib.va.us/pubserv/vnp/gazette/quack.htm
19th century medical superstitions
Quack medicine; the imagination goes wild   http://www.collectmedicalantiques.com/quack.html
Signs and superstitions http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mtnties/signs.html
Silly superstitions  http://www.islandnet.com/~luree/silly.html
Stories, myths, legends, folklore, superstitions http://www.ladyoftheearth.com/stories/stories.html
Superstitions, home remedies and other East Texas Adages http://www.bcec.com/et_superstitions.htm
Unusual Trivia Collection - Superstitions http://www.corsinet.com/trivia/scary.html#superstition
Why is Friday the 13th considered unlucky? http://www.uselessknowledge.com/explain/friday13.shtml

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