Superstitions Concerning Luck: A Structural Analysis
Description
An analysis of beliefs concerning good and bad luck, gathered through letters to two Manchester newspapers, the Leeds 'Evening Post' and 'The Yorkshire Post', and interviews with those readers who responded to the newspaper features. The study analyses 140 beliefs and omens gathered during this process, and examines the patterns of those beliefs concerning luck. This includes showing the types of beliefs and omens collected, the differences in wording and phrasing, how those differences affect the achieving of the result, and what the results actually show. An Appendix includes the personal experience narratives of two informants, the first relating to a fairy bridge on the Isle of Man and the second the appearance of apparitions.
Metadata
| Identifier | z7wycvgn |
| IRN | 410184 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRP/2/148 |
| Level | File |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/z7wycvgn |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Undergraduate Dissertations |
| Creator(s) | Holliday, Thurza Elizabeth Anne |
| Date | 1977 |
| Size and Medium | 39 unbound typed leaves. |