What they say in New England
a book of signs, sayings, and superstitions
Also known as What They Say in New England: A Book of Signs, Sayings, and Superstitions; What they say in New England; a book of signs, sayings, and superstitions
- First published:
- 19th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
Book digitized by Google from the library of the University of Michigan and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.
Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive, online-books-page, and openlibrary-historical matched “Folklore” and “Superstition”. Retained metadata contains “Folklore” in the subject metadata and “Superstition” in the subject metadata.
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- “Superstition”· via The Online Books Page
- “Folklore”· via Open Library
- “Superstition”· via Open Library
- “Folklore”· in subject
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Editions
Open Library reports 4 editions; 2 cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
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a book of signs, sayings, and superstitions Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan | 1896 | Boston : Lee and Shepard; Boston, Lee and Shepard; Lee and Shepard | English | — | Public | |
a book of signs, sayings, and superstitions The Online Books Page curated catalog record Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1897 | 1897 | Boston, Lee and Shepard; Lee and Shepard | English | — | Public |
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Identifiers & provenance
How this record was assembled, and the authority identifiers it carries.
Identifiers
- Open Library work
- Internet Archive
- HathiTrust
- Open Library work (alias)
Cataloged from
- Internet Archivewhattheysayinne00johngoog (opens in a new tab)
- Internet Archivewhattheysayinnew00john (opens in a new tab)
- Internet Archivewhattheysayinnew01john (opens in a new tab)
- Internet Archivewhattheysayinnew02john (opens in a new tab)
- The Online Books Pageolbp95169 (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL15707353W (opens in a new tab)
- Open LibraryOL477129W (opens in a new tab)
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Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: The Library of Congress
- Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
- Contributing institution: University of Michigan
- Digitization sponsor: Google
- Digitization sponsor: MSN
- Digitization sponsor: The Library of Congress
- Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
- Open Library reports 4 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
- Scanner: google
- Scanner: scribe1.la.archive.org
- Scanner: scribe4.capitolhill.archive.org
- Scanner: scribe9.capitolhill.archive.org
- Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): GR106 .J5 1897
- The Online Books Page bibliographic note: Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1897
- Catalog id
- openlibrary-work:OL15707353W
- Edition coverage
- Multi source partial
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