Don't Sing Before Breakfast, Don't Sleep in the Moonlight: Everyday Superstitions and How They Began

by Lila Perl

Examines common superstitions associated with the events of a typical day, how these superstitions developed, and how they influence our behavior today

90 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Plummerone · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ian McRae 5-20-10 Don't Sing Before Breakfast Don't Sleep in the Moonlight: Everyday Superstitions and how they began. By Lila Perl


This book is a non-fiction book about many cryptic superstitions, dating back to early human civilizations. The descriptions of these superstitions mainly tell of witches and evil spirits, which makes it personally hard to believe. This book tells of events of "Superstition" events, happening to others, thus making "proof" that spirits are in action, when you do a certain thing that triggers spiritual events. This takes place in locations all around the world. This book tells it's readers how to prevent "evil spiritual forces" that create curses to people, and what we can do to keep ourselves safe from them. A conflict would be between us and evil souls. This book I find is hard to believe, because it tells of evil spirits which curse humanity. There is no actual confirmation of these spirits, there just tales passed down through many generations

[Julie Barrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don't sing before breakfast, don't sleep in the moonlight_ everyday superstitions and how they began by Lila Perl
Interesting stories of how others have rhymes that will turn their luck or give them back luck.
Liked the directions of the compass and the numbers and what they mean. Some silly rhymes and what they really mean.
Superstitions are taken apart to show they are not really bad luck.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

a little wordy but interesting.