Leach, Maria
The soup stone By Maria Leach; Decorations by Mamie Harmon - U.S. Wagnall's 1945 - 160 p.
The magic of familiar things
Explains how various items of common use have acquired the significance they have, such as, admonitions about spilling the salt. Other anecdotes deal with expressions of figures of speech, such as, holding the bag.
Magic
Folklore
j398.3 Lea 23
The soup stone By Maria Leach; Decorations by Mamie Harmon - U.S. Wagnall's 1945 - 160 p.
The magic of familiar things
Explains how various items of common use have acquired the significance they have, such as, admonitions about spilling the salt. Other anecdotes deal with expressions of figures of speech, such as, holding the bag.
Magic
Folklore
j398.3 Lea 23