THINGS NOT GENERALLY KNOWN. 



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POPULAR ERRORS 



IsrplamrtJ aixTS SUtuStrateB. 



A BOOK FOR OLD AND YOUNQ. 



Br JOHN TIMBS, F.S.A. 



In this Work the Author takes for his text-book the Vulgar and Common Errors 

 written by the learned Sir Thomas Browne; and by bringing the information 

 down to the present state of knowledge is enabled to oprreet several hundred 

 Errors of e very-day occurrence, and thus produce a book of agreeable novelty, 

 rational curiosity, and amusing research, especially upon subjects of Domestic 

 interest. 



The following are a few of 'the more 



Man not made from Clay. 



" That a Man hath one Rib less than 

 a Woman." 



Action of the Pulse. 



Blackness of the Nejjro. 



Seeing with the Fingers. 



" That a Man Weighs more before 

 than after Dinner." 



Suicides in November. 



" That every Poison hath its Anti- 

 dote." 



Danger from Copper Saucepans. 



"The Lightness before Death." 



Uncertain Signs of Death. 



History of Giants. 



Death of the Beetle and the Giant. 



What is " the Thunderbolt?" 



Earthquakes in England. 



Absurd Notions Universal. 



What is the worth of Experience ? 



Doctrines of Chance. 



Excuses for not relieving the Poor. 



Historical Account of the Curfew. 



When did the Century begin? 



Queen Anne's Farthing and Light 

 Guineas. 



Books to be thrown into the Fire. 



Perpetual Motion Seekers. 



Benefits of Astrology. 



Noah's Ark and Great Steamships. 



The First English Newspaper. 



The Sun extinguishing the Fire. 



Distinction of Green and Black Tei. 



" Soy made from Black-Beetles." 



Who are the Gipsies ? 



Beefeaters and Cockneys. 



El Dorado of Sir Walter Raleigh. 



The Whale not a Fish. 



characteristic Articles in this Work. 



Cuckoo-spit, Pigeons' Milk, and Cro- 

 codile Tears. 



What becomes of Swallows in Winter? 



The Pelican feeding her Young. 



" That the Ostrich digesteth Iron." 



Providence of the Ant. 



The Phoenix, the Unicorn, Griffins, 

 Dragons, the Mermaid, and the Great 

 Sea-Serpent. 



That the Vine is nourished by Blood. 



Cutting Timber by the Moon. 



Omens and Death-Tokens. 



Sailors' Omens and Spectre Ships. 



Arguments against Ghost Stories. 



Lot's Wife and the Ill-luck of Looking 

 Back. 



Amulets and Crystal. 



Looking-glass Omens. 



What was " the Philosophers' Stone?" 



The Falling of Salt. 



Spots in the Nails. 



The Death-Watch and the Death's Head 

 Moth. 



Owl and Raven Omens. 



Story of the Mandrake. 



Fairy Rings and Will-o'-the-Wisp. 



Absurdities in Medicine. 



The End of the World Foretold. 



Destruction of the World by a Comet. 



The Divining Rod. — Talismanic Keys. 



Table-Turning and Mormonism. 



Hare, Fox, and Cuckoo Omens. 



Belief in Witchcraft. 



Erroneous and Obsolete Laws. 



Superstitious Customs. 



Nursery Mistakes and Superstitions 

 of Childhood, &c. &c. 



