{"product_id":"household-lore-folklore-traditions-and-remedies-for-every-room-in-your-home-9781786789778","title":"Household Lore: Folklore, Traditions and Remedies for Every Room in Your Home","description":"\u003cb\u003eA perfect gift, this fun illustrated book will take you room by room to discover global traditions, remedies, folklore and rituals hiding in your house.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eUncover the folklore and rituals hiding in your own home.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDid you know that planting holly may deter lightning strikes, evil spirits might be spooked by a hot cross bun, and gifting soap can end a friendship? Open this book for a tour around the traditions that lurk under the stairs, inside the cracks and behind every cobweb in our homes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn every culture, folklore is passed down the generations, helping us protect our sacred spaces, and offering advice should we knock a fork off the table or yearn to dabble in some doorway divination. With each chapter dedicated to a different room, learn how to navigate your home with harmony: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover how your roof can predict the future and what to do should a witch land on it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTiptoe into the bedroom and uncover what the ancients had to say about aphrodisiacs and how to escape supernatural interference while asleep.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSit down in the dining room and lift the lid on unsavoury indigestion remedies and old-wife-approved hangover cures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the rafters to the cellar steps, from the garden path to the kitchen cupboard - your home is chock-full of folklore waiting to be revealed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiza Frank\u003c\/b\u003e is a have-a-go folklorist and author. She has written extensively about myth and folklore and spent a year living by the rules of folklore for The Everyday Lore Project. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eMy Celebrity Boyfriend \u003c\/i\u003epublished in 2007, her second, \u003ci\u003e Everyday Folklore: An Almanac for the Ritual Year\u003c\/i\u003e in 2023.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Watkins Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705393348882,"sku":"9781786789778","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_907265d1-98d8-49dc-a39d-5663226e2e9e.jpg?v=1762346691","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/household-lore-folklore-traditions-and-remedies-for-every-room-in-your-home-9781786789778","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}