Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into Very Many Received Tenents (1658) - Page 20

A Table of the Contents.


Of the picture of Jerom.	chap.18.
Of the pictures of Mermaids, Unicorns and many others.	chap.19.
Of the Hieroglyphical pictures of the Ægyptians.	chap.20.

Compendiously of many popular Customs, Opinions, Pictures, Practises and Observations.

Of an Hare crossing the high way.
Of the ominous appearing of Owls and Ravens:
Of the falling of Salt.
Of breaking the Egg-shell.
Of the true lovers knot.
Of the cheek burning or ear tingling.
Of speaking under the Rose.
Of smoak following the fair.
Of sitting cross-leg'd.
Of hair upon Molls.
Of the set time of payring of nails.
Of Lions heads upon spouts and cisterns.
Of the saying, Ungirt unblest.
Of the picture of God the Father.
Of the picture of Sun, Moon, and the Winds.
Of the Sun dancing on Easter day.
Of the Silly-How a caul or membrane sometimes found covering the head of a newborn child or covering about childrens heads.
Of being drunk once a moneth.
Of the apearing of the devil with a cloven hoof. | chap.21. |
Of the prediction of the year ensuing from the insects in Oak apples.
That Children would naturally speak Hebrew.
Of refraining to kill Swallows.
Of lights burning dimme at the apparition of spirits.
Of the wearing of Coral.
Of Moses his Rod in the discovery of Mines.
Of discovering of doubtfull matters by book or staff. | chap.22. |

THE SIXTH BOOK.

Concerning sundry Tenents Geographicall and Historicall.

Concerning the beginning of the world, that the time thereof is not precisely known, as commonly it is presumed. | Chapter 1.
Of mens enquiries in what season or point of the Zodiack it began, that as they are generally made they are in vain, and as particularly incertain. | chap.2.
Of the divisions of the seasons, and four quarters of the year, according unto Astronomers and Physitians; that the common compute of the Ancients, and which is still retained by some, is very questionable. | chap.3.
Of some computation of days, and diductions of one part of the year unto another. | chap.4.
A Digression of the wisdom of God in the site and motion of the Sun. | chap.5.
Concerning the vulgar opinion, that the earth was slenderly peopled before the flood. | chap.6.
Of East and West, and properties respectively ascribed unto Countries. | chap.7.
Of the seven heads of Nile. | chap.8.
Of the greatness of Nile.
Of its inundation, and certain time thereof.