| Edition |
Revised edition. |
| Description |
335 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-316) and index. |
| Note |
"New appendix: Traditional Polish games and pastimes for children"--Jacket. |
| Contents |
December -- Advent -- Christmas Eve -- Christmas Day -- Caroling -- January -- New Year's Eve -- Feast of three kings -- February -- Feast of the purification of the Blessed Mother -- March -- Carnival time -- Lent -- April -- Palm Sunday -- Holy week -- Easter Sunday -- Easter Monday/Dingus -- May -- May day celebrations -- Green holidays -- June -- Feast of Corpus Christi -- Celebration of the summer solstice -- July -- Linden tree -- August -- Harvest home celebrations -- Feast of Our Lady of the Herbs -- Herbs -- September -- Wedding customs and traditions -- October -- Old woman's summer -- Name day celebrations -- November -- All Soul's Day -- Feast day of St. Martin -- Feast of St. Andrew and St. Katherine -- Birth customs -- Death customs -- Traditional Polish games and pastimes for children. |
| Subject |
Folklore -- Poland.
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Poland -- Social life and customs.
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| Added Title |
Polish customs, traditions, & folklore |
| ISBN |
0781805155: $19.95 |
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