With its separate sections on Legends, Superstitions, Games, Festivals and Sacred Sites, this book reminded me of those Readers' Digest 'dip-into' coffee-table tomes rather than one to be read from cover to cover. Which is a pity, because what comes out of such a reading is an intriguing revelation of the lingering but coherent cultural legacy of pre-Christian beliefs and attitudes that underlies much of everyday life (And not a hint of 'New Age-ism' either.....!!)
(Clive Yelf - bwl 28 February 2005 ) |
