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Provides
information on key holidays and their history, including ancient holidays. |
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The Pet Love Shack web site is
dedicated to caring for pets. Its Halloween section discusses the
origin of cat superstitions along with presenting information on caring
for pets during this holiday. |
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This
directory of Holidays and Special Days has links to websites which explain
the histories of most American holidays and their symbols and traditions. |
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Bill Petro, an expert in ancient
history, has a section on his website which presents historical information
on holidays. |
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You can find information on the
origin and history of many holidays. The holidays are arranged in
order by month. |
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Insight into all the
holidays, big and small, and around the world. There is information, games,
ecards, clipart, and links. |
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Traditions, activities, history,
and holiday crafts are offered for over 15 major holdidays, including Valentine's
Day, Ramadan, Martin Luther King Day, Purim, Easter, Passover, Mother's
Day, Father's Day, Shavuot, Independence Day, High Holy Days, Halloween,
Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and Christmas. |
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Web sites selected
by the librarians from the Ramapo Catskill Library System in Middletown,
New York. These sites are arranged by subject. Each site listed has a short
summary and the grade levels it is appropriate for. Click
on Weird & Mysterious or type in Holidays or Superstitions
in the Search window. |
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Jan Belzer, a Director
of Media Services and a former elementary school teacher, has a large listing
of recommended web sites which are arranged by subject. Scroll
down to the listings under Holiday/Seasonal. |
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Sacred-text.com is an archive
of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends and folklore, and
occult and esoteric topics. Texts are presented in English translation
and, in some cases, in the original language. This is the full text of
a book written by T. Sharper Knowlson in 1910. |
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This site is dedicated to everything
there is to say, do and know about pumpkins. There is information
on growing, carving, cooking pumpkins along with songs, games and the history
of pumpkins. |
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Sacred-text.com is an archive
of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends and folklore, and
occult and esoteric topics. Texts are presented in English translation
and, in some cases, in the original language. Take a look at Bygone
Beliefs, The Book of Noodles, Funeral Customs, and The
Magic of Horse-Shoes. |
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Louis E. Catron presents a fascinating
site on the superstitions of people in theatre from "break a leg" to the
"green room". |
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This is a web site
with collections of puzzles and trivia. Common superstitions are
arranged alphabetically and by topic. |
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Barbara and David
P. Mikkelson snopes.com site contains a wealth of information on urban
legends. Try typing superstition in the Search window. |
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Popular, cultural, and religious
holidays with history, recipes, crafts, games, and stories including celebrations
like Lammas, Boxing Day, and Ramadan. |
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Jerry Wilson, a former
science teacher and a web designer, presents the history and customs of
various holidays. |
