Strange survivals : some chapters in the history of man (1892)
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924 · London : Methuen & Co. · leaf 152
ediate sensible appreciation. I knew a case of a woman of fifty who insisted thata certain river changed the colour of its water as itflowed in one place under the shadow of a wood, thereit turned black, in another part of its course it waswhite. To the intelligent mind it was obvious enoughthat… … 142 STRANGE SURVIVALS. black to white. She thought as a child, and wasincapable of thinking otherwise. Now observe a little child playing with a doll. Itdoes not regard the doll as a symbol, a representationof a man or babe, it treats it as a creature endowedwith an individuality and a life of its…
Manners and customs · Superstition
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