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Title: WISE WORDS AND COUNTRY WAYS
TRADITIONAL ADVICE AND WHETHER IT WORKS TODAY
By: Ruth Binney
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £7.99


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ISBN 10: 0715334220
ISBN 13: 9780715334225
Publisher: DAVID & CHARLES
Pub. date: 29 January, 2009
Pages: 256
Description: Covers a wide range of topics from the natural world (interpreting the behavior of plants and animals) to useful household tips, health issues, invaluable gardening tips, food and cooking advice and the sense behind manners and customs.
Synopsis: Each entry shows how the advice came into popular use and explains the scientific logic behind the saying - in most cases proving it sound. Additional information related to the saying can then lead the reader off in many directions. Covering a wide range of topics from the natural world (interpreting the behavior of plants and animals) to useful household tips, health issues, invaluable gardening tips, food and cooking advice and the sense behind manners and customs, this is a book that can appeal to anyone and everyone. Light in style but with a solid historical and scientific heart, this is a book that will draw readers in a moment and hold them for hours.
Publication: UK
Imprint: David & Charles
Returns: Non-returnable
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