Jacqueline Simpson said: I recall a book on the folk beliefs of 19th century France (I think the author's name is Judith Devlin) which discusses many instances of this sort of thing. Devlin, Judith. 1987. The superstitious mind: French peasants and the supernatural in the nineteenth century. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. Dan Harms Coordinator of Instruction Librarian State University of New York - Cortland Memorial Library B-110 (607) - 753-4042