Superstitions

Superstitions is a folklore almanac that knows what day it is. Open it and it tells you the superstition that belongs to today, and why: because it is a Friday, because the moon is full, because it is Midsummer Eve, or because the Perseids peak tonight. More than 2,800 superstitions, every one read by hand against a named source published between 1620 and 1920, from 74 works of British, Irish and North American folklore. Each is given as its source records it, with the place it was recorded and its entry number. Nothing is invented and nothing is presented as true. The app shows the lore; what you make of it is up to you. EVERYTHING IS COMPUTED ON YOUR PHONE The calendar, the moon and the sky are all worked out on the device, with no connection needed: • Every feast and holy day, including Easter and the movable feasts, by the Gregorian computus • The phase of the moon, night by night •…