Ceri Houlbrook (editor) is a Researcher in folklore and history at the University of Hertfordshire. She received her doctorate in archaeology from the University of Manchester on the folklore and history of coin-trees in Britain.
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Simon Young & Ceri Houlbrook: Magical Folk
When Tinker Bell followed Peter Pan to Hollywood in the 1950s, fairies vanished into the realm of child-lore. Yet in 1923 30-yearold J.R.R. Tolkien’s visit to his aunt’s house Bag’s End inspired a …
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Ceri Houlbrook: The Magic of Coin-Trees from Religion to Recreation
This book traces the history of ritual landscapes in the British Isles, and the transition from religious practice to recreation, by focusing on a highly understudied exemplar: the coin-tree. These a …
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Ceri Houlbrook: Unlocking the Love-Lock
Explores the worldwide popularity of the love-lock as a ritual token of love and commitment by considering its history, symbolism, and heritage.
“[T]his is an eminently enjoyable and thorough inves …
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Owen Davies & Ceri Houlbrook: Building Magic
This book redresses popular interpretations of concealed objects, enigmatically discovered within the fabric of post-medieval buildings. A wide variety of objects have been found up chimneybreasts, …
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Ceri Houlbrook: ‘Ritual Litter’ Redressed
Ritual deposition is not an activity that many people in the Western world would consider themselves participants of. The enigmatic beliefs and magical thinking that led to the deposition of swords …
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Ceri Houlbrook: ‘Ritual Litter’ Redressed
Ritual deposition is not an activity that many people in the Western world would consider themselves participants of. The enigmatic beliefs and magical thinking that led to the deposition of swords …
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€21.29
Ceri Houlbrook: Winter’s Wishfall
You’re never too old to believe . . .
After losing her job, boyfriend and flat just a few weeks before Christmas, Ellie Lancaster makes some resolutions:
1. Exact revenge on ex.
2. Be unborin …
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