Sponge Cake at Funerals And Other Quaint Old Customs

Varla Ventura, fan favorite on Huffington Post’s Weird News, frequent guest on Coast to Coast, and bestselling author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre, introduces a new Weiser Books Collection of forgotten crypto-classics. Magical Creatures is a hair-raising herd of affordable digital editions, curated with Varla’s affectionate and unerring eye for the fantastic.

Birth rituals, marriage ceremonies, funeral rites, holiday traditions, and enduring superstitions of Welsh folkore are all documented with detail and a fervent love for the people and the immortal spirits of Wales. Written by William Wirt Sikes in 1880, this magnificent collection of old customs is sure to enchant and enliven anyone's virtual bookshelf.