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Title: Polydactylism in folklore
Authors: Dougall, Angelo
Keywords: Folklore -- Malta -- Periodicals
Folklorists -- Malta
Manners and customs -- Malta
Abnormalities, Human -- Malta
Cassar, Paul, 1914-2006. Medical history of Malta -- Criticism and interpretation
Wismayer, Joseph M., 1931- . Fleet of the Order of Saint John -- Criticism and interpretation
St John’s Co-Cathedral (Valletta, Malta)
Neolithic period -- Malta
Fingers -- Abnormalities -- Malta
Toes -- Abnormalities -- Malta
Issue Date: 2002
Publisher: Ghaqda Maltija tal-Folklor
Citation: Dougall, A. (2002). Polydactylism in folklore. L-Imnara, 7, (1), 23-25.
Abstract: There have recently been some write-ups and comments in a local periodical about past incidence of polydactylism in Malta, and about its depiction in art. However, this article is more about polydactylism in Maltese folklore, local beliefs and cases.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/37721
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L-Imnara, Volume 7, Issue 1

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