Wayland D. Hand
WAYLAND D. HAND was trained at the University of Chicago under Archer Taylor (Ph.D., 1936), internationally known folklore scholar, and taught German and folklore at the University of California at Los Angeles thirty-seven years before his retirement in 1974. A specialist in folk beliefs, customs, and legends, Hand has been at work on a multivolume Dictionary of American Popular Beliefs and Superstitions since 1944 and is currently engaged in compiling a standard work on Am