In 1970 Katharine Briggs published in four volumes the vast and authoritative Dictionary of British Folktales and Legends to wide acclaim. This sampler comprises the very best of those tales and legends. Gathered within, readers will find an extravagance of beautiful princesses and stout stable boys, sour-faced witches and kings with hearts of gold. Each tale is a masterpiece of storytelling, from the hilarious 'Three Sillies' to the delightfully macabre 'Sammle's Ghost'.
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'Katharine Briggs is the magic mirror on the wall. Ask her what you will.' - Richard Adams
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Katharine Briggs (1898-1980). Eminent folklorist and former president of the Folklore Society.
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The Animal Tales collected in this group of folk narratives are not animal anecdotes, nor tales of magical animals such as we find in the Fairy Tales. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cam doon, gipsy woman, round three times Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Friar Bacon, Lady Mary, Huge Bear, School of Scottish Studies, Wee Bear, King Arthur, Middle Bear, Norton Collection, Friar Bungay, King of the Black Art, Adam Bel, Hamish Henderson, Clym of the Clough, Gobborn Seer, Sir Francis Drake, Somerset Folklore, Augustus Hare, County Folk-Lore, Tom Tit Tot, William Rufus, Lady Howard, North Riding of Yorkshire, William Pudsay, Ashey Pelt, Carn Galva New!
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The Animal Tales collected in this group of folk narratives are not animal anecdotes, nor tales of magical animals such as we find in the Fairy Tales. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cam doon, gipsy woman, round three times Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Friar Bacon, Lady Mary, Huge Bear, School of Scottish Studies, Wee Bear, King Arthur, Middle Bear, Norton Collection, Friar Bungay, King of the Black Art, Adam Bel, Hamish Henderson, Clym of the Clough, Gobborn Seer, Sir Francis Drake, Somerset Folklore, Augustus Hare, County Folk-Lore, Tom Tit Tot, William Rufus, Lady Howard, North Riding of Yorkshire, William Pudsay, Ashey Pelt, Carn Galva New!
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- English Fairy Tales (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) by Joseph Jacobs on 8 pages
- Grimm's Fairy Tales (Barnes & Noble Classics) by Jacob Grimm on 5 pages
- Folktales of England (Folktales of the World) by Katharine M. Briggs on 5 pages
- Popular Romances of the West of England by Robert Hunt on 4 pages
- Fairy Tales by H C Andersen in Front Matter, page 79, and Back Matter
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