| Description |
341 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"First published in 1987 as British Folk Tales by Orchard Books"--Title page verso. |
| Contents |
Magic and wonder. The dark horseman ; Three heads of the well ; The small-tooth dog ; Butterfly soul ; King of the cats ; The baker's daughter ; The dead moon -- Adventures and legends. The slumber king ; The green children ; The last of the picts ; The oldest of them all ; Fair gruagach ; The peddler of Swaffham ; The wildman ; The lambton worm ; Shonks and the dragon ; Sea tongue -- Fairies and little people. The piper and the pooka ; Tom tit tot ; Monday, Tuesday ; The changeling ; The farmer and the boggart ; The shepherd's tale ; Fairy ointment ; Charger ; Dathera dad ; Yallery brown -- Men and women. The three blows ; The fine field of flax ; Sea woman ; The black bull of norway ; Mossycoat ; Tam Lin ; Yellow lily ; The green mist -- Wits, tricks, and laughter. A village of fools ; Mare's eggs ; The cow that ate the piper ; Poll ; The wise men of Gotham ; Magpies in teh crabtree ; The riddler -- Ghosts. Boo! ; Samuel's ghost ; Slam and the ghosts ; The dauntless girl ; Billy ; Fear and fly -- Afterword: Why everyone needs to be able to tell a story. |
| Subject |
Folklore -- Great Britain -- Juvenile literature.
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Folklore -- Ireland -- Juvenile literature.
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Short stories -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Genre |
Folklore.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Castle, Frances, 1966- illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9781536209419 |
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1536209414 |
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