1st Edition

Forgotten Folk-tales of the English Counties Pbdirect

By Ruth L. Tongue Copyright 2015
    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    This volume is a collection of a number of country folk tales. The tales reveal a good deal of fairy lore, some tree lore, including ghostly trees like crooker, the uncanny black dog makes his appearance in more than one tale and also include several long fireside tales.

    Part One 1. Dragon-lore 2. Uncanny Folk 3. Rivers and Trees 4. Witches and Saints 5. Ghosts and Evil Spirits 6. Rhozzums and a Liddlin Part Two 7. Giants and Monsters 8. The People of the Hills 9. Legends and Folk-tales 10. Wood and Water 11. Ghosts and Evil Spirits 12. Rhozzums Part Three 13. Old Tales and New 14. The Fair Folk 15. Legends 16. Witches and Evil Spirits 17. Ghosts and Curses 18. Rhozzums

    Biography

    Ruth Tongue