English Fairy and Folk Tales

by Hartland, Edwin Sidney

• ISBN13: 9780486411354
• ISBN10: 0486411354
• Edition: Unabridged
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-20
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

Classic collection of over 70 time-honored tales includes such popular stories as "Jack the Giant-killer," "The History of Tom Thumb," narratives of Lady Godiva and Dick Whittington and his cat, plus stories about witches, goblins, ghosts, and the devil all favorites with generations of collectors and fairy tale enthusiasts.

Table of Contents

NURSERY TALES---
Jack The Giant-Killer	3	(15)
The Princess of Canterbury	18	(2)
The Princess of Colchester	20	(5)
Mr. Fox	25	(3)
``Tom Tit Tot''	28	(7)
Jack and The Bean-Stalk	35	(12)
SAGAS---
Historical and Local
The Story of Saint Kenelm	47	(5)
Wild Edric	52	(3)
Lady Godiva	55	(2)
The Legend of The Sons of The Conqueror	57	(3)
The Legend of Becket's Parents	60	(3)
The Fause Fable of The Lord Lathom	63	(3)
Whittington And His Cat	66	(10)
The Pedlar of Swaffham	76	(2)
The Lambton Worm	78	(5)
Bomere Pool	83	(2)
Giants
The Origin of The Wrekin	85	(2)
The Blinded Giant	87	(2)
Fairies
Worcestershire Fairies	89	(2)
The Fairy's Midwife	91	(4)
The Adventure of Cherry of Zennor	95	(10)
The Fairy Funeral	105	(2)
The Piskies in The Cellar	107	(2)
Edwin And Sir Topaz	109	(7)
The Two Serving Damsels	116	(3)
The Tulip Bed	119	(2)
The Fisherman And The Piskies	121	(2)
A Fairy Caught	123	(2)
Colman Grey	125	(1)
The King of The Cats	126	(2)
A Myth of Midridge	128	(4)
The Green Children	132	(3)
The Fairy Banquet	135	(2)
The Fairy Horn	137	(2)
The Fairy Fair	139	(3)
The Fairies' Caldron	142	(1)
The Cauld Lad of Hilton	143	(2)
The Fairy Thieves	145	(2)
The Boggart	147	(2)
Ainsel	149	(2)
Legend of the Rollright Stones	151	(2)
The Devil and other Goblins
Dando and His Dogs	153	(5)
The Demon Tregeagle	158	(10)
The Parson and Clerk	168	(3)
Outwitting the Devil	171	(2)
The Hunted Hare	173	(3)
The Well of St. Ludgvan	176	(4)
The Hedley Kow	180	(3)
Witchcraft
The Lord of Pengerswick	183	(7)
The Witch and the Toad	190	(4)
Witch and Hare	194	(2)
The Hand of Glory	196	(4)
Betty Chidley the Witch	200	(2)
The Bag of Flour	202	(2)
Kentsham Bell	204	(2)
Ghosts
A Bishop's Ghost	206	(3)
A Clergyman's Ghost	209	(2)
The Haunted House	211	(2)
Ghost-Laying Stories	213	(4)
The Roaring Bull o' Bagbury	217	(2)
The White Lady of Blenkinsopp	219	(4)
The Haunted Widower	223	(1)
The Ghost of Rosewarne	224	(7)
The Lady with the Lantern	231	(3)
Spectre-Dogs	234	(11)
Billy B---'s Adventure	245	(4)
DROLLS---
The Wise Fools of Gotham	249	(2)
The Three Wishes	251	(2)
The Miller at the Professor's Examination	253	(4)
Stupid's Mistaken Cries	257	(3)
The Three Sillies	260	(5)
Mr. Vinegar	265	(4)
Lazy Jack	269	(3)
The History of Tom Thumb	272