Download or read book Warwickshire Folk Tales written by Cath Edwards and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-06-03 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old Warwickshire, the ancient heart of England, encompassed many iconic historic sites. Coventry, Rugby, Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon and Birmingham, among others, all had tales to tell. Equally fascinating are the stories of the people, the virtuous and the villainous, who lived in the greenwoods and rolling hills of this celebrated county. Here are the folk tales passed from teller to listener over centuries, and the legends of the region's famous sons and daughters. From Lady Godiva and Dick Turpin, to the murderous Foxcote Feud and Coventry's claim to Saint George, storyteller Cath Edwards retells these tales and more with verve, vitality and vivid original illustrations.

Download or read book Folktales and Legends of Warwickshire written by Merlin Price and published by . This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hampshire Folk Tales for Children written by Michael O'Leary and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you love magic and adventure, here is the book for you. In this treasure trove of tales, storyteller Michael O' Leary has collected stories from the Hampshire Downs (which are up), the New Forest (which is old), the copses and coppices, fields and farms, villages, towns and cities of Hampshire. In these stories you will meet dragons, giants, knights, princesses and some vile Vikings– and of course the Liphook fairies. From 'Once upon a time...' to 'Happy ever after' you will be transported to Hampshire, where even the stones have stories to tell.

Download or read book Folk tales of Bengal written by Lal Behari Day and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book West Midlands Folk Tales written by Cath Edwards and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Woven from the ancient fabric that is the landscape of the West Midlands and passed down through the generations, these stories from a modern county with a rich and varied history are brought together by local storyteller Cath Edwards. Here are mysterious tales and local legends. Here are witches and noodleheads, ghosts and magpies, mines and wishing trees. Retold in an engaging style, and stylishly illustrated with unique line drawings, these humorous, clever and enchanting folk tales are sure to be enjoyed and shared time and again.

Download or read book The Legend of Guy of Warwick written by Velma Bourgeois Richmond and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1996. This lavishly illustrated study is a comprehensive literary and social history which offers a record of changing genres, manuscript/book production, and cultural, political, and religious emphases by examining one of the most long lived popular legends in England. Guy of Warwick became part of history when he was named in chronicles and heraldic rolls. The power of the Earls of Warwick, especially Richard de Beauchamp, inspired the spread of the legend, but Guy's highest fame came in the Renaissance as one of the Nine Worthies. Widely praised in texts and allusions, Guy's feats were sung in ballads and celebrated on the stage in England and France. The first Anglo-Norman romance of Gui de Warewic, a Saxon hero of the tenth century was written in the early 13th century; the latest retellings of the legend are contemporary. Examples of Guy's legend can be found in two English translations that survived the Middle Ages, a new French prose romance, a didactic tale in the Gesta Romanorum, and late medieval versions in Celtic, German, and Catalan, as well as English. Guy remained a favorite Edwardian children's story and was featured in the Warwick Pageant, an historical extravaganza of 1906. The patriotism of World War II sparked a resurgence of interest that produced several new versions, mostly folkloric.

Download or read book Staffordshire Folk Tales written by Johnny Gillett and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These lively and entertaining folk tales from one of Britain's most fascinating counties are vividly retold by local storyteller The Journey Man. Their origins lost in the oral tradition, these thirty stories from Staffordshire reflect the wisdom (and eccentricities) of the county and its people.Staffordshire has a rich and diverse collection of tales, from the stories of some of Britain’s most famous mythical heroes, to tales of demons, dragons, boggarts and brownies. These stories, illustrated with twenty-five line drawings, bring alive the landscape of the county’s moorlands, forests and fertile plains.The Journey Man is a professional storyteller who has been telling stories across the world for over twenty years.

Download or read book Warwickshire Folklore written by Roy Palmer and published by . This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The folklore of Warwickshire

Download or read book Type and Motif Index of the Folktales of England and North America written by Ernest W. Baughman and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book English Fairy and Other Folk Tales written by Edwin Sidney Hartland and published by London : W. Scott. This book was released on 1890 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of traditional English tales about legendary people and events, fairies, giants, witches, goblins, and ghosts. The editor defines a "Saga" as a "traditional narrative which is believed to be true, and which relates to some definite human person... or to some definite locality, or to the power and deeds of some deity or supernatural being or race of beings." A Nursery Tale, or Märchen is not believed to be true and its end is fortunate: Jack "must" escape the giant. A "Droll" is just that: Droll.

Download or read book Folklore of Warwickshire written by Roy Palmer and published by . This book was released on 1994-08-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Folk lore Journal written by Folklore Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Folklore of Warwickshire written by Roy Palmer and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Folk lore Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Folk and Hero Tales written by Duncan MacInnes and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Folk and Hero Tales written by D. MacInnes and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Somerset Folk Tales written by Sharon Jacksties and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These Somerset tales, newly collected or retold with a strong sense of the land and the waters that shaped them, reflect our enduring interest in the natural landscape. Let these stories from the Summer Lands take you on a journey: across wind-wild moors that plummet to treacherous tides traversed by sea morgans; on a scramble from gorges shaped by the Devil's spite to caves dwelled in by bitter witches. Discover ancient mines and dragons' haunts, and emerge into forests and fields to be befriended by bees or bedevilled by fairies; then stroll beside ancient waterways, where willows walk and orchards talk. From Gwyn ap Neath to Joseph of Arimathea, your travelling companions will meet you from legend, history and living memory – from the places where they were once known best. Sharon Jacksties has a sharp eye for the landscape of Somerset and the seen and unseen stories that it holds, a sympathetic ear for the dialect of the South West, and a playful wit that brings this collection of tales to vivid and delightful life.