Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall

Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall PDF

Author: William Bottrell

Publisher:

Published: 2018-10-10

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 9781727806328

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In the 19th century William Bottrell compiled three volumes of Cornish folklore, legends and historical tales. This is the first book in that series. He tells stories of giants, mermaids, and a Cornish fairies including the spriggan, bucca, and the knackers. He also describes Cornish folk magic, and folklore about witches.

Ghost Stories from the Pacific Northwest

Ghost Stories from the Pacific Northwest PDF

Author: Margaret Read MacDonald

Publisher: august house

Published: 2005-12-19

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9780874834376

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Tales of ghosts inhabiting the Pacific Northwest include stories of haunted houses, departed loved ones, and disturbed Native American burial sites

Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second Series

Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second Series PDF

Author: William Bottrell

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2015-03-17

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9781507566749

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"[...]crowd of women high and low, meet to take their turn at grinding, serging, &c. Whilst some work others tell stories, sing, or dance on the green, near which grew many old oaks, sycamores, and elms, in a place still called the rookery, a little above. There was a great friendship between Duffy and Old Betty, who worked the mill, because this old dame, having long had strange dealings, saw at once, by a stocking Duffy pretended to be knitting, that a stitch was always down and that the work was none of hers. In the evening, Duffy hearing, when she came in, the devil still spinning, thought she would see him at work and try to learn something. Looking through the latch-hole she saw what she took to be a woman, seated, and spinning with a small treddle-turn such as is used for spinning thread, and the wool-turn (with a[...]".

Folktales and Fairy Tales [4 volumes]

Folktales and Fairy Tales [4 volumes] PDF

Author: Anne E. Duggan Ph.D.

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2016-02-12

Total Pages: 2815

ISBN-13:

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Encyclopedic in its coverage, this one-of-a-kind reference is ideal for students, scholars, and others who need reliable, up-to-date information on folk and fairy tales, past and present. Folktales and fairy tales have long played an important role in cultures around the world. They pass customs and lore from generation to generation, provide insights into the peoples who created them, and offer inspiration to creative artists working in media that now include television, film, manga, photography, and computer games. This second, expanded edition of an award-winning reference will help students and teachers as well as storytellers, writers, and creative artists delve into this enchanting world and keep pace with its past and its many new facets. Alphabetically organized and global in scope, the work is the only multivolume reference in English to offer encyclopedic coverage of this subject matter. The four-volume collection covers national, cultural, regional, and linguistic traditions from around the world as well as motifs, themes, characters, and tale types. Writers and illustrators are included as are filmmakers and composers—and, of course, the tales themselves. The expert entries within volumes 1 through 3 are based on the latest research and developments while the contents of volume 4 comprises tales and texts. While most books either present readers with tales from certain countries or cultures or with thematic entries, this encyclopedia stands alone in that it does both, making it a truly unique, one-stop resource.

Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall (Classic Reprint)

Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall (Classic Reprint) PDF

Author: William Bottrell

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-12

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9781331214144

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Excerpt from Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall Duffy and the Devil (an old Christmas Play); Celtic Monuments of Boleigh and Rosemodrass; The last Cardews of Boskenna and the story of Nelly Wearne; The Witch of Buryan Church-town; Madam Noy and the Witch; A Queen's visit to Baranhuel; The Small People's Cow (a fairy tale); Tom of Chyannor, the tin-streamer (a West Country droll); The Fairy Dwelling on Selena Moor; The I'an's House of Treen; Castle Treen and its Legends; Traditions of Parcunow; Legends of St. Levan; A Legend of Pargwarra; An' Pee Tregeer's trip to market on Hallan Eve (a fairy tale); An Overseer and a Parish Clerk of St. Just, sixty years ago; The Fairy Master, or Bob o' the Carn; A Tinner's fireside stories. - The Knockers of Ballowal; Old Songs and Nicknames; The Changeling of Brea-Vean (fairy tale); Betty Stoggs' Baby (fairy tale); How a Morvah man bought clothes for his wife; How a Zennor man choked himself, but had his will in his pocket; The Smugglers of Penrose; Tregagle at Gwenvor Cove; West Country Superstitions. - Devil's Money; The Slighted Damsel of Gwinear; The Wreck of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel; A Night's Ride to Scilly; Ancient Bridal Customs; Ancient Rites at Madron Well; The Crick-stone, or Men-an-tol; Charms; The Fairy Tribes; The Pirate Wrecker and the Death-Ship; The sun never shines on those who have sworn away a life; A Legend of Pengersec About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.