Folklore & Fairytales
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Carefully selected stories from the celebrated Folk Tales series have been gathered here for this special volume. Herein lies a treasure trove of tales from a wealth of talented...
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County Antrim, home to the Giants Causeway, has a rich heritage of myths and legends which is uniquely captured in this collection of traditional tales from across the county....
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Saints and sorcerers, haunted caves and bloody battles, fairy mounds and forsaken harpers Argyll is teeming with folk tales. The region has played a key part in the history of...
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County Armagh, the Orchard County, abounds in folk tales, myths and legends and a selection of the best, drawn from historical sources and newly recorded local reminiscences, have...
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Arthur's Seat, rising high above the Edinburgh skyline, is the city's most awe-inspiring landmark. Although thousands climb to the summit every year, its history remains a mystery...
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A stunning illustrated collection of Irish legends, including: The Salmon of Knowledge, How C Chulainn Got His Name, The Children of Lir, The King with Donkeys Ears, Fionn and...
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A stunning illustrated collection of Irish legends, including: The Salmon of Knowledge, How C Chulainn Got His Name, The Children of Lir, The King with Donkeys Ears, Fionn and...
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In our little green Ireland in days of old
A story of magic and courage was told
There once stood a fortress, four children lived here
Along with their father, the mighty King...
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This unique collection of folk tales from Cumbria were collected as fragments that the author has had to breathe life back into. From the lore of the land to ghost stories, fairy...
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Dark Encounters is a collection of classic and elegantly unsettling ghost stories first published in 1963. A spine-tingling collection, these tales are set in the brooding landscape...
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This book brings together stories of Kings and Queens, sains and sinners, witches, ghosts, giants and tricksters from all across the county of Eat Lothian. Richly illustrated with...
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Storyteller Sheila Kinninmonth brings together stories from the coastal fishing villages, rushing rivers, magical green farmland and rolling hills of Fife. In this treasure trove...
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Duncan Williamson was a Scottish traveller who went on to become one of Britain's master story-tellers. During his lifetime he was acclaimed `the greatest English-speaking storyteller'...
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The classic folk tales of Scotland were passed down from storyteller to storyteller, and from the first sentence they held the attention of the listeners and readers as though...
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The Highlands and Islands of Scotland are rich in strange stories and folk tales. Faeries, brownies, water-horses, ghosts, witches, wells said to cure all kinds of disease, adventures...
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The fruits of a life's work, this marvellous compendium of photographs, stories, folklore and songs has been an established classic since its first publication in 1955. It is a...
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John Gregorson Campbell (1834-91) was one of the most outstanding folklorists working in Scotland during the nineteenth century. Based on materials which he had gathered in the...
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IN the Victorian era, sensational ghost stories were headline news. Spine-chilling reports of two-headed phantoms, murdered knights and spectral locomotives filled the pages of...
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The Highlands of Scotland are rich in traditional stories. Even today, in the modern world of internet and supermarkets, old legends dating as far back as the times of the Gaels...
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Arthur Rackham’s artworks bring a distinctive vein of dark humour to the many classic works he graced in the Golden Age of Illustration. His energetic, dense creations are perfectly...
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Emerging from a people with an absolute belief in 'the little folk', the fairy tales of Ireland are part of one of the richest folk literatures in the world. Many of Ireland's...
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In Irish Ghost Stories, Padraic O'Farrell has included both well-known stories and some lesser-known tales, most of them previously unpublished. The Ghost Story holds a special...
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Take a fantasy journey around Lancashire, the Phantom Voice at Southport, the Leprechauns of Liverpool and the famous hanging of Pendle Witches at Lancaster,to the infamous Miss...
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Why are dragons recognised in almost all cultures on Earth? What is the mysterious geomantic gold they secretly guard? Could dragons be a folk memory of something which once hunted...
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Have you ever seen a pixie? Really? How about a nixie? Where would you find a brownie? And who exactly is Puck? Hiding in the woods, meadows, lakes and caves of these green and...
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This engaging read draws on stories from all across Midlothian. From witches to giants and trolls to fairies, this is an engaging read for all and richly illustrated with line...
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From the Penguin Guides to World Mythology, this book is a brilliant introduction to the world of the Celts.The Celts created an intricately woven mythology describing the deeds...
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These folk tales reflect the wild and secret character of between two countries and two worlds. The book other magical characters such as the Netherwitton worm who guards a secret...
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In this book he records a world of local legend, folklore and superstition, and charts the changes he saw in his lifetime in agriculture, education, the Church and, of course,...
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Tom Muir takes you on a magical journey through the mysterious Orkney Islands, where the past and the present meet. Using the ancient stories that were told by the firesides of...
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This lively and entertaining collection of folk tales from the Scottish Borders is rich in stories both tall and true, ancient and recent, dark and funny, fantastical and powerful...
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This is a collection of ghost stories based on a mixture of local history and folklore. The stories are from past and present. Some, such as The Hauntings of Glamis Castle and...
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