British Folk Tales and Legends
In 1970 Katharine Briggs published in four volumes the vast and authoritative Dictionary of British Folktales and Legends to wide acclaim. This sampler comprises the very best of those tales and legends. Gathered within, readers will find an extravagance of beautiful princesses and stout stable boys, sour-faced witches and kings with hearts of gold. Each tale is a masterpiece of storytelling, from the hilarious 'Three Sillies' to the delightfully macabre 'Sammle's Ghost'.
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In 1970 Katharine Briggs published in four volumes the vast and authoritative Dictionary of British Folktales and Legends to wide acclaim. This sampler comprises the very best of those tales and legends. Gathered within, readers will find an extravagance of beautiful princesses and stout stable boys, sour-faced witches and kings with hearts of gold. Each tale is a masterpiece of storytelling, from the hilarious 'Three Sillies' to the delightfully macabre 'Sammle's Ghost'. Daily Telegraph Katherine M. Briggs has done a wonderful job of bringing all these old stories together.
AcknowledgementsIntroduction1Pt. 1Fables and Exempla15Belling the Cat18The Bum Bee18The Farmer and his Ox19The Yaller-Legg'd Cock'ril20Pt. 2Fairy Tales23Allison Gross25Ashey Pelt25The Dead Moon27The Flight of Birds29The Gobborn Seer32The Golden Ball35Jack and the Giants38The King of the Black Art41King Herla44The Man Who Would't Go Out at Night46The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle48Tom Tit Tot51The Gipsy Woman [sequel to Tom Tit Tot]56Pt. 3Jocular Tales61Austwick Carles: II64The Austwick Carles and the Watch: V64The Best Way to Die65Box About66The Cuckoo-Penners66The Dog that Talked67Dutch Courage68An Exorcism68Good and Bad News70The Man that stole the Parson's Sheep71The Miller's Eels72The Painswick Ancients72The Secret Agent73The Three Sillies74The Two Pickpockets77Yorkshire Follies: The considerate bandsman78Pt. 4Novelle79Adam Bel, Clym of the Clough and William of Cloudesley81Cap O' Rushes88The King of the Liars92Mr. Fox102The Professor of Signs105The Tale of Ivan107The Three Good Advices110The Ungrateful Sons115Pt. 5Nursery Tales117The Cattie sits in the Kiln-Ring Spinning119The Endless Tale120The Old Man at the White House121Sir Gammer Vans122Teeny-Tiny125The Three Bears126The Three Wee Pigs129The Wee, Wee Mannie131Pt. 6Black Dogs135The Black Dog of Tring137The Guardian Black Dog137Lyme Regis Black Dog Legend138Pt. 7Bogies141The Boggart143The Buttery Spirit144The Farmer and the Boggart145Nuckelavee146The White Bucca and the Black148Pt. 8Devils151The Black Rider153Dando and His Dogs153The Devil at the Card Party156The Devil at Little Dunkeld Manse157A Minister Molested158The Prize Wrestler and the Demon159Pt. 9Dragons165The Dragon of Wantley166The Gurt Vurm of Shervage Wood167King Arthur and the Dragon169The Linton Worm170The Longwitton Dragon172Pt. 10Fairies175Anne Jefferies and the Fairies177The Broken Bilk179The Brownie179The Captured Fairies180The Fairy Dwelling on Selena Moor181The Green Children184Horse and Hattock186Inkberrow's Ting-Tang187Jeannie's Grany Sees a Fairy187Johnnie in the Cradle188The Laird of Balmachie's Wife190The Midwife191Sir Godfrey Macculloch192The White Powder193Pt. 11Ghosts197The Bishopsthorpe Ghost200The Bussex Rhine, and King's Sedgemoor201Croglin Grange202The Death "Bree"204A Doctor's Strange Experience206The Drummer of Airlie209The Ghost of Gairnside209The Grateful Ghost215John Rudall and the Ghost of Dorothy Dinglett217Lady Howard's Coach219A Lay Ghost-Layer220The Lord Protector222Sammle's Ghost223The Silken Shawl226The Six Dead Men227The Treasure of Downhouse228Pt. 12Giants231Brutus and Corineus233The Giant Bolster234The Giant of Carn Galva235The Giants of Stowey236The Origin of the Wrekin: II237Wade and his Wife238Pt. 13Historical Traditions241Burke and Hare243Cromwell in Glasgow246Drake as a Wizard248Dream Portending the Death of William Rufus250Food Law in the Fens252Folk-Memory of Chaucer253The Ghost's "Evidence"254The Grey Goose Feathers255King Richard and the Penitent Knight257Marshall's Elm259The Oxford Student260Pudsay the Coiner261The Sons of the Conqueror264The Warden of the Marches266Pt. 14Local Legends271The Beasts' Thorn273Canobie Dick and Thomas of Ercildoun274The Church of Fordoun276The Cook at Combwell277Crawls278The Gold of Largo Law279Guinevere's Comb281The Horn of Egremont282The Murder Hole282The Old House of Balhary284Owen Parfitt286The Pedlar of Swaffham287The Rollright Stones288The Sale of a Wife289Simmer Water290Trapping the Plague291The Wimblestone292Pt. 15Saints295The Crowza Stones297Men With Tails298St. Adelme299St. Aloys and the Lame Nag300St. Augustine at Long Compton301St. Uncumber302St. Wulfric and the Greedy Boy303Ushen and St. Patrick305Pt. 16The Supernatural309The Anchor312The Curate of Axholme312The Dart of Death313The Dream House314The Escaping Soul316The Green Lady of Cromarty316The Hand of Glory317The Shepherd and the Crows320A Vision at Dunino321The Waff323The Wandering Jew323Pt. 17Witches325The Black Hen328The Blacksmith's Wife of Yarrowfoot329The Counter-Charm330The Elder-Tree Witch331The Ferryman334Friar Bacon335The Hares' Parliament348Jakey Bascombe and the Cob350The Laird of Pittarro351Molly Cass and the Nine of Hearts352Mother Shipton353The Silver Sixpence355The Unbidden Guest356The Witch of Berkeley357Witches at Hallowe'en359Pt. 18Miscellaneous legends363Farmer Hewlett's Amends365The Foreign Hotel366The Good Magpie367The Stolen Corpse368The Wooden Legs370
\ From the Publisher'Katharine Briggs is the magic mirror on the wall. Ask her what you will.' - Richard Adams\ \ \ \ \ Daily TelegraphKatherine M. Briggs has done a wonderful job of bringing all these old stories together.\ \
