Folktales of England by Briggs, Katharine M. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Copyright Title Page Series Page Foreword Introduction Contents I. Wonder Tales

1. The Small-Tooth Dog 2. The Green Lady 3. Tom Tit Tot 4. Mossycoat 5. Little Rosy 6. The Man Who Wouldn’t Go Out at Night

II. Legends

Encounters with Unnatural Beings

7. Fairy Merchandise 8. Goblin Combe 9. The Fairy Follower 10. Pixy Fair 11. The Fairy Midwife 12. The Green Mist 13. The Apple-Tree Man 14. Tibb’s Cat and the Apple-Tree Man 15. The Man in the Wilderness 16. The Old Man at the White House 17. Why the Donkey is Safe 18. The Hunted Soul 19. The Sea Morgan and the Conger Eels

Curses and Ghosts

20. Tarr Ball and the Farmer 21. The Four-Eyed Cat 22. The Witch’s Purse 23. The Gipsy’s Curse 24. The Open Grave 25. Annie Luker’s Ghost 26. The Son Murdered by His Parents 27. Company on the Road 28. Room for One More

Giants

Saints

33. St. Wulfric and the Greedy Boy 34. The Devil and St. Dunstan 35. St. Adelme 36. St. Aloys and the Lame Nag

Historical and Quasi-Historical Traditions

37. St. David’s Flood 38. The Legend of Gold Hill 39. The Grey Goose Feathers 40. Swayne’s Leaps 41. The Lost Bride 42. The Thievish Sexton 43. Mr. Fox’s Courtship 44. Drake’s Cannon Ball 45. Marshall’s Elm 46. Jack White’s Gibbet

Modern Legends

47. The Foreign Hotel 48. The Stolen Corpse 49. The Half-Cup of Tea 50. The Five-Pound Note

III. Jocular Tales

Devils and Spirits

51. The Curious Cat 52. The Last Man Hanged 53. Dolly and the Duke 54. Summat Queer on Batch 55. A Cure for a Witch

Heaven, Hell, and Parsons

56. A Paddock in Heaven 57. The Two Chaps who went to Heaven 58. The Three Premiers who went to Heaven 59. The Parsons’ Meeting 60. The Churchyard 61. The Parson and the Parrot 62. The Man that stole the Parson’s Sheep

Tales About Children

63. The Two Little Scotch Boys 64. Father, I Think 65. King Edward and the Salad 66. The Rich Man’s Two Sons 67. The First Banana

“Rhozzums” (Short Humorous Tales, often about Local Characters)

68. The Farmer and the “Parson” 69. The Irishman’s Hat 70. The Three Foreigners 71. The Deaf Man and the Pig Trough 72. The Borrowdale Cuckoo 73. Growing the Church

Husband and Wife

74. The Jamming Pan 75. The Contrary Wife 76. Knife or Scissors 77. The Farmer and His Wife and the Mirror 78. The Three Obedient Husbands 79. The Lazy Wife

Master and Man

80. The Lad Who Was Never Hungry 81. Take a Pinch of Salt With It 82. Old Charley Creed 83. The Hungry Mowers

Shaggy Dogs

84. The Farmer and His Ox 85. The Two Elephants 86. The Horse Who Played Cricket 87. The Pious Lion 88. The Tortoises’ Picnic

Tall Tales and Absurdities

89. The Dog and the Hares 90. The Man Who Bounced 91. Mark Twain in the Fens 92. The Endless Tale

Glossary Bibliography Notes Index of Motifs Index of Tale Types General Index