The Dragon of Wantley The Gurt Vurm of Shervage Wood King Arthur and the Dragon The Linton Worm The Longwitton Dragon The Black Rider Dando and His Dogs The Devil at the Card Party The Devil at Little Dunkeld Manse A Minister Molested The Prize Wrestler and the Demon The Boggart The Buttery Spirit The Farmer and the Boggart Nuckelavee The White Bucca and the Black The Black Dog of Tring The Guardian Black Dog Lyme Regis Black Dog Legend Sir Gammer Vans Teeny-Tiny The Three Bears The Three Wee Pigs The Wee, Wee Mannie The Cattie sits in the Kiln-Ring Spinning The Endless Tale The Old Man at the White House Viii contents The Old Woman Who Lived in a Vinegar Bottle Tom Tit Tot The Gipsy Woman ДЄustwick Carles: II The Austwick Carles and the Watch: V The Best Way to Die Box About The Cuckoo-Penners The Dog that Talked Dutch Courage An Exorcism Good and Bad News The Man that stole the ParsonвЂ™s Sheep The MillerвЂ™s Eels The Painswick Ancients The Secret Agent The Three Sillies The Two Pickpockets Yorkshire Follies: The considerate bandsmanД¦4 64 65 66 66 67 68 68 70 71 72 72 73 74 77 78ДЄdam Bel, Clym of the Clough and William of Cloudesley Cap OвЂ™ Rushes The King of the Liars Mr Fox The Professor of Signs The Tale of Ivan The Three Good Advices The Ungrateful Sons Law, with many thanks for her unfailing interest and for the help and advice she has given me in the selection of the talesД«elling the Cat The Bum Bee The Farmer and his Ox The Yaller-LeggвЂ™d CockвЂ™rilДЄllison Gross Ashey Pelt The Dead Moon The Flight of Birds The Gobborn Seer The Golden Ball Jack and the Giants The King of the Black Art King Herla The Man Who WouldnвЂ™t Go Out at Night British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN 9-6 Master e-book ISBN No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

Katharine Briggs is the surest guide to British folklore in the twentieth century, and her insightful remarks and careful selection of important tale types make this volume one of the most important collections of British folk-tales and legends ever compiled.вЂќ Jack ZipesД«riggs British Folk-Tales and Legends A samplerДЇirst published 1977 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd First published in Routledge Classics 2002 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003.

There are also sections on local legends and historical traditions. If you arenвЂ™t delighted with it, you may well be under an evil spell.вЂќ Diane Purkiss вЂњKatharine BriggsвЂ™ British Folk-Tales and Legends provides a superb, comprehensive selection of fables, exempla, fairy tales, jokes, novelle, nursery tales, and stories that focus on ghosts, black dogs, bogies, devils, dragons, saints and witches. It travels from King Herla to black dog-demons, from eleventh-century medieval sources to folk-tales collected since the Second World War. This is one of the richest selection of folk-tales available.

Brit ish Folk-Tales and Legends вЂњKatharine Briggs is an editor of such surpassing knowledge that one suspects that she may have sources among witches, ghosts and fairies.

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