FOLKLORE


REGIONAL

ENGLISH FOLKLORE - REGIONAL

Dorset Folklore & Witchcraft in Dorset & Wiltshire, J C Chadwick, c1970 (TT)

Hertfordshire The Folklore of Hertfordshire, Dorris Jones-Baker 1977 (TT)

Isle of Man The Folklore of the Isle of Man, A W Moore, Llanerch 1994 (reprint 1891) (TT)

Jersey Jersey - Witches Ghosts & Traditions, Sonia Hillsdon, Jarrold Pub 1984 (TT)

Lancashire The Fate of the Lancashire Witches, Arthur Douglas, Countryside Pub 1978 (TT)

London Old Customs and Ceremonies of London, M Brentnall, Batsford 1975 (TT)

Oxfordshire Strange Oxford, Ed Chris Morgan, Golden Dawn Pub 1987 (TT)

Surrey Mysteries of Surrey, A M Green, Napier Pub 1972 (TT)

Sussex The Folklore of Sussex, Jacqueline Simpson, Batsford 1973 (TT)

Warickshire The Folklore of Warickshire, Roy Palmer, Llanerch 1994 (TT)

Wessex Mermaids, Moonrakers and Hobgoblins, Dinah Starkey 1977 (TT)

Wiltshire Wiltshire Folklore & Legends, Ralph Whitlock 1992 (TT)

Yorkshire Legends of Yorkshire, John R Crossland, Collins 1931 (TT)

ENGLISH FOLKLORE - GENERAL

General Folklore

Albion, A Guide to Legendary Britian, Jennifer Westwood, Paladin, 1985 (TT)

In Search of Lost Gods, Ralph Whitlock, Book Club Assoc, 1979 (TT)

Folk Tales

Funny Folk (A Book of Comic Tales, Aidan Chambers, Heinemann 1976 (TT)

Medieval Tales, Jennifer Westwood, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1967 (TT)

Great Grandmother Goose, Helen Cooper, Hamish Hamilton, 1978 (TT)

Folk Tales of the British Isles, Ed Kevin Crossley-Holland, Faber & Faber 1985 (TT)

Folk Tales of the British Isles, Ed Michael Foss, Book Club Assoc, 1977 (TT)

British Folk Tales, Kevin Crossley - Holland, Orchard Books, 1987 (TT)

Britian Long Ago, Wilmot Buxton, George G Harrap, 1906 (TT)

Round About and Long Ago, Eileen Colwell, Longman Young, c1970 (TT)

Favourite Fairy Tales Told in England, Viginia Haviland, Bodley Head, 1969

English Fairy Tales, Joseph Jacobs, Puffin, 1970 (TT)

Tales of the Homeland, Edward Arnold, c1900 (TT)

Nursery Rhymes

The Oxford Dictionary of Nursey Rhymes, Iona & Peter Opie, Oxford Univ, 1992 (TT)

Popular Nursery Rhymes (with explanations), ed Jennifer Mulherin, 1984 (TT)

Superstitions

A Dictionary of Superstitions, Opie & Tatem, Oxford Univ Press 1992 (TT)

The Encycolpedia of Superstitions, Hole & Readford, Helicon, 1980 (reprint 1948)

A-Z of Superstitions, Carole Potter, Chancellor Press 1993 (TT)

Folk Heros

Rymes of Robin Hood, R B Dobson & J T Taylor, Alan Sutton, 1989 (TT)

King Arthur and the Grail Quest, John Matthews, Blandford, 1994 (TT)

Ghosts:

The A -Z of British Ghosts, Peter Underwood, Chancellor, 1992 (TT)

SCANDINAVIA (ALL)

Scandinavian Folktales, Jacqueline Simpson, Penguin, 1988 (TT)

Scandinavian Ballards, Sven H Rossi, Witsconsin, 1982 (NLtt)

Scandinavian Legends and Folktales, Gwyn Jones, Oxford Univ, 1974 (TT)

East of the Sun and West of the Moon, old tales of the north, Omega, 1986 (reprint 1914) (TT)

Northern Lights Legends Sagas and Folktales, Kevin Crossley-Holland, Faber & Faber, 1987 (TT)

A House System from Viking Europe, Prudence Jones, Fenris Wolf, 1991 (TT)

ICELANDIC FOLKLORE

Icelandic Folktales and Legends, Jacqueline Simpson, California Press, 1972 (NLtt)

Legends of Icelandic Magicians, Jacqueline Simpson, The Folklore Society, 1975 (TT)

Elves Trolls & Elemental Beings, trans Alan Boucher, Iceland Review, 1977 (TT)

Adventures Outlaws and Past Events, trans Alan Boucher, Iceland Review, 1978 (TT)

Ghosts, Witchcraft and the Other World, trans Alan Boucher, Icelandic Review, 1978 (TT)

The Galdrabok, an Icelandic Grmoire, Stephen Flowers, Samuel Weiser Inc, 1989, (TT)

The Mayer Collection of Drawings from Iceland 1836, Orn & Orlygur 1986 (TT)

NORWEGIAN FOLKLORE

Norwegian Folklore Simplified, Zinken Hopp, John Griegs Forlag, 1959 (TT)

Folktales of Norway, Reidar Christiansen, Chicago, 1964 (NLtt)

Norwegian Folk Tales (from Asbjornson & Moe), Dreyers Forlag, 1960 (TT)

Norway - Home of the Trolls, Eli Ketilsson, Medusa, 1991 (TT)

Favourite Fairy Tales Told in Norway, Viginia Haviland, Bodley Head, 1967 (TT)

SWEDISH FOLKLORE

Svenska Folk Sagor, Gudrun & Joran Sahlgren, Thule, 1939 (TT)

Swedish Legends and Folktales, John Lindow, California Press, 1978 (NLtt)

Christmas Morning in the Snowy North, Gunnar Lundh, LTs Forlag c.1950 (TT)

DANISH FOLKLORE

Hans Anderson Fairy Tales & Stories (complete), trans by Erik Haugaard, Gollancz, 1974 (TT)

Danish Fairy Tales, Inge Hack, Frederick Muller Ltd, 1964 (TT)

NORTH ATLANTIC ISLANDS

Faroese Folk-Tales & Legends, John F West, Shetland Publishing Co, 1980 (NLtt)

GERMAN FOLKLORE

The Brothers Grimm (complete fairy tales), Chancellor Press, 1984 (reprint 1853) (TT)

German Tales & Legends, Ruth Ratcliff, Muller, 1982 (TT)

The Rusty Knight and other tales from Germany, R Volkmann-Leander, Muller 1974 (TT)

SCOTTISH FOLKLORE

Thomas The Rhymer & other stories of the Scottish Border, Brenda Girvin, Thomas Nelson, c1900 (TTm)

Favourite Fairy Tales Told in Scotland, Viginia Haviland, Bodley Head, 1966 (TT)

Scottish Fairy Tales, Grant Campbell, Scolastic Pub, 1980 (TT)

The Blacksmith and the Fairies and other Scottish Folk Tales, Elizabeth Howden, Floris Books 1988, (TT)

IRISH FOLKLORE

Its An Old Irish Custom, Olivia Robertson, Dennis Dobson, c1950 (TT)

Favourite Fairy Tales Told in Ireland, Viginia Haviland, Bodley Head, 1967 (TT)

Irish Myths & Legends, Michael Scott, Warner Books 1992 (TT)

RUSSIAN FOLKLORE

Russian Folk Tales, H C Stevens, Paul Hamlyn, 1967 (TT)

Favourite Fairy Tales Told in Russia, Viginia Haviland, Bodley Head, 1967 (TT)

Tales from Tartary, James Riordan, Kestrel Books, 1978 (TT)

Russian Fairy Tales, Post Wheeler, Senate, 1995 (reprint of 1912) (TT)

REST OF EUROPE

Favourite Fairy Tales Told in Spain, Viginia Haviland, Bodley Head, 1966 (TT)

Favourite Fairy Tales Told in Italy, Viginia Haviland, Bodley Head, 1966 (TT)

Favourite Fairy Tales Told in France, Viginia Haviland, Bodley Head, 1966 (TT)

Bretin Folktales, Bell & Sons, 1971 (TT)

Perraults Fairy Tales, trans by A E Johnson, Dover, 1969 (TT)

Favourite Fairy Tales Told in Poland, Viginia Haviland, Bodley Head, 1966 (TT)

Folk and Fairy Stories from Czechoslovakia, E J Erben, P R Gawthorne Ltd 1943 (TT)

MIDDLE EAST

The Thousand Nights and One Night, Trans Mardrus & Mathers, Routledge 1995 (reprint 1964) (TT)

WORLD FOLKLORE

Pink Fairy Book, Andrew Lang, Kestrel Books, 1982 (reprint 1897)

Blue Fairy Book, Andrew Lang, Book Club Assoc, 1978 (reprint 1889)

Fairy Tales from Many Lands, Arthur Rackham, Piccolo 1978 (reprint 1916)

BY SUBJECT

ANIMALS

Magical Beasts, The Enchanted World Series, Time Life, c1990 (TT)

Dragons, The Enchanted World Series, Time Life, c1990 (TT)

Monsters Dragons & Sea Serpents,, Dinah Starkey, Kaye Ward, 1978 (TT)

DWARFS

Dwarfs, The Enchanted World Series, Time Life, c1990 (TT)

FAIRIES/ELVES

Fairies and Elves, The Enchanted World Series, Time Life, c1990 (TT)

FESTIVALS

The Stations of the Sun, A History of the Ritual Year in Britian, Ronald Hutton, Oxford Univ Press 1996 (TT)

The Sacred Ring, The Pagan Origins of British Folk Festivals, Michael Howard, Capell Bann, 1995, (TT)

A Calender of Coutry Customs, Ralph Whitlock, Batsford, 1978.

GHOSTS & GHOULS

Ghosts,The Enchanted World Series, Time Life, c1990 (TT)

Night Creatures, The Enchanted World Series, Time Life, c1990 (TT)

GIANTS

Giants & Ogres, The Enchanted World Series, Time Life, c1990 (TT)

HEROES & HEROINES

Seekers & Saviours, The Enchanted World Series, Time Life, c1990 (TT)

Legends of Valour, The Enchanted World Series, Time Life, c1990 (TT)

MAGIC

The Secret Arts, The Enchanted World Series, Time Life, c1990 (TT)

Wizards and Witches, The Enchanted World Series, Time Life, c1990 (TT)

Spells and Bindings, The Enchanted World Series, Time Life, c1990 (TT)

Magician, The Lost Journals of the Magnus, R Holdstock & M Edwards, Paper Tiger, 1982 (TT)

Magic Stories from around the World, Lawson & Waley, Treasure Press, 1986 (TT)

PLANTS

The Lore of the Forest,Alexander Porteous, Senate, 1996 (reprint 1928) (TT)

Discovering the Folklore of Plants, Margaret Baker, Shire, 1996 (TT)

SACRED LANDSCAPE

Twelve-Tribe Nations, J Michell & C Rhone, Thames & Hudson 1991 (TT)

STARS

Star Names their Lore and Meaning, Richard Allen, Dover 1963 (reprint 1899) (TT)

WATER SPIRITS

Water Spirits, The Enchanted World Series, Time Life, c1990 (TT)


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