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Loading... Goblin Tales of Lancashire (Charles Gliddon) (edition 1883)by James Bowker (Folklorist), Charles Gliddon (Illustrator)
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INTRODUCTION. Many of the superstitions which still cling to him the Lancashire man of the present day is indebted to his Celtic and Scandinavian ancestors. From them the Horse and Worm stories, and the Giant lore of the northern and southern mountains and fells, have come down, while the relationship of the 'Jinny Greenteeth/ the presiding nymph of the ponds and streams, with allusions to whom the Lancastrian mother strives to deter her little ones from venturing near the pits and brooks; to the water-spirits of the Gothic mythology, is too evident to admit of any doubt.... No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)398.21094276Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Folklore Folk literature Tales and lore of paranatural beings of human and semihuman form Fairy tales by place Fairy tales of Europe Fairy tales of EnglandRatingAverage: No ratings.Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |