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Loading... The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Legends, from Spring-Heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys (original 2005; edition 2005)by Jennifer Westwood
Work InformationThe Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Legends, from Spring-heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys by Jennifer Westwood (2005)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Fabulous gazetteer which deals with England county by couny. A-Z entries for the myth, legend and folkore for each county. Treasure trove of England's myths. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Stop off at any English village or town or wander through the countryside and you will almost certainly brush up against some deep-rooted local myth or legend - whether it's the pub that claims to have given lodgings to Dick Turpin, or the haunted stately home, or the hill that is supposed to contain buried treasure, or the grave that is said to mark the last resting place of Robin Hood. This magnificent new and lavishly illustrated survey looks at all these stories, county by county, explaining when they date from, how they arose and what basis - if any - they have in fact. If you want to know how Devil's Dyke in Sussex got its name, or why medieval stories link King Arthur with Lanercost Priory in Cumberland, or where Cornish legends about the evil Jan Tregeagle come from, then The Lore of the Landwill provide the answers and show you at the same time just how deeply embedded in our culture myth and legend have become. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)398.20941Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Folklore Folk literature History, geographic treatment, biography European folktales Folklore of the British Isles (other than England)LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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