Folk-lore and legends: English


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(4.1 stars; 7 reviews)

The old English Folklore Tales are fast dying out. The simplicity of character necessary for the retaining of old memories and beliefs is being lost, more rapidly in England, perhaps, than in any other part of the world. Our folk are giving up the old myths for new ones. Before remorseless “progress,” and the struggle for existence, the poetry of life is being quickly blotted out. In editing this volume I have endeavoured to select some of the best specimens of our Folklore. With regard to the nursery tales, I have taken pains to give them as they are in the earliest editions I could find. I must say, however, that, while I have taken every care to alter only as much as was absolutely necessary in these tales, some excision and slight alteration has at times been required. - Summary by Charles John Tibbits (5 hr 19 min)

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Introductory Note 1:46 Gelesen von Paul Mazumdar
A Dissertation on Fairies Part 1 33:15 Gelesen von Bill Boerst
A Dissertation on Fairies Part 2 32:32 Gelesen von Foon
Nelly the Knocker 5:30 Gelesen von Dafni Ma
The Three Fools 6:13 Gelesen von arjunanand
Some Merry Tales of the Wise Men of Gotham 9:56 Gelesen von Foon
The Tulip Fairies 3:37 Gelesen von Sonnie Abdalla
The History of Jack and the Giants 46:41 Gelesen von Linda Johnson
The Fairies’ Cup 2:39 Gelesen von Gemma L Myers
The White Lady 4:15 Gelesen von Gemma L Myers
A Pleasant and Delightful History of Thomas Hickathrift 48:53 Gelesen von Linda Johnson
The Spectre Coach 9:59 Gelesen von Linda Johnson
The Baker’s Daughter 4:37 Gelesen von arjunanand
The Fairy Children 3:35 Gelesen von Jessica Jiwon Choe
The History of Jack and the Beanstalk 32:03 Gelesen von Fadi Qutub
Johnny Reed’s Cat 8:31 Gelesen von Elizabeth P.
Lame Molly 4:35 Gelesen von Elizabeth P.
The Brown man of the Moors 2:41 Gelesen von Jonathan Paul Arnold
How the Cobbler cheated the Devil 4:20 Gelesen von Jonathan Paul Arnold
The Tavistock Witch 3:11 Gelesen von Jonathan Paul Arnold
The Worm of Lambton 10:08 Gelesen von Linda Johnson
The Old Woman and the Crooked Sixpence 4:06 Gelesen von arjunanand
The Yorkshire Boggart 5:59 Gelesen von susanjhudson
The Duergar 6:36 Gelesen von Linda Johnson
The Barn Elves 2:40 Gelesen von Linda Johnson
Legends of King Arthur 8:26 Gelesen von susanjhudson
Silky 12:51 Gelesen von Paul Mazumdar

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Karl


(3 stars)

Excellent as normal for Librivox except the sections by Arnunagand (sic) which are either difficult or next to impossible to understand.