Norfolk Folk Tales

Norfolk Folk Tales

Author: Hugh Lupton

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2013-05-13

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0752492713

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Norfolk is steeped in story. Whether we are treading fields, fens, beaches or streets, the landscape is pregnant with secret histories. The collective imagination of countless generations has populated the county with ghosts, saints, witches, pharisees, giants and supernatural beasts. Stories have evolved around historical characters, with Horatio Nelson, Oliver Cromwell, Anne Boleyn, Tom Paine and King Edmund becoming larger than life in folk-memory. This book is a celebration of the deep connection between a place and its people.


Norfolk Folk Tales for Children

Norfolk Folk Tales for Children

Author: Dave Tonge

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2018-09-03

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0750989629

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From dark dangerous dogs and wily wicked wyrms, to poor penniless pedlars and lanky, long-limbed lads, Norfolk is steeped in stories. Some had their beginnings here, growing in the telling until they were as big as Norfolk's skies. Others were brought here by travellers from far away — even Viking raiders long ago. Stories that in time would change to suit our Norfolk ways, for as everyone knows — we do different! This is a collection of tales reworked and rewritten by Dave Tonge so that children might learn something of this most special county: its places and people, its strange and wondrous dialect. In this collection of stories, each introduced with snippets of local history, we journey to a place where fact, fiction, truth and lies become as one.


Myths and Legends of the First World War

Myths and Legends of the First World War

Author: James Hayward

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2011-11-08

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0752476300

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During the First World War, a rich crop of legends sprouted from the battlefields and grew with such ferocity that many still excite controversy today. This book is the first to examine the roots of those stories and reveal the truth. Some myths remain well-known. Did an entire battalion of the Norfolk Regiment vanish without trace at Gallipoli in 1915? Did thousands of Russian troops actually pass through England with snow on their boots? In 1914, an acute spy mania gripped the British public, who imagined that the country was brimming with German spies. Xenophobia, denunciations and attacks on dachshunds were rampant. Amazingly, there was even talk of enemy aircraft dropping poisoned sweets to kill British children. Myths such as the Angel of Mons and the Comrade in White were more innocent creations. With no radio or television, rumours of disaster were rife, and the apparition of mystical guardian spirits gave hope to the civilian population at home. Other stories, such as the so-called Crucified Canadian, and the existence of a gruesome German corpse rendering factory, were more sinister. Yet in an age of new and startling technologies such as poison gas, submarine warfare and the tank, such tales appeared believable. Using a wide range of contemporary sources, James Hayward traces the story of each myth and examines the likely explanation. Supported by a selection of rare photographs and illustrations, the result is a refreshingly different perspective on the common 'mud and trenches' view of the First World War, shedding fascinating new light on many curious and unexplained wartime tales.


Anansi and Turtle Go to Dinner

Anansi and Turtle Go to Dinner

Author:

Publisher: august house

Published: 2007-12-19

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780874838565

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After Anansi the spider tricks Turtle in order to keep his dinner for himself, Turtle turns the tables on Anansi.


Anansi Goes to Lunch

Anansi Goes to Lunch

Author: Bobby Norfolk

Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.

Published: 2017-12-13

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1684440033

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Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Anansi is invited to three parties and wants to attend them all. He gives each of his hosts a rope to tug, ties the other end around his own waist, and waits to be summoned when the food is served -- but when all of the food is ready at the same time, Anansi is caught in the middle!


Favorite Folktales from Around the World

Favorite Folktales from Around the World

Author: Jane Yolen

Publisher: Pantheon

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 0804152861

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From Africa, Burma, and Czechoslovakia to Turkey, Vietnam, and Wales here are more than 150 of the world's best-loved folktales from more than forty countries and cultures. These tales of wonder and transformation, of heroes and heroines, of love lost and won, of ogres and trolls, stories both jocular and cautionary and legends of pure enchantment will delight readers and storytellers of all ages. With black-and-white drawings throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library


Suffolk Folk Tales

Suffolk Folk Tales

Author: Kirsty Hartsiotis

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2013-05-01

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 0752492942

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With its wild eroding sea, its gentle rolling fields and tall churches, Suffolk is a county of contrasts. It may seem a kindly and civilised place, but in that sea, in the reed beds, the woods and even down dark town streets lurk strange beasts, ghosts and tricksters. These thirty traditional tales retold by storyteller Kirsty Hartsiotis take you into a hidden world of green children and wildmen, of lovers from beyond the grave and tricksy fairy folk. Shaped by generations of Suffolk mardle and wit, in these stories you'll discover the county's last dragon, the secret behind Black Shuck, saintly King Edmund and heroic King Raedwald, haunted airfields, broken-hearted mermaids and the exploits of the county's cunning folk. Embark on this journey around Suffolk and you'll find you're never far from a story.


Illustrated Tales of Suffolk

Illustrated Tales of Suffolk

Author: John Ling

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2021-08-15

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 1398101001

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The beautiful county of Suffolk is one of the most visited of English counties. Here is a collection of strange tales and local legends from the county.