Two excellent new books in very different fields: Vic Gammon, Desire, Drink and Death in English Folk and Vernacular Song 1600-1900 (Ashgate, 2008) ISBN 978 0...
And Out of Mystery And out of mystery so dense all rules Break down, unbalanced light specks spread Apart, collapsing into spinning spheres That crunch,...
Thanks for the mention Steve. There is something of a Renaissance in historic ghost studies at the moment. See: Peter Marshall's Excellent case study - Mother...
I am currently writing my dissertation on the Mock Mayor ceremonies of early modern England but I am struggling to find sufficient primary source material,...
The following narrative was collected by Lieutenant Colonel David Stewart of Garth in 1817 from Old Highland Regiment veterans of the Seven Years' War. It...
What a splendid tale! I can't currently think of parallels, but will try. Jacqueline ... __________________________________________________________ Sent from...
Ian -- There's a Scottish legend called The Heather Beer in which a father tricks an enemy into giving his son (not himself) a quick death, but it's not done...
Hi all, There is a reference to a variant of this heather beer story in an article by Robert Craig Maclagan published in 1901. The reference is as follows: ...
On heather ale, the bit that caught my eye, there is a version of the Pictish story on the Fraoch heather ale website. See http://www.fraoch.com/history.htm...
Memory is becoming more precise -- There's a reference to the 'Heather Ale' legend [sic, 'ale' not 'beer'] in Earnest W. Marwick 'Folklore of Orkney and...
... Here's a modern variant of the the heather beer legend: The New Yorker, 8 Feb 1993, p. 64. LETTER FROM LIMA DOWN THE SHINING PATH By Alma Guillermoprieto A...
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I read your profile today, I thought I would drop you a line and hope to become your friend! Check my personal page ...
Splendid, Brian! That's just the sort of context where I was hoping stories of this type can be found nowadays. And of course one man's 'unyielding fanaticism'...
This has taken off in a wonderful direction. I have been following up on these leads (my silence since Thursday a consequence of being out of town). I have...
It is traditional to build castles when playing on a beach in Britain. When did this start - was it common during the first Victorian rush to the seaside?...
The earliest reference listed in the OED to the term sand-castle dates to 1854: C. M. YONGE Castle Builders v. 63 'The children are..dabbling after sea-weed...
Do any of you have a copy of the English version of 'Struwwelpeter', and if so does it say who was the translator? (I never liked the book as a child, and ...
I don't know if s/he is known. I have several standard works on the history of children's literature, and they all write of Struwwelpeter and its influence....
Steve Roud
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Mar 26, 2008 4:39 pm
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You could try asking the museum? http://www.struwwelpeter-museum.de/...
The PDF at http://ccl.princeton.edu/index.php?app=download <http://ccl.princeton.edu/index.php?app=download&id=133> &id=133 discusses British translations of...
Several studies (and there seem to be many!) say that the first English version (1848) is anonymous. This 1848 English version appears in fact to have been...
Thanks, everyone! This negative reply should reasssure the publisher that we don't risk an enraged translator suing because he wasn't credited! Jacqueline ... ...
I just want to say that my review of the book 'Masks and Mumming in the Nordic Area' edited by Terry Gunnell is now available on the Master Mummers website at ...
The hourglass is nearly empty. The Great Tribulation has begun and Armageddon is looming in the very near future. There are a total of TWO things that you need...
Dear Peter, Do you know if this book is available in the UK? Regards, Mike Howard ... From: Peter Millington To: TalkingFolklore@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...
Mike
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Dear Mike I don't know if you could get the book through a UK bookseller, but you can get directly from the publisher. There is an order form at ...
I've just been re-reading the fascinating stuff on toshers' beliefs in a Queen Rat, and stories about rats who turn themselves into beautiful women to entrap...
Steve Roud
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Apr 9, 2008 11:36 am
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Dear Peter, Many thanks for information Regards, Mike ... From: Peter Millington To: TalkingFolklore@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 7:40 PM ...
Mike
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Dear all I'm just finishing a book on London Lore and to spice it up a bit, the publishers have suggested that I put in some of the odd 'one-line' traditions...
Steve Roud
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The lions at the north entrance of the British Museum stand up and stretch when they hear the clock strike midnight. ... ...
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