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Product Description: From the King & Tinker, named after a traditional tale in which a disguised monarch surprises a local craftsman, to the Eagle & Child, commemorating "the Lathom legend," many British pub names and signs are steeped in local traditions and ancient belief...read more
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9781847945150, titled "Green Men & White Swans: The Folklore of British Pub Names" | Random House Uk Ltd, June 17, 2010, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: From the King & Tinker, named after a traditional tale in which a disguised monarch surprises a local craftsman, to the Eagle & Child, commemorating "the Lathom legend," many British pub names and signs are steeped in local traditions and ancient belief.

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9780099520177, titled "Green Men & White Swans: The Folklore of British Pub Names" | Random House Uk Ltd, June 28, 2011, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: From the King & Tinker, named after a traditional tale in which a disguised monarch surprises a local craftsman, to the Eagle & Child, commemorating "the Lathom legend," many British pub names and signs are steeped in local traditions and ancient belief.

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Product Description: Shiver at the story of the malevolent apparition of 50 Berkeley Square no one has survived seeing. Listen for the tapping cane, when Jeremy Bentham's mummified body walks through the corridors of University College. Watch out for the Roman centurion who still patrols the causeway linking Mersea Island to Essex...read more
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9781846141010 | Penguin Global, April 21, 2010, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Shiver at the story of the malevolent apparition of 50 Berkeley Square no one has survived seeing.

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Product Description: Sussex, though near London and nowadays extensively urbanized, has a rich heritage of traditional local stories, customs, and beliefs. Among many topics explored here are tales linked to landscape features and ancient churches which involve such colorful themes as lost bells, buried treasures, dragons, fairies, and the devil...read more
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9780752451008 | Trafalgar Square, August 1, 2009, cover price $28.95 | About this edition: Sussex, though near London and nowadays extensively urbanized, has a rich heritage of traditional local stories, customs, and beliefs.
9780752424699 | Tempus Pub Ltd, January 1, 2004, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Focusing on Sussex County in southeast England, this book examines the folklore of the area, such as the seasonal customs, traditions, rituals, and taboos.

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Product Description: Terry Pratchett joins up with a leading folklorist to reveal the legends, myths and customs of Discworld, together with helpful hints from Planet Earth.Most of us grew up having always known when to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a sword from a stone, yet sadly some of these things are beginning to be forgotten...read more
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9780385611008 | Transworld Pub, September 11, 2008, cover price $32.45 | About this edition: Terry Pratchett joins up with a leading folklorist to reveal the legends, myths and customs of Discworld, together with helpful hints from Planet Earth.

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By Jacqueline Simpson (editor)
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9781874312321 | Scandinavian Academic Pr, December 25, 2005, cover price $25.00

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Product Description: In 1987 horrific tales of organ theft that had been circulating in Central and South America for years caught the attention of the international media. Soon reports came from all over the planet, rising to a crescendo in the late 1990s...read more
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9781604737387 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, September 20, 2005, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: In 1987 horrific tales of organ theft that had been circulating in Central and South America for years caught the attention of the international media.

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Containing 1,250 entries, from dragons to Mother Goose, May Day to Michaelmas, this reference work is a guide to English folklore. Aimed at a broad readership, it provides a reference on such characters as Cinderella, Jack the Giant Killer, and Robin Hood, and gives explanations of a wide range of subjects in folklore, from nosebleeds to cats.
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9780198607663 | Oxford Univ Pr, August 4, 2005, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Containing 1,250 entries, from dragons to Mother Goose, May Day to Michaelmas, this reference work is a guide to English folklore.

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Product Description: This book of 85 stories from medieval Iceland illustrates a variety of supernatural beliefs concerning elves, gigantic trolls, water monsters, ghosts, wizards and black magic rites, buried treasure and religious tales. The stories are intimately linked to the landscape and reflect the hopes, fears, hardships and preoccupations of everyday life...read more
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9780520021167 | Univ of California Pr, July 1, 1972, cover price $9.50 | About this edition: This book of 85 stories from medieval Iceland illustrates a variety of supernatural beliefs concerning elves, gigantic trolls, water monsters, ghosts, wizards and black magic rites, buried treasure and religious tales.

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9780752430454, titled "Icelandic Folktales And Legends" | Trafalgar Square, October 30, 2004, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: This book of 85 stories from medieval Iceland illustrates a variety of supernatural beliefs concerning elves, gigantic trolls, water monsters, ghosts, wizards and black magic rites, buried treasure and religious tales.

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Product Description: Focusing on the area around the Welsh border in England, this book examines the folklore of the area, such as the seasonal customs, traditions, rituals, and taboos.
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9780752426235 | Tempus Pub Ltd, January 1, 2004, cover price $30.00 | About this edition: Focusing on the area around the Welsh border in England, this book examines the folklore of the area, such as the seasonal customs, traditions, rituals, and taboos.

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9780705435338 | Time Life Education, September 1, 1998, cover price $29.95

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Examines the elements of mythology from witches, outlaws, and fairies, to seasonal rites and festivals
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9780517017906 | Outlet, March 1, 1990, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Examines the elements of mythology from witches, outlaws, and fairies, to seasonal rites and festivals
9780872260443 | Peter Bedrick Books, April 1, 1987, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Examines the elements of mythology from witches, outlaws, and fairies, to seasonal rites and festivals

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Folktales deal with ghosts of murdered men, gypsy curses, witchcraft, and supernatural forces
By Jacqueline Simpson (editor)
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9780140595055 | Penguin USA, December 1, 1988, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Folktales deal with ghosts of murdered men, gypsy curses, witchcraft, and supernatural forces

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9780880291460 | Hippocrene Books, June 1, 1987, cover price $17.95

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Relating archaeological discoveries to early Scandinavian and Icelandic literature, Simpson explores Norse culture in detail, placing emphasis on Viking art, literature, and daily life
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9780312846596 | St Martins Pr, April 1, 1980, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Relating archaeological discoveries to early Scandinavian and Icelandic literature, Simpson explores Norse culture in detail, placing emphasis on Viking art, literature, and daily life

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