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Folk-lore and legends: English

Name: Folk-lore and legends: English
Author: Charles John Tibbits

Charles John Tibbits

Read by Paul Mazumdar, Bill Boerst, Foon, Dafni Ma, arjunanand, Sonnie Abdalla, Linda Johnson, Gemma L Myers, Jessica Jiwon Choe, Fadi Qutub, Elizabeth P., Jonathan Paul Arnold and susanjhudson · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Introductory Note (1:46)
A Dissertation on Fairies Part 1 (33:15)
A Dissertation on Fairies Part 2 (32:32)
Nelly the Knocker (5:30)
The Three Fools (6:13)
Some Merry Tales of the Wise Men of Gotham (9:56)
The Tulip Fairies (3:37)
The History of Jack and the Giants (46:41)
The Fairies’ Cup (2:39)
The White Lady (4:15)
A Pleasant and Delightful History of Thomas Hickathrift (48:53)
The Spectre Coach (9:59)
The Baker’s Daughter (4:37)
The Fairy Children (3:35)
The History of Jack and the Beanstalk (32:03)
Johnny Reed’s Cat (8:31)
Lame Molly (4:35)
The Brown man of the Moors (2:41)
How the Cobbler cheated the Devil (4:20)
The Tavistock Witch (3:11)
The Worm of Lambton (10:08)
The Old Woman and the Crooked Sixpence (4:06)
The Yorkshire Boggart (5:59)
The Duergar (6:36)
The Barn Elves (2:40)
Legends of King Arthur (8:26)
Silky (12:51)