Somerset Folk Tales
eBook - ePub

Somerset Folk Tales

  1. 144 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Somerset Folk Tales

About this book

These Somerset tales, newly collected or retold with a strong sense of the land and the waters that shaped them, reflect our enduring interest in the natural landscape. Let these stories from the Summer Lands take you on a journey: across wind-wild moors that plummet to treacherous tides traversed by sea morgans; on a scramble from gorges shaped by the Devil's spite to caves dwelled in by bitter witches. Discover ancient mines and dragons' haunts, and emerge into forests and fields to be befriended by bees or bedevilled by fairies; then stroll beside ancient waterways, where willows walk and orchards talk. From Gwyn ap Neath to Joseph of Arimathea, your travelling companions will meet you from legend, history and living memory โ€“ from the places where they were once known best. Sharon Jacksties has a sharp eye for the landscape of Somerset and the seen and unseen stories that it holds, a sympathetic ear for the dialect of the South West, and a playful wit that brings this collection of tales to vivid and delightful life.

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Information

Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780752463339
eBook ISBN
9780752478197

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Introduction
  7. One THE SALT SEA STRAND โ€“ THE BRISTOL CHANNEL
  8. Two THE FERTILE GROUND โ€“ FIELDS AND ORCHARDS
  9. Three THE INLAND SEA โ€“ RIVERS, RHINES AND THE SUMMER LANDS
  10. Four THE CURVED HORIZON โ€“ HILLS AND MOORS
  11. Five ROOT AND BRANCH โ€“ WHAT THE TREES KNOW
  12. Six STANDING STONES, RUNNING WATER
  13. Bibliography
  14. Copyright