Table of Contents

ENTRIES INCLUDE: ADDERS, ASTROLOGY; BROWNIES; CHANGELINGS; DEVIL'S HOOFPRINTS; FOOTBALL; GRIMM BROTHERS; HAG-RIDING; JENNY GREENTEETH; LADYBIRDS; MR FOX; NOSEBLEEDS; PHANTOM COACH/SHIP; ROLLRIGHT STONES; SEVEN WHISTLERS; TOOTH FAIRY; V-SIGN; WISHBONE

About the Author

Steve Roud is Local Studies Librarian for Croydon and was Honorary Librarian of the Folklore Society for over 15 years. He is the author of Mumming Plays in Oxfordshire and has compiled the index to the Journal Folklore 1968-1992. Dr. Jacqueline Simpson was president of the Folklore Society from 1993 to 1996, editor of Folklore from 1979 to 1993, and is currently Honorary Secretary of the Folklore Society. Her publications include Folklore of Susex, Folklore of the Welsh Bordersm, and Scandinavian Folktales.

Reviews

"The authors, esteemed British folklore experts with many publications to their credit, include a broad range of oral genres, calendar customs, festivals, life-cycle customs, and supernatural and superstitious beliefs.... All are provided with dependable information and references, and the many See and See Also citations add considerably to the book's richness as a reference source."--Library Journal"A unique contribution to the body of work about folklore."--Booklist"Superb...every time I dip into it I find myself gripped by item after item that I had no intention of reading."--Richard Morrison, The Times [London]

"The authors, esteemed British folklore experts with many publications to their credit, include a broad range of oral genres, calendar customs, festivals, life-cycle customs, and supernatural and superstitious beliefs.... All are provided with dependable information and references, and the many See
and See Also citations add considerably to the book's richness as a reference source."--Library Journal
"A unique contribution to the body of work about folklore."--Booklist
"Superb...every time I dip into it I find myself gripped by item after item that I had no intention of reading."--Richard Morrison, The Times [London]