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Norfolk Folk Tales

Author : Hugh Lupton

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 225 pages

File Size : 17,22 MB

Release : 2013-05-13

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0752492713

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Norfolk is steeped in story. Whether we are treading fields, fens, beaches or streets, the landscape is pregnant with secret histories. The collective imagination of countless generations has populated the county with ghosts, saints, witches, pharisees, giants and supernatural beasts. Stories have evolved around historical characters, with Horatio Nelson, Oliver Cromwell, Anne Boleyn, Tom Paine and King Edmund becoming larger than life in folk-memory. This book is a celebration of the deep connection between a place and its people.



The Moral of the Story

Author : Bobby Norfolk

Publisher : august house

Page : 186 pages

File Size : 23,4 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Education

ISBN : 9780874837988

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Throughout history, traditional cultures have recognized the role of storytelling in teaching values to children. This user-friendly, hands-on guide to using storytelling and folktales in character education provides not only a rationale for this approach, it includes stories. These twelve stories are fun, time- and audience-tested, and accessible to a wide range of listeners, from preschool to high school. The tales are enhanced by suggested activities or informal lesson plans, source notes, and extensive bibliographies that point the reader to additional sources of folktales suitable for character education. Book jacket.



Norfolk Folk Tales for Children

Author : Dave Tonge

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 114 pages

File Size : 11,34 MB

Release : 2018-09-03

Category : History

ISBN : 0750989629

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From dark dangerous dogs and wily wicked wyrms, to poor penniless pedlars and lanky, long-limbed lads, Norfolk is steeped in stories. Some had their beginnings here, growing in the telling until they were as big as Norfolk's skies. Others were brought here by travellers from far away — even Viking raiders long ago. Stories that in time would change to suit our Norfolk ways, for as everyone knows — we do different! This is a collection of tales reworked and rewritten by Dave Tonge so that children might learn something of this most special county: its places and people, its strange and wondrous dialect. In this collection of stories, each introduced with snippets of local history, we journey to a place where fact, fiction, truth and lies become as one.



Illustrated Tales of Norfolk

Author : John Ling

Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited

Page : 174 pages

File Size : 27,37 MB

Release : 2019-08-15

Category : Photography

ISBN : 1445687933

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Book Description

Explore a highly illustrated collection of strange tales and local legends from the county of Norfolk.



This Hollow Land

Author : Peter Tolhurst

Publisher :

Page : 296 pages

File Size : 37,61 MB

Release : 2018-05-25

Category :

ISBN : 9780995479258

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Suffolk Folk Tales

Author : Kirsty Hartsiotis

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 227 pages

File Size : 23,13 MB

Release : 2013-05-01

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0752492942

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With its wild eroding sea, its gentle rolling fields and tall churches, Suffolk is a county of contrasts. It may seem a kindly and civilised place, but in that sea, in the reed beds, the woods and even down dark town streets lurk strange beasts, ghosts and tricksters. These thirty traditional tales retold by storyteller Kirsty Hartsiotis take you into a hidden world of green children and wildmen, of lovers from beyond the grave and tricksy fairy folk. Shaped by generations of Suffolk mardle and wit, in these stories you'll discover the county's last dragon, the secret behind Black Shuck, saintly King Edmund and heroic King Raedwald, haunted airfields, broken-hearted mermaids and the exploits of the county's cunning folk. Embark on this journey around Suffolk and you'll find you're never far from a story.



Anansi and the Tug o' War

Author : Bobby Norfolk

Publisher : Triangle Interactive, Inc.

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 43,5 MB

Release : 2017-12-13

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 1684440025

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Read Along or Enhanced eBook: In this trickster tale from Africa, Anansi proves to Elephant and Killer Whale that in a battle of wits, brains definitely outdo brawn.



The Little Book of Norfolk

Author : Neil R Storey

Publisher : The History Press

Page : 186 pages

File Size : 45,49 MB

Release : 2011-11-01

Category : History

ISBN : 0752494600

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Book Description

The Little Book of Norfolk is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts and trivia about one of England's most colourful counties. It is an essential to the born and bred Norfolk folk or anyone who knows and loves the county. Armed with this fascinating tome the reader will have such knowledge of the county, its landscape, people, places, pleasures and pursuits they will be entertained and enthralled and never short of some frivolous fact to enhance conversation or quiz! A reference book and a quirky guide, this can be dipped in to time and time again to reveal something new about the people, the heritage, the secrets and the enduring fascination of the county. A remarkably engaging little book, this is essential reading for visitors and locals alike.



Oxfordshire Folk Tales

Author : Kevan Manwaring

Publisher :

Page : 224 pages

File Size : 18,26 MB

Release : 2012-11

Category : Folklore

ISBN : 9780752464145

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Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross and listen to the tales of this ancient county. Hear how a King and his knights were turned to stone at the mysterious Rollright Stones; how Dragon Hill got its name; take the Devil's Highway to the End of the World - if you dare; or spend a night on the weird Ot Mo∨ listen in on the Boar's Head Carol; walk the oldest trackway in Europe in the footsteps of a Neolithic pilgrim; pause to try the Blowing Sto≠ leave a coin for the enigmatic blacksmith to shoe your horse at Wayland's Smithy; eavesdrop upon the Inklings in the Eagle and Child; and meet that early fabulist, Geoffrey of Monmouth in the city of dreaming spires. This collection will take you on an oral tour across the county - on the way you'll meet gypsies, highwaymen, cavaliers, a prime minister and a devilish mason.



Anansi and Turtle Go to Dinner

Author :

Publisher : august house

Page : 36 pages

File Size : 40,88 MB

Release : 2007-12-19

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780874838565

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After Anansi the spider tricks Turtle in order to keep his dinner for himself, Turtle turns the tables on Anansi.