Joseph Jacobs More English Fairy Tales Preface Tales The Pied Piper Hereafterthis The Golden Ball My Own Self Black Bull of Norroway Yallery Brown Three Feathers Sir Gammer Vans Tom Hickathrift The Hedley Kow Gobborn Seer Lawkamercyme Tattercoats The Wee Bannock Johnny Gloke Coat o’ Clay The Three Cows The Blinded Giant Scrapefoot The Pedlar of Swaffham The Old Witch The Three Wishes The Buried Moon A Son of Adam The Children in the Wood The Hobyahs A Pottle o’ Brains The King of England and His Three Sons King John and the Abbot of Canterbury Rushen Coatie The King o’ the Cats Tamlane The Stars in the Sky News! Puddock, Mousie, and Ratton The Little Bull-Calf The Wee, Wee Mannie Habetrot and Scantlie Mab Old Mother Wiggle-Waggle Catskin Stupid’s Cries The Lambton Worm The Wise Men of Gotham Princess of Canterbury Notes and References XLIV. THE PIED PIPER XLV. HEREAFTERTHIS XLVI. THE GOLDEN BALL XLVII. MY OWN SELF XLVIII. THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY XLIX. YALLERY BROWN L. THE THREE FEATHERS LI. SIR GAMMER VANS LII. TOM HICKATHRIFT LIII. THE HEDLEY KOW LIV. GOBBORN SEER LV. LAWKAMERCYME LVI. TATTERCOATS LVII. THE WEE BANNOCK LVIII. JOHNNY GLOKE LIX. COAT O CLAY LX. THE THREE COWS LXI. THE BLINDED GIANT LXII. SCRAPEFOOT LXIII. THE PEDLAR OF SWAFFHAM LXIV. THE OLD WITCH LXV. THE THREE WISHES LXVI. THE BURIED MOON LXVII. A SON OF ADAM LXVIII. THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD LXIX. THE HOBYAHS LXX. A POTTLE O’ BRAINS LXXI. THE KING OF ENGLAND LXXII. KING JOHN AND THE ABBOT LXXIII. RUSHEN COATIE LXXIV. KING O’ CATS LXXV. TAMLANE LXXVI. THE STARS IN THE SKY LXXVII. NEWS! LXXVIII. PUDDOCK, MOUSIE, AND RATTON LXXIX. LITTLE BULL-CALF LXXX. THE WEE WEE MANNIE LXXXI. HABETROT AND SCANTLIE MAB LXXXII. OLD MOTHER WIGGLE WAGGLE LXXXIII. CATSKIN LXXXIV. STUPID’S CRIES LXXXV. THE LAMBTON WORM LXXXVI. WISE MEN OF GOTHAM LXXXVII. PRINCESS OF CANTERBURY 1 2 3 4
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