Posts Tagged ‘Tales’
January 21st, 2012 | 
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Re-live…and, hopefully, survive! The world’s bloodiest, most bizarre and chilling true-life tales from history as raconteur and Master of Macabre, Vincent Price, unlocks the mysteries and secrets of some of the world’s most awe-inspiring palaces and castles…. More >>
If These Walls Could Speak, the Tales They Would Tell – Edinburgh Castle
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1856. A travel book on the Shetland Islands, written by Aristocrat Eliza Edmondston, includes descriptions of Fair Isle knitting patterns and begins the rumor of a Fair Isles Spanish provenance. The Spanish galleon El Gran Griffon of The Great Armada was shipwrecked on the island in 1588…. More >>
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In the 1950s, Colin MacFarlane was born in the Gorbals, a working-class neighborhood in Glasgow, Scotland. MacFarlane witnessed the last days of the old Gorbals just as a major regeneration program began in 1961 and, as a street boy, he had a unique insight into a once great community in rapid decline. He witnessed numerous drunken fights, gang battles, police corruption, and even the occasional murder. But the Gorbals had another side, one where ordinary, hard-work… More >>
The Real Gorbals Story: True Tales from Glasgow’s Meanest Streets
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The second volume of Robert Lacey’s unique story of England opens with the dramatic battle of Agincourt when Henry V’s bowmen defeated French armour against the odds, and ends with the ‘The Protestant Wind’ — King William and Mary and the Glorious Revolution. The centuries in between witnessed some of the truly classic events — and stories — of English history: Joan of Arc, all the drama of the Wars of the Roses, William Caxton and the first printing press in the… More >>
can anyone give me some folklore and mythology names of characters or events/ tales please? particuarly things like Arthurian, greek egyptian roman and celtic, but others also will be fine too
trying to put a collection together! Thanks peeps x
wow thanks guys : D
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Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Vol. III
by J. F. Campbell
This is the third of four volumes of Campbell’s collection of Scottish folklore. This volume is less ‘fairy tale’ oriented than the previous two volumes, and includes several significant pieces of poetry, including the The Lay of the Diarmaid, The Yellow Muilearteach, The Lay of the Great Fool, and the The Lay of Osgar. These have been transcribed in both English and Gaelic, and the Gaelic tex… More >>
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Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Vol. IV
by J. F. Campbell
This is the last of four volumes of Campbell’s collection of Scottish folklore. This volume is essentially an extended appendix to the previous three volumes, containing commentary, documentation, and analysis, particularly a rousing defense of Scottish poetry, art, music, dress, and the Gaelic language. At the time had Scotland been subdued by Britain for several centuries, and was considered … More >>
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Popular Tales of the West Highlands, Vol. I
by J. F. Campbell
This is the first of four volumes of Campbell’s collection of Scottish folklore. This volume has many stories which have been anthologized elsewhere, as well as the extensive introduction which not only serves to introduce Scottish folklore, but as a prolegomena to the study of oral folklore in general.
On the stormy coasts of the Hebrides, amongst seaweed and shells, fishermen and kelp-… More >>
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Celtic Fairy Tales
by Joseph Jacobs
This affordable volume features 26 enchanting stories assembled from Welsh, Scottish, and Irish sources, including “King O’Toole and His Goose,” “The Lad with the Goat Skin, “The Sea Maiden,” and many more. The stories are accompanied by 46nbsp;illustrations from their original editions.
Connla and the Fairy Maiden
Guleesh
The Field of Boliauns
The Horned Women
Conall Yellowclaw
Hudden and Dudden an… More >>
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The clans were united by claims of common descent from a distant ancestor and these could be Picts, Scots or even Norsemen, the peoples who roamed first millennium Scotland. The warriors of the clan, fiercely loyal to each other and to the chief, the centre of all clan life, were known for their remarkable courage and endurance, selfless loyalty and highly developed military skills. Not for nothing we they considered the best fighting men in the world. These skills … More >>
