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2. The Old Witch - Wikipedia

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   Neil Watkins has researched the story of ‘The Old Witch’. In "The Watkins Book of English Folktales" PP.55-60 Watkins records that the story was told by a nine year old girl called Nora to Ellen Chase in Deptford (now in Greater London) in 1892. Ellen Chase gave her copy of the story to Mrs Gomme, who then sent it to Joseph Jacobs.

3. The Three Spinners - Wikipedia

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   Two versions collected from England 'The Gypsy Woman' from Suffolk (The Watkins Book of English Folktales by Neil Philip pp. 103-105) and 'Duffy and the Devil' from Cornwall (Bottrell Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Vol. 2, by William Bottrell, 1873 pp.11-26) both conclude without the use of magic, instead plain trickery ...

4. Richard Dorson - Wikipedia

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   Audio recordings from his fieldwork can be found at the Archives of Traditional Music at Indiana University. In addition to his several books, Dorson also edited the Folktales of the World series, published between 1963 and 1979 by the University of Chicago Press. 1939: Davy Crocket, American Comic Legend; 1946: Jonathan Draws the Long Bow

5. Fran Stallings - Wikipedia

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   She performs primarily folktales from around the world. She has authored several audio recordings and books of stories and songs. Stallings's storytelling style is noted for its ability to entrance listeners, a phenomenon she wrote about for The National Storytelling Journal in 1988. [ 1 ]

6. English folk music - Wikipedia

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   English Elizabethan clown Will Kempe dancing a jig from Norwich to London in 1600. A morris dance is a type of English folk dance, usually accompanied by music, and based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers, often using implements such as sticks, swords, and handkerchiefs.

7. Tikki Tikki Tembo - Wikipedia

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   In a 2008 online poll of "Top 100 Picture Books" by School Library Journal, the book ranked 35th; in a similar 2012 poll, the book ranked 89th. [7] [8] According to the publisher, over one million copies of the book had been sold by 2013. [9] The 2009 audio book version of the story received a Parents' Choice Foundation rating of "Approved". [10]