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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 ...
The Old Witch is an English fairy tale published by Joseph Jacobs in his 1894 book, More English Fairy Tales. [1] It is also included within A Book of Witches by Ruth Manning-Sanders and A Book of British Fairy Tales by Alan Garner. Neil Watkins has researched the story of ‘The Old Witch’.
Mary Healey as Mrs Watkins (1996; 4 episodes). Elizabeth Bennett as Joyce Jowett (1996–2009, 16 episodes). Kenneth Cranham as Charlie Wallace (1996; 2 episodes). Wanda Ventham as Fiona Weston (1996–1997, 4 episodes). Steven Townsley as Billy Burke (1996, 3 episodes). Dominic Rickhards as Steve Adams (1997; 5 episodes).
English Fairy Tales is a book containing a collection of 41 fairy tales retold by Flora Annie Steel and published in 1918 by Macmillan and Co., Limited, London. It was illustrated by Arthur Rackham and entails a variety of fairy tales featuring mythical creatures , heroic figures, and moral lessons .
The folktales, characters and creatures are often derived from aspects of English experience, such as topography, architecture, real people, or real events. [4] English folklore has had a lasting impact on English culture, literature, and identity. Many of these traditional stories have been retold in various forms, from medieval manuscripts to ...
The book store was established by John M. Watkins, a friend of Madame Blavatsky, in 1897 at 26 Charing Cross. John Watkins had already been selling books via a catalogue which he began publishing in March 1893. [2] The first biography of Aleister Crowley recounts a story of Crowley making all of the books in Watkins magically disappear and ...
Tall Tales & Legends (also known as Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends) is an American folklore anthology television series of 9 episodes created by television and film actress Shelley Duvall, who also served as executive producer and presenter, alongside Fred Fuchs, following her success with her first anthology series, Faerie Tale Theatre.
Claire English: 1960 Ruth Warrick: Edith Hughes Frye: 1956–1960, 1963 Greg Watkins: Evan Walsh III: 1991–95 Steven Weber: Kevin Gibson: 1985–1986 Liza Weil: Student 1995 Ronnie Welch: Bob Hughes: 1958–1960 Mary K. Wells: Louise Cole: 1958 Doug Wert: Scott Eldridge: 1995–1996 Martin West: Donald Hughes: 1976–1978 Maura West: Carly ...