Author: COLLINGS, DOROTHY K.
Title: Folk Tales of the Channel Islands. (Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum).
Description: London: George G.Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1953. 1st edition. Folk tales adapted for children. "The old Celtic and Norman tales incline towards the macabre, and the author has very wisely made them less harsh and the endings less crude than in some of the original folk-lore..The word 'pouquelaye' is derived from the Celtic and corresponds to the English 'Puck' and the Irish 'Pixie'. Here in Sark we called them "the wise ones", and they came from the cromlechs and caves which we knew as 'Creux es Fees'." (Foreword by Sibyl Hathaway, the Dame of Sark). Pp.192, many illustrations by Peggy Fortnum, gift message to front free endpaper, small bookseller's label (Whitcombe & Tombs, Perth) to inside front board. Yellow cloth, dustwrapper rubbed with edge tears and chipped losses. G+/Good.

Keywords: Dorothy Collings Folk Tales Channel Islands Illustrated Peggy Fortnum Pouquelayes Nerine Guernsey Lily Fairies Jersey Mystery la Biche Felice Felicite Spinning Wheel Folklore Children 51768 Childrens Fiction


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