Jacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud
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Dragons to Mother Goose, May Day to Michaelmas, this reference work is an absorbing and entertaining guide to English folklore.
It is also an authoritative reference source on such legendary characters as Cinderella, Jack the Giant Killer, and Robin Hood. It gives entertaining and informative explanations of a wide range of subjects in folklore: oral and performance genres such as cheese rolling, morris dancing, and rushbearing; superstitions such as crossing fingers and wishbones; beliefs like fairy rings and frog showers; and calendar customs from April Fool's Day to St. Valentine's Day.
Jacqueline Simpson is Secretary of Britain's Folklore Society, having been President from 1993-1996. She is a former editor of the journal Folklore. She has many publications to her credits, particularly on Icelandic and Viking myths and tales.
Steve Roud is Local Studies Librarian for Croydon in Surrey, and has served as Honorary Librarian to the Folklore Society for more than fifteen years. He is currently working on the Folk Song Index and other folklore databases.
