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A Dictionary of English Folklore
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A Dictionary of English Folklore

Jacqueline Simpson, Steve Roud

Includes over 1,250 entries

An absorbing and entertaining guide to English folklore and an authoritative reference source on such legendary characters as Cinderella, Jack the Giant Killer, and Robin Hood. The dictionary gives entertaining and informative explanations of a wide range of subjects in folklore and includes articles on 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.

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
2003
Print ISBN-13:
9780198607663
Published to Oxford Reference:
2003
Current Online Version:
2012
eISBN:
9780191726644

Authors

Jacqueline Simpson, author

Steve Roud, author

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 credit, 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.

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Contents

Front Matter

Publishing Information

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End Matter

Bibliography