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  • FORGOTTEN FOLK-TALES OF THE ENGLISH COUNTIES (RLE FOLKLORE)
    RUTH TONGUE
    In this book, first published in 1970, Ruth L. Tongue has collected a number of county folk tales recorded by her from childhood onwards, from old people, village children and farm round-the-fire sessions. Many of the beliefs embodied in the gipsy and witchcraft tales are still in practice today among the travelling people and locally ‘gifted’ healers. The tales reveal a good d...

    $1,260.00

  • THE CHIME CHILD
    RUTH L. TONGUE
    Originally published in 1968. The author, a well-known contemporary and friend of folklorist Katharine M. Briggs, collected a tremendous store of folk music material over many years and eventually decided to put some of it on permanent record. This book comprises a cross-section of rescued melodies dating back to medieval days and up to the Victorian early ballads. It describes...

    $1,200.00