North Cornwall Fairies and Legends

Description

North Cornwall Fairies and Legends is a book by author and folklorist Enys Tregarthen, first published in 1906. It is a collection of thirteen stories from Cornwall, centred around fairy and pixie legends and tales. Tales include: The Adventures of a Piskey in Search of his Laugh; The Legend of the Padstow Doombar; The Little Cake-bird; The Impounded Crows; The Piskeys’ Revenge; The Old Sky Woman; Reefy, Reefy Rum; The Little Horses and Horsemen of Padstow; How Jan Brewer was Piskey-laden; The Small People’s Fair; The Piskeys who did Aunt Betsy’s Work; The Piskeys Who carried their Beds; and, The Fairy Whirlwind.

This book has 33,377 words, 61 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1906.

Production notes: This ebook of North Cornwall Fairies and Legends was published by Global Grey in 2018, and updated on the 2nd December 2023. The artwork used for the cover is 'Fairy Land' by Gustave Doré.