Folktales of England

Folktales of England gathers wonder tales, legends, local traditions and humorous anecdotes from English storytelling. Edited by Katharine M. Briggs and Ruth L. Tongue, it places familiar narratives alongside lesser-known material rooted in regional tradition and historical memory.

The collection includes stories such as “The Small-Tooth Dog”, “The Green Lady”, “Tom Tit Tot” and “Mossycoat”, followed by legends involving encounters with unnatural beings. Its contents reflect the range of English folktale tradition, from magical and fairy-tale narratives to accounts connected with places, communities and remembered events. A concluding bibliography records the sources behind the selections, making the book useful both as a treasury of stories and as an introduction to the traditions from which they emerged.