English Fairy Tales

by Unknown · language: en

Vocabulary level: Elementary · Flesch–Kincaid grade 9 · 2,136 sentences

Vocabulary level is estimated from word frequency, not an official CEFR classification.

Subjects: Fairy tales — England · Folklore — England

Words worth knowing: waggoner · gruel · laddie · publican · monograph · pickaxe · ploughman · punt

ENGLISH FAIRY TALES By Anonymous COLLECTED BY JOSEPH JACOBS HOW TO GET INTO THIS BOOK. Knock at the Knocker on the Door, Pull the Bell at the side, _Then, if you are very quiet, you will hear a teeny tiny voice say through the grating “Take down the Key.” This you will find at the back: you cannot mistake it, for it has J. J. in the wards.

Put the Key in the Keyhole, which it fits exactly, unlock the door and WALK IN._ TO MY DEAR LITTLE MAY PREFACE Who says that English folk have no fairy-tales of their own?

The present volume contains only a selection out of some 140, of which I have found traces in this country.

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