English Folklore

A Dictionary of English Folklore, edited by Jacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud, Oxford University Press
A guide to English folklore and such legendary characters as Cinderella, Jack the Giant Killer and Robin Hood. The dictionary gives 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; and beliefs like fairy rings and frog showers.
On this page: daisies to dwarves.
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daisies (plant, flower)
dance (in dance)
dandelions (plant)
Davy Jones (Pop Musician / TV Personality)
deafness (condition)
death (in medicine, law)
Dee, Dr John (English mathematician & mystic)
Doomsday (in religion)
dragon's blood (material, plant)
dragons (in mythology)
dreams (in psychology)
Druids (ancient religion, England/Ireland)