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English Folklore


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: padfoot to puck.

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pins (mechanical device)
pixy (in literature)
placenta (in anatomy)
Plague (disease, bacteria)
plantain (plant)
poppies (plant, flower)
potatoes (vegetable, plant)
pregnancy (in biology, medicine)
primroses (plant, herb)
Prisoners' Base (children's game)
proverbs (in literature)
puck (in astronomy)