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the Small-Tooth Dog

 
English Folklore: the Small-Tooth Dog

A Derbyshire fairytale, an analogue to Beauty and the Beast, with the hero in the form of a dog; he recovers human form when the girl renames him ‘sweet-as-honeycomb’ (Addy, 1895: 1-4; Philip, 1992: 69-71).

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