THE GOLDEN HARP – Welsh Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
Morgan is one of the oldest names in Cymric land. It means one who lives near the sea.
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THE BOY THAT WAS NAMED TROUBLE – Welsh Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
In one of the many "Co-eds," or places with this name, in ancient and forest-covered Wales, there was a man who had one of the most beautiful mares in all the world.
HOW THE CYMRY LAND BECAME INHABITED – Welsh Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
In all Britain to-day, no wolf roams wild and the deer are all tame.
THE TWO CAT WITCHES – Welsh Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
In old days, it was believed that the seventh son, in a family of sons, was a conjurer by nature. That is, he could work wonders like the fairies and excel the doctors in curing diseases.
THE MIGHTY MONSTER AFANG – Welsh Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
After the Cymric folk, that is, the people we call Welsh, had come up from Cornwall into their new land, they began to cut down the trees, to build towns, and to have fields and gardens.
WELSH RABBIT AND HUNTED HARES – Welsh Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
Long, long ago, there was a good saint named David, who taught the early Cymric or Welsh people better manners and many good things to eat and ways of enjoying themselves.
WHY THE STORK LOVES HOLLAND – Dutch Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
Above all countries in Europe, this bird, wise in the head and long in the legs, loves Holland. Flying all the way from Africa, the stork is at home among dykes and windmills.
WHEN WHEAT WORKED WOE – Dutch Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
Many a day has the story-teller wandered along the dykes, which overlook the Zuyder Zee. Once there were fertile fields, and scores of towns, where water now covers all.
THE GOLDEN HELMET – Dutch Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
For centuries, more than can be counted on the fingers of both hands, the maidens and mothers of Friesland have worn a helmet of gold covering the crown and back of their heads,
THE MOULDY PENNY – Dutch Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
"Gold makes a woman penny-white," said the Dutch, in the days when fairies were plentiful and often in their thoughts.
THE GOBLINS TURNED TO STONE – Dutch Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
When the cow came to Holland, the Dutch folks had more and better things to eat. Fields of wheat and rye took the place of forests.
SANTA KLAAS AND BLACK PETE – Dutch Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
Who is Santa Klaas?
How did he get his name?
Where does he live?
Did you ever see him?
THE FARM THAT RAN AWAY AND CAME BACK – Dutch Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
There was once a Dutchman, who lived in the province called Drenthe. Because there was a row of little trees on his farm, his name was Ryer Van Boompjes;
BRABO AND THE GIANT – Dutch Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
Ages ago, when the giants were numerous on the earth, there lived a big fellow named Antigonus.
THE CURLY-TAILED LION – Dutch Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
Once upon a time, some Dutch hunters went to Africa, hoping to capture a whole family of lions. In this they succeeded.
THE LEGEND OF THE WOODEN SHOE – Dutch Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
In years long gone, too many for the almanac to tell of, or for clocks and watches to measure, millions of good fairies came down from the sun and went into the earth.
THE ONI ON HIS TRAVELS – Dutch Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
Across the ocean, in Japan, there once lived curious creatures called Onis. Every Japanese boy and girl has heard of them, though one has not often been caught.
THE WOMAN WITH THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX CHILDREN – Dutch Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
Long, long ago, before the oldest stork was young and big deer and little fawns were very many in the Dutch forests, there was a pond, famous for its fish,
THE KABOUTERS AND THE BELLS – Dutch Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
When the young queen Wilhelmina visited Brabant and Limburg, they amused her with pageants and plays, in which the little fellows called kabouters, in Dutch, and kobolds in German,
THE ELVES AND THEIR ANTICS – Dutch Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis
The elves are the little white creatures that live between heaven and earth. They are not in the clouds, nor down in the caves and mines, like the kabouters.