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The Folklore of East Anglia
Book by Porter, Enid
- GenresFolklore
192 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1974
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August 28, 2023
A really excellent folklore resource with some absolutely gorgeous illustrations.
However this book is very of its time with racism/ableism being rampant throughout. It talks of folklore traditions that are extremely racist and ableist terms for disability as well as some of the illustrations depicting this. Would read with a critical eye but majority of it was extremely interesting.
However this book is very of its time with racism/ableism being rampant throughout. It talks of folklore traditions that are extremely racist and ableist terms for disability as well as some of the illustrations depicting this. Would read with a critical eye but majority of it was extremely interesting.
March 15, 2024
For the most part, very interesting. Very of it's time, so read with that in mind. Some parts dragged on a bit and seemed to be in a strange order. Particularly loved the chapters on "Cures and Remedies", "Fairies, Ghosts and Black Dogs" and "Giants, Jack O Lanterns and The Devil". Lots of stories I've not heard before.
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