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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Theo Meder |
| ISBN: | 9781591584902 1591584906 |
| OCLC Number: | 141187918 |
| Description: | xx, 260 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | ANIMAL TALES -- Why Bears Have Short Tails -- The Fox And The Wolf -- The Lion's Share -- The Wolf And The Goat -- The History Of Old-Bovetje -- The Dog And The Sparrow -- Why The Beans Have Black Spots -- Anansi The Spider -- TALES OF MAGIC -- Bluebeard -- The Chocolate House -- The Old Hag -- Bertha And The Seven Monkeys -- Rozina -- Rose-Red And Lily-White -- The Frog -- The Little Magic Fish -- A Prodigy -- The Evil Stepmother -- The Rose Violet -- RELIGIOUS TALES -- Saint Nicolas And The Three Students -- Saint Boniface -- Blasphemy -- REALISTIC TALES -- The Taming Of The Shrew -- No Worries -- The Thief Under The Tablecloth -- The Soldier And The King -- The House With The Heads -- The Soldier Of Barrahuis -- TALES OF THE STUPID DEVIL OR OGRE -- Strong Tobacco -- The Stone Owl-Boards -- TRADITIONAL LEGENDS -- Why The Water In The North Sea Is Salt -- Why February Only Has 28 Days -- Why The Pigs Root In The Mud -- The Boulder Of Amersfoort -- How The People Learned To Eat Potatoes -- Hansie Brinkers Of Spaarndam -- Here Is The Time -- The Mermaid Of Westenschouwen -- The Mermaid Of Edam -- The Inquisitive Farmer -- The Changeling -- The Legend Of The White Women -- The Tale Of Ellert And Brammert In Ellertsveld -- Jan Without Fear -- The Flying Dutchman -- Two Witches, Who Went To The Wine Cellar -- The Bewitched Ship -- The Bewitched Mill -- The Cat Fair -- Jack Of Clubs Gets Jenever -- The Witches In The Sieve -- The Werewolf -- The Godless Woman -- The Woman Of Stavoren -- Childrensdike -- The Herring In The Bucket -- The Fall Of Tidde Winnenga -- The Basilisk Of Utrecht -- CONTEMPORARY LEGENDS -- Dutch -- The Police Are Your Best Friends -- The Hitchhiker -- Granddad On The Run -- Kangaroo Robs Athlete Paralympics -- Small Versus Big -- In Chains -- The Truck-Driver -- Once A Thief, Always A Thief -- The Spoilt Wedding -- Chinese Food -- The Wandering Comforter -- A Dirty Rotten Trick -- The Fishing Trip -- The Man Who Liked Baked Beans -- Guardian Angel -- Bicycle -- The Stolen Credit Card -- Cold As Ice -- The Insoluble Sum -- What Is Guts? -- Circus Bear -- Biology Practical -- Fishing In The Mist -- Sharp Food -- Trivial -- RIDDLES AND PUZZLES -- The Wolf, The Goat And The Cabbage -- The Two Guards -- The Snail In The Pit -- The Room With Three Light Bulbs -- Riddle-Jokes -- ANECDOTES AND JOKES -- The Gift Of The Ghost -- The Snow-Child -- Who's In Charge? -- Whoso Diggeth A Pit -- The Blind Spinster -- The Master Thief -- The Sheepheads Of Dordrecht -- Jan With The Magic Pot -- The Man Who Fell From Heaven -- The Long Spring -- The Farmer And The Lawyer -- I Am So -- Hannes And The Statue Of Saint Anthony -- The Pole Of Oosterlittens -- Mayor Ox -- Jan And Trijntje -- You Shouldn't Have Done That -- Dividing Nuts In The Churchyard -- The Sawn-Through Pulpit -- A Spoon As Proof -- A Lie -- Bauke The Skater -- The Mosquitos Of Dalfsen -- Monkey Trick -- A Clever Dog -- The Magician And The Parrot -- The Soccer Talent -- The English Lord -- The Tapeworm -- Adam's Fault -- After Creation -- Nasreddin Hodja -- FORMULA TALES -- It Was Night -- The Old Woman And Her Pig -- The Japanese Stonecutter -- The Thousandth Bar Of Soap. |
| Series Title: | World folklore series |
| Responsibility: | Theo Meder ; illustrations by Minke Priester. |
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