01290nam a2200265Ia 4500 TVU_11376 210423s9999 xx 000 0 und d 019210019X 9780192100191 eng 398.0942 J19 Simpson, Jacqueline A Jacqueline Simpson, Steve Roud New York,Oxford Oxford University Press 2000 vii, 411 p. ill. 24 cm Two folklore authorities provide reliable and often surprising answers to these and other curiosities that have shaped daily life in England for centuries. They explore the festivals and past celebrations of the English calendar, from St. Andrews Day and its tradition of drunkenness and cross-dressing to Twelfth Night and its king and queen cake. They also provide concise portraits of real and legendary characters that populate the public memory, including Robin Hood, The Brothers Grimm, Lady Godiva, Puck, and The Sandman. Fairies, mermaids, hobgoblins, and changelings are but a few of the supernatural forces surveyed here Folklore; England Jacqueline Simpson; Steve Roud Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh