Taffy's Coat Tales

Taffy's Coat Tales
Author: Taffy Thomas
Publisher: The Literacy Club LLP
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2010
Genre: Tales
ISBN: 9780956471604

Llewellyn's 2022 Sabbats Almanac

Llewellyn's 2022 Sabbats Almanac
Author: Llewellyn Publishing
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2021-07-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0738767603

Bring more magic and enjoyment into the eight Wiccan holidays with this practical almanac's fun and fresh ideas for rituals, rites, recipes, and crafts. Featuring some of the best writers in the Witch and Pagan community, Llewellyn's 2022 Sabbats Almanac shares articles that provide new perspectives on each sabbat, complete with hands-on rituals and activities to help deepen your practice and sense of the sacred. Call for the earth, animals, and spirits and become empowered by them on Ostara. Invoke the Great Mother and the Green Man to encourage fertility for Beltane. Honor the fairies for Litha and give back to the earth during Lammas. This almanac also provides crafts for each sabbat, including a story quilt for Yule, spinning fleece into yarn for Imbolc, homemade stepping stones for Beltane, and a knitted shawl for Mabon. Includes rituals, crafts, recipes, tips, and articles by Charlie Rainbow Wolf, Elizabeth Barrette, Ember Grant, Jason Mankey, Robin Ivy Payton, Natalie Zaman, Tess Whitehurst, Lupa, Ivo Dominguez Jr., Suzanne Ress, Blake Octavian Blair, Laura Tempest Zakroff, and Kate Freuler.

First World War Folk Tales

First World War Folk Tales
Author: Taffy Thomas MBE
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2014-08-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0750958677

From 2014 to 2018, people all over the world will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. They will not only be honouring those who lost their lives on the battlefield between 1914 and 1918, they will also be remembering everyone who played a part in, or lived through, those troubled times. First World War Folk Tales is a very special collection of legends and folk tales from the First World War era. This special centenary collection shows how elements of truth can become legend, how people often attempt to explain the strange and the mysterious through stories and tales, and how storytelling can ease the pain and burden of war.

Midwinter Folk Tales

Midwinter Folk Tales
Author: Taffy Thomas MBE
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2014-10-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0750957719

In this enchanting new book, one of the country's most celebrated storytellers has gathered together traditional tales that have their roots in the cold and long, dark nights of midwinter. Herein you will find magical accounts of the Legend of Tinsel, the Christmas Cat and the New Year's Bell, with a number of wintery riddles to unpick while enjoying the festive season and welcoming in the New Year. With so many folk tales intrinsically linked to ancient seasonal customs, there are a few included here relating to traditions such as the Ottery St Mary Tar Barrels (Devon), the Viking 'Up Helly Aa' (Shetland) and Tom Bawcock's Eve (Cornwall). This is a book to curl up with in front of an open fire on long winter nights and to share and retell over a steaming mug of mulled wine.

Cumbrian Folk Tales

Cumbrian Folk Tales
Author: Taffy Thomas
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2011-11-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0752478516

These engaging folk tales from Cumbria were collected as fragments that the author has brought back to life. Shaped by the natural world, local customs and generations of chattering, these traditional tales reflect the unique Cumbrian wit and wisdom. Herein you will find intriguing accounts of Hunchback and the Swan, the Screaming Skulls of Calgarth, the Millom Hob Thross, Hughie the Graeme, Cumbrian Crack, and Billy Peascod’s Harp. They will make you want to visit the places where they happened and meet some of the characters that feature in them. Including charming illustrations from the local artist Steven Gregg, this captivating collection will be enjoyed by readers time and again. Taffy Thomas has lived in Grasmere for well over thirty years, and is a highly experienced storyteller with a repertoire of more than 300 tales. In the 2001 New Year Honours List he was awarded the MBE for services to storytelling and charity, and in 2010 was appointed as the first UK Storyteller Laureate.

Tiddledywink Tales

Tiddledywink Tales
Author: John Kendrick Bangs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1891
Genre: Children
ISBN:

Each chapter is a story and poem told to a young boy by one of his different colored tiddledywinks.