Allan Cunningham's Traditional Tales is a selection of folk stories steeped in the traditions and popular literature of southern Scotland and northern England. Originally published in 1822, this was one of the earliest collections of folktales ever produced in Britain. Operating within the debateable land between fact and fancy, mixing the natural and supernatural, they blur the distinction between the oral traditions of the distant past and emerging ideas of literature and modernity. Cunningham's Traditional Tales form an essential part of folkloric history, as well as being fascinating stories in their own right.
Acknowledgements Introduction Note on the Text TRADITIONAL TALES OF
THE ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH PEASANTRY VOLUME I Preface Ezra Peden The Selbys
of Cumberland. Part First The Selbys of Cumberland. Part Second The Selbys
of Cumberland. Part Third Placing a Scottish Minister The King of the Peak
The Mother's Dream Allan-a-Maut VOLUME II Miles Colvine, the Cumberland
Mariner Honest Man John Ochiltree Elphin Irving, the Fairies' Cupbearer
Richard Faulder, Mariner The Last Lord of Helvellyn Judith Macrone, the
Prophetess The Ghost with the Golden Casket The Haunted Ships Death of the
Laird of Warlsworm The Seven Foresters of Chatsworth; an Ancient Derbyshire
Ballad APPENDICES A : Traditional Literature. No. I B : The Twelve Tales of
Lyddalcross. Introductory C : Allan Cunningham's Contributions to the London
Magazine D : Emendation List E: Glossary NOTES
Allan Cunningham (1784 - 1842) was a poet and songwriter. Born in Dumfriesshire, he corresponded with numerous Scottish authors of the day, including James Hogg and Sir Walter Scott, and published extensively in Scotland and England.
