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River Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland | Lisa Schneidau

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Traditional folk tales, including history, folklore and nature observations about the rivers, streams and lakes of Britain and Ireland Rivers and streams sculpt the landscape. They give us water and food, trade and transport, yet they have a life-force all of their own. Rivers have connected communities throughout history, from mountain to estuary and to the wide sea beyond. This is a collection of traditional folk tales from the wild rivers, lakes, and streams of Britain and Ireland. Lisa Schneidau retells old stories of danger and transformation, river goddesses, ghosts and mysterious creatures that dwell in islands' watery arteries. Follow the flow of rivers from source to sea and be enchanted by these stories. Here is history and nature told through folk tale.

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River Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland | Lisa Schneidau

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Lisa Schneidau is an ecologist, conservationist and storyteller, knowledge and passion that she combines in these faithful retellings of British and Irish folktales.
Each story has a short introduction in which Lisa gives some ecological, historical and/or folkloric details, and she chooses a reasonable geographic spread of stories from across the Isles. I liked her inclusion of a couple of Romany stories, Appy and the Eel being one of the ⬇️

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She plays a bit loose with the definition of “river“, including as she does some tales of lakes and marshes, but that's the pendant in me being picky! 4.5💧 (edited) 2w

rwmg Not picky enough to know the difference between a pedant and a pendant 😁 😂 2w

Bookwomble @rwmg Autotype gets me every time I try to be clever! 🤦‍♀️😂 2w

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River Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland | Lisa Schneidau

"One morning, not so very long ago, I visited a stretch of the upper River Torridge in North Devon." - Introduction ?

"Have you ever wondered where all that river water comes from, flowing through seasons and years and ages, and how many people have stopped and wondered at the same thing? - Chapter 1: Sacred Beginnings ?

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

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