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• The Denham Tracts: A Collection of Folklore, Reprinted From the Original Tracts and Pamphlets Printed by Denham Between 1846 and 1859 (2 volumes (Publications of the Folk-Lore Society v29 and v35); 1892-1895), by Michael Aislabie Denham, ed. by James Hardy
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• Anecdotes and Traditions, Illustrative of Early English History and Literature (London: Printed for the Camden Society by J. B. Nichols and son, 1839), ed. by William John Thoms, contrib. by Nicholas L'Estrange, John Aubrey, and John Collet (page images at HathiTrust)
• English Fairy Tales, by Joseph Jacobs (Gutenberg text)
• The Famous Exploits of Robin Hood, Little John and His Merry Men All (London: J. Catnach, ca. 1821) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• More English Fairy Tales (1894), by Joseph Jacobs, illust. by John D. Batten (illustrated HTML at sacred-texts.com)
• Stories of King Arthur (London et al.: Cassell and Co., 1910), by A. L. Haydon, illust. by Arthur Rackham (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The wonderful weald and the quest of the crock of gold (Methuen & co., ltd., 1924), by Arthur Beckett (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Traditional tales of the English and Scottish peasantry. (Taylor and Hessey, 1822), by Allan Cunningham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Yorkshire folk-talk; with characteristics of those who speak it in the north & east ridings. (Brown, 1911), by M. C. F. Morris (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Studien zur sagengeschichte Englands (O. Schulze, 1906), by Max Deutschbein (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• More English fairy tales (G. Putnam's Sons, 1922), by Joseph Jacobs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Traditions, superstitions, and folklore, (chiefly Lancashire and the north of England:) their affinity to others in widely-distributed localities; their eastern origin and mythical significance. (A. Ireland & co.;, 1872), by Charles Hardwick (page images at HathiTrust)
• English folk-rhymes; a collection of traditional verses relating to places and persons, customs, superstitions, etc. (K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1892), by G. F. Northall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rustic speech and folk-lore (H. Milford, 1913), by Elizabeth Mary Wright (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Folk and hero tales. (D. Nutt, 1891), by J. MacDougall and Alfred Trübner Nutt (page images at HathiTrust)
• The countryman's log-book (P. L. Warner & J. Cape, 1921), by Frances Garnet Wolseley Wolseley (page images at HathiTrust)
• English traditions and foreign customs ... (E. Stock, 1885), by George Laurence Gomme (page images at HathiTrust)
• English folk-lore. (D. Bogue, 1880), by T. F. Thiselton-Dyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essays on subjects connected with the literature, popular superstitions, and history of England in the Middle Ages (J.R. Smith, 1846), by Thomas Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• Folklore in the English and Scottish ballads (Ungar, 1959), by Lowry Charles Wimberly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Current superstitions: collected from the oral tradition of English speaking folk, ed. by Fanny D. Bergen. With notes, and an introduction by William Wells Newell. (Pub. by Houghton, Mifflin and company; [etc., etc.], 1896), by Fanny D. Bergen and William Wells Newell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on the folk-lore of the northern counties of England and the borders. (Pub. for the Folk-lore Society by W. Satchell, Peyton, 1879), by William Henderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Household tales with other traditional remains, collected in the counties of York, Lincoln, Derby, and Nottingham (D. Nutt;, 1895), by Sidney Oldall Addy (page images at HathiTrust)
• La littérature anglaise et les traditions populaires; conférence faite au Cerele Saint-Simon le 27 novembre 1886 (Imprimerie typographique de l'école d'Alembert, 1887), by Loys Brueyre (page images at HathiTrust)
• More English fairy tales (D. Nutt, 1894), by Joseph Jacobs and John Dickson Batten (page images at HathiTrust)
• All about the Merry tales of Gotham. (R. N. Pearson, 1900), by Alfred Stapleton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Denham tracts : a collection of folklore : reprinted from the original tracts and pamphlets printed by Mr. Denham between 1846 and 1859 (Published for the Folklore Society, by D. Nutt, 1892), by Michael Aislabie Denham (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traditions and hearthside stories of West Cornwall, third series (Printed for the author by F. Rodda, 1880), by William Bottrell (page images at HathiTrust)
• English folk-lore. (Hardwicke & Bogue, 1878), by T. F. Thiselton Dyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Folk lore (Longmans, Green, 1866), by William Henderson, Clement Burlison, S. Baring-Gould, Spottiswoode & Co, Green Longmans, and England) Hanhart (Firm : London (page images at HathiTrust)
• English fairy and other folk tales. (W. Scott, 1890), by Edwin Sidney Hartland (page images at HathiTrust)
• A glossary of North country words, in use : with their etymology, and affinity to other languages ; and occasional notices of local customs and popular superstitions (E. Charnley, 1829), by John Trotter Brockett (page images at HathiTrust)
• English fairy tales (David Nutt, 1890), by Joseph Jacobs and John D. Batten (page images at HathiTrust)
• Antiquitates curiosæ : the etymology of many remarkable old sayings, proverbs, and singular customs (Printed for T. and J. Allman, 1818), by Joseph Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Gentleman's magazine library : being a classified collection of the chief contents of the Gentleman's magazine from 1731-1868 (Houghton, Mifflin, 1883), by George Laurence Gomme (page images at HathiTrust)
• North Cornwall fairies and legends (Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1906), by Enys Tregarthen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A provincial glossary; with a collection of local proverbs, and popular superstitions. (E. Jeffery, 1811), by Francis Grose (page images at HathiTrust)
• English folk-rhymes : a collection of traditional verses relating to places and persons, customs, superstitions, etc. (K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1968), by G. F Northall (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Old ballads in prose (Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1901), by Eva March Tappan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die vampirsage in England. (Buchdruckerei Hohmann, 1914), by Ernst Havekost (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Contes populaires de la Grande-Bretagne. (Hachette, 1875), by Loys Brueyre (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die neuesten englischen maerchensammlungen und ihre quellen ... (C. Vietor, 1902), by Johann Friedrich Ludwig Lenz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Folklore in England und Amerika. (C. A. Koch, 1899), by Clemens Klöpper (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• English fairy tales selections. (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1922), by Joseph Jacobs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Denham tracts : a collection of folklore by Michael Ailabie Denham, and reprinted from the original tracts and pamphlets printed by Mr. Denham between 1846 and 1859 (Published for the Folklore Society, by D. Nutt, 1892), by Michael Aislabie Denham and James Hardy (page images at HathiTrust)
• English fairy and other folk tales. (The Walton Scott Pub. Co., ltd., 1890), by Edwin Sidney Hartland (page images at HathiTrust)
• A glossary of North country words, in use. From an original manuscript, in the library of John George Lambton, Esq., M. P., with considerable additions. (E. Charnley, 1825), by John Trotter Brockett (page images at HathiTrust)
• A glossary of North country words, with their etymology, and affinity to other languages; and occasional notices of local customs and popular superstitions. (E. Charnley; [etc., etc.], 1846), by John Trotter Brockett and William Edward Brockett (page images at HathiTrust)
• A provincial glossary, with a collection of local proverbs, and popular superstitions. (Printed for S. Hooper, no.212, High Holborn, opposite Bloomsbury-Square, 1787), by Francis Grose (page images at HathiTrust)
• Odd yarns of English lakeland : narratives of romance, mystery and superstitions told by dalesfolk (Skeffington, 1914), by William T. Palmer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A glossary of north country words in use. From an original manuscript, in the library of John George Lambton, with considerable additions. (Printed by T. and J. Hodgson, for E. Charnley, 1825), by John Trotter Brockett (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of George a Green, pindar of the town of Wakefield. His birth, calling, valour, and reputation in the country. With divers pleasant, as well as serious passages in the course of his life and fortune. (Printed for Samuel Ballard ..., 1706), by N. W. (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Midland minstrel : consisting chiefly of traditionary tales and local legends. (Printed and sold by Munday and Slatter ;, 1822), by Thomas Gillet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anecdotes and traditions, illustrative of early English history, derived from ms. sources (Printed for the Camden Society by J.B. Nichols, 1839), by John Collet, John Aubry, Nicholas L'Estrange, and William John Thoms (page images at HathiTrust)
• Current superstitions : collected from the oral tradition of English speaking folk. (Pub. by Houghton, Mifflin and company; [etc., etc.], 1896), by Fanny Bergen and William Wells Newell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of Hereward, the champion of England (Harrap, 1909), by Douglas C. Stedman and Gertrude Demain Hammond (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Rustic speech and folk-lore (Oxford University Press, 1914), by Elizabeth Mary Wright (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• English folk-rhymes; a collection of traditional verses relating to places and persons, customs, superstitions, etc. (K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd., 1892), by G. F. Northall (page images at HathiTrust)
• The old dame and her silver sixpence. (Leavitt & Allen, in the 19th century) (page images at HathiTrust)
• English fairy and folk lore (Walter Scott, Ltd., 1890), by Edwin Sidney Hartland (page images at HathiTrust)
• English fairy tales (Macmillan, 1918), by Flora Annie Webster Steel and Arthur Rackham (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of Whittington and his cat : how from a poor country boy, destitute of parents or relations, he attained great riches, and was promoted to the high and honorable dignity of Lord Mayor of London. (Printed by J. Kendrew, Colliergate, 1820), by James Kendrew (page images at HathiTrust)
• The history of bold Robin Hood (Published for the proprietor by Darton & Co., 1845), by Clara de Chatelain and Darton & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Robin Hood (Printed by J. Catnach, 1821) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The celebrated history of the renowned Robin Hood, the merry outlaw of Sherwood Forest, to which is added the professor of signs. (Printed for the booksellers, 1835) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sir Richard Whittington and his cat (Printed by J.G. Rusher, 1820), by Allen Robert Branston, George Cruikshank, and John Golby Rusher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tales of imagination and mystery, Russian, English, and Italian (Ward, Lock, 1889), by Gilbert Campbell (page images at HathiTrust)
• English traditional lore, to which is added Customs of foreign countries and peoples. (Elliot Stock, 1885), by George Laurence Gomme (page images at HathiTrust)
• Folklore and legends (W.W. Gibbings, 1890), by C. J. T. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on un-natural history : being a selection of fictions accounting for facts (Ward, Lock and Tyler, 1868) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The story of King Arthur and his knights (Scribner's Sons, 1912), by Thomas Malory and Howard Pyle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Strange signes from heaven; seene and heard in Cambridge, Suffolke, and Norfolke, in and upon the 21 day of May, 1648. Miraculous wonders seen at Barnstable, Kirkham, Cornwall and Little Britain, in London. (Forcet, 1646) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Robin Hood, his book (Little, Brown, 1905), by Eva March Tappan and Charlotte Harding (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stories from the Faerie Queene : retold from Spenser (Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1940), by Edmund Spenser, Gertrude Demain Hammond, and Lawrence H. Dawson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Legend Land, Vol. 4: Being a Further Collection of Some of the Old Tales Told in Those Nearer Western Parts of Britain Served by the Great Western Railway, by G. Basil Barham (Gutenberg ebook)
• Legend Land, Vol. 3: Being a Further Collection of Some of the Old Tales Told in Those Western Parts of Britain Served by the Great Western Railway, by G. Basil Barham (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Boy's King Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, by Thomas Malory, ed. by Sidney Lanier, illust. by N. C. Wyeth (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur, by Howard Pyle (Gutenberg ebook)
• The History of Sir Richard Whittington, ed. by Henry B. Wheatley (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Story of King Arthur and his Knights, by Howard Pyle (Gutenberg ebook)
• Tales of King Arthur and the Round Table, Adapted from the Book of Romance, ed. by Andrew Lang and J. C. Allen, illust. by H. J. Ford (Gutenberg ebook)
• Rustic Speech and Folk-Lore, by Elizabeth Mary Wright (Gutenberg ebook)
• Traditions, Superstitions and Folk-lore: (Chiefly Lancashire and the North of England:) Their Affinity to Others in Widely-Distributed Localities; Their Eastern Origin and Mythical Significance., by Charles Hardwick (Gutenberg ebook)
• Robin Hood, by Paul Creswick, illust. by N. C. Wyeth (Gutenberg ebook)
• Legend Land, Vol. 2: Being a Collection of Some of the Old Tales Told in Those Western Parts of Britain Served by the Great Western Railway, by G. Basil Barham (Gutenberg ebook)
• Legend Land, Vol. 1: Being a Collection of Some of the Old Tales Told in Those Western Parts of Britain Served by the Great Western Railway, by G. Basil Barham (Gutenberg ebook)
• Current superstitions : collected from the oral tradition of English speaking folk, ed. by Fanny D. Bergen, contrib. by William Wells Newell (Gutenberg ebook)
• The History of Sir Richard Whittington, ed. by Henry B. Wheatley (Gutenberg ebook)
• Stories from Le Morte D'Arthur and the Mabinogion, by Beatrice E. Clay (Gutenberg ebook)
• More English Fairy Tales, ed. by Joseph Jacobs, illust. by John Dickson Batten (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights, by James Knowles and Thomas Malory, illust. by Lancelot Speed (Gutenberg ebook)
• Whittington and his cat. (London : Printed by W. Wilson, and are to be sold by Frances Coles ..., 1656), by Thomas Heywood (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The Description of the castle of entertainment as also the wonderful increase of the race of the Huffs : together with a relation of their first original as it was attested by Old Mother Huff in strange characters, and since discover'd and copied out by a pilgrim in the year 1668. ([London : s.n., 1679]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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