Short & shivery thirty chilling tales
A collection of thirty short and spooky tales from the folklore of Russia, Virginia, Ireland, Canada, and other areas of the world.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Doubleday Book for Young Readers,
c1987.
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Table of Contents:
- Robber bridegroom (adapted form the Brothers Grimm)
- Jack Frost (from a Russian folktale)
- Waterfall of ghosts (from the Japanese writings of Lafcadio Hearn)
- Ghost's cap (from a Russian folktale)
- Witch cat (folklore of the United States- Virginia)
- Green mist (a legend from Lincolnshire, England)
- Cegua (a folktale from Costa Rica)
- Ghostly little girl (United States- California)
- Midnight mass of the dead (a Norse folktale)
- Tailypo (United States- West Virginia)
- Lady Eleanor's mantle (from a tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne)
- Soldier and the Vampire (a Russian folktale)
- Skeleton's Dance (a folktale from Japan)
- Scared to death (United States- South Carolina)
- Swallowed alive (a British folktale)
- Deacon's ghost (a folktale from Ireland)
- Nuckelavee (a folktale from the Orkney Islands)
- Adventure of the German student (from a tale by Washington Irving)
- Bill Mosby's night ride (United States- New England)
- Hunter in the Haunted Forest (a Native American legend)
- Brother and sister (retold from an African folktale)
- Lovers of the dismal swamp (United States- Virginia)
- Boneless (based on the folklore of the Shetland Islands)
- Death waltz (United States- New Mexico)
- Ghost of Misery Hill (United States- California)
- Loup-Garou (Werewolf) (from French Canadian folklore)
- Golem (based on Jewish folklore)
- Lavender (United States)
- Goblin spider (a Japanese legend)
- Halloween pony (from a French folktale).
