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Legend Land (Vol. 1-4): Collection of Old Tales Told in Western Parts of Britain Served by the Great Western Railway

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Legend Land is a four-volume anthology compiled by G. Basil Barham. It is a collection of some of the old tales told in those western parts of Britain served by the Great Western Railway.

Table of Contents:

Volume 1:

The Mermaid of Zennor

The Stone Men of St. Cleer

How St. Piran Came to Cornwall

The Lost Child of St. Allen

The Giants who Built the Mount

The Tasks of Tregeagle

The Lady of Llyn-y-Fan Fach

St. David and His Mother

The Vengeance of the Fairies

The Old Woman who Fooled the Devil

The Women Soldiers of Fishguard

How Bala Lake Began

The Furry Day Song (Supplement)

Volume 2:

The Church the Devil Stole

The Parson and the Clerk

The Weaver of Dean Combe

The Demon Who Helped Drake

The Samson of Tavistock

The Midnight Hunter of the Moor

The Lost Land of Lyonesse

The Piskie's Funeral

The Spectre Coach

St. Neot, the Pigmy Saint

The Old Man of Cury

The Hooting Carn

The Padstow May Day Songs (Supplement)

Volume 3:

A Prince who would hang a Mouse

St. Melangell and Her "Lambs"

Where King Arthur Sleeps

Bronwen and the Starling

The Swan of Glasfryn

The Wonders of St. Govan's Chapel

The Fairy Gardens of Treen

How the Dodman was Named

The Charmer of Pengersick

How St. German left Cornwall

The Spectre of Rosewarne

The Legend of the Four Halls

"John Dory," a "Three Man's" Song (Supplement)

Volume 4:

The Whispering Knights

The Shadow Curse of the Raggedstone

How Bath was Discovered

King Arthur's Camelot

The Witch of Wookey

Guy of Guy's Cliff

The Ghostly Bishop of Fingest

Wayland Smith and His Cave

Herne the Hunter

The Ghost of Bisham Abbey

The Evil Wedding of Stanton Drew

The Story of Wild Darrell

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