Fools and Wise Men
Folk Tales of Wisdom
Published on 5. May 2022
176 pages
978-1-80399-076-7 (ISBN)
Description
Before schooling was widely available, for most people the classroom was at the fireside, the field and the country lane, where the bards told their tales.
Many such folk tales exist to convey life-lessons in an entertaining way. These stories are not the pontifications of ancient philosophers: they are the gleanings of countless storytellers, everyday men and women with hard-won life experiences and pockets full of folklore. The tales reflect the times and places of their origin, but have been handed down from generation to generation, evolving to meet changing times. Some are amusing; some are thought-provoking; all have been polished and honed for so long that their message slips, almost imperceptibly, into the mind.
Fools and Wise Men retells these stories for new generations - repaying our debts to the bards of old.
Many such folk tales exist to convey life-lessons in an entertaining way. These stories are not the pontifications of ancient philosophers: they are the gleanings of countless storytellers, everyday men and women with hard-won life experiences and pockets full of folklore. The tales reflect the times and places of their origin, but have been handed down from generation to generation, evolving to meet changing times. Some are amusing; some are thought-provoking; all have been polished and honed for so long that their message slips, almost imperceptibly, into the mind.
Fools and Wise Men retells these stories for new generations - repaying our debts to the bards of old.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Illustrations
30 Illustrations, black and white
File size
9,22 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-80399-076-7 (9781803990767)
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05/2022
The History Press Ltd
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Person
MIKE O'CONNOR is a powerful and engaging storyteller who performs at many events across the country. An important researcher into Cornish music and folklore, he has been awarded the OBE and made a bard of the Gorsedh of Kernow.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- What are Wisdom Tales?
- The Unjust World of Jack Madden
- Retelling the Tales for Today
- On Wisdom
- The Owl
- Tom of Chyannor
- The Three Advices of the King with the Red Soles
- Nancherrow Bridge
- Sam Jago's Last Day at School
- The Master and His Pupil
- The Family
- The Father and His Sons
- Betty Stogs' Baby
- A Brewery of Eggshells
- The Changeling of Brea Vean
- The Eagles' Nest
- The Divided Blanket
- Cap o' Rushes
- Grandfather's Bag of Gold
- Personal Qualities
- The Ant and the Dove
- The Piskey Thresher
- The Changeling and His Bagpipes
- A Son of Adam
- The Beggar and the Merchant
- The Craig-y-Don Blacksmith
- The Man in the Boat
- The Small-tooth Dog
- Three Heads of the Well
- The Giant Fear
- Fish on Friday
- Canute and the Tide
- How St Eloi was Cured
- St Lateerin of Cullen
- The Fox and the Craw
- Robert Roberts and the Fairies
- The Tramp and the Boots
- Fools And Wise Men
- The Three Wishes
- The Clever Wish
- The King's Fool
- The Wise Men of Gotham
- Drowning Eels
- A Pottle o' Brains
- A Changeling Musician
- Lazy Jack
- Stranger Danger
- Mr Miacca
- Gwrgan Farfdrwch's Fable
- Otherworlds
- The Forest
- The Babes in the Wood
- The Story of the Three Bears
- The Haunted Wood
- The Cave
- Boleigh Fuggo
- Tom Trevorrow
- The Water's Edge
- The Haunted Mill-Pool of Trove
- Jenny Greenteeth
- Lutey and the Mermaid
- The Man with the Green Weeds
- The Night
- My Own Self
- The Pwca
- Willy the Wisp
- The Buried Moon
- Jack o' Lantern
- Facing Eternity
- The Woman and the Farmer
- The Old Man and Death
- Pat Makes a Deal with Death
- The Hanging Game
- Morgan of Melhuach
- Death in a Nut
- The Way Ahead
- Notes
- Bibliography
