North Cornwall Fairies and Legends

· 1923

Page Introduction xi The Adventures of a Piskey in Search of his Laugh 1 The Legend of the Padstow Doombar 51 The Little Cake-bird 71 The Impounded Crows 99 The Piskeys' Revenge 113 The Old Sky Woman 125 Reefy, Reefy Rum 131 The Little Horses and Horsemen of Padstow 139 How Jan Brewer was Piskey-laden 149 The Small People's Fair 159 The Piskeys who did Aunt Betsy's Work 165 The Piskeys Who carried their Beds 177 The Fairy Whirlwind 183 Notes 189 Page Tintagel Castle Frontispiece King Arthur's Castle, looking North 9 Tintagel Castle 15 By Rough Tor's granite-piled height the bright little Lantern went 21 'Night-riders, Night-riders, please stop!' 37 'Which is still called King Arthur's Seat'…

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