Category Archives: history
Time
Time is a strange thing. As a storyteller I live in a world where “recent” means about two hundred years ago and “really old” refers to a time before the the Roman Empire was even a twinkle in Romulus and … Continue reading →
Filed under Folk Tale, history, stories, Storytelling
For England and St. George!
I’ve been telling the tale of St. George for nearly twenty years now, it’s a rollicking tale! I always give George a nice big dragon to fight (and like any storyteller, it keeps getting bigger) partly because that is half … Continue reading →
101 uses for a dead folk tale
So there’s a question, what are different folk tales for, what is their purpose, to what uses are they put….? Obviously you’ve got the entertainment factor, that’s a basic starting point; often people expect to find morals in the story, … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Archaeology, daily grind, Folk tale, grind, iron age, mill, nose to the grindstone, quern, rotary quern, Salt, Sea, ship, sorcerers apprentice, stories, Story, Storytelling, Why the sea is salt, world tale
