Category Archives: Summer
Tales Which Want Telling
It’s July, many of you will be going on holiday, whether you are sat around a camp fire, spending evenings in tavernas or relaxing on a Mediterranean beach with delicious bread and olives, wine and good company you could find … Continue reading →
Filed under stories, Storytelling, Summer
Tagged as Pressgang, stories, Story, Storytelling, Summer
You have to kiss a lot of frogs…
Well, actually, no. You don’t. There really is no point at all in going round randomly kissing amphibians in the hope that they will become lovestruck royalty, and even less in killing them. All else aside, they have to be … Continue reading →
Filed under Animals, Fairytale, Folk Tale, Quest, Storytelling, Summer, Talking Animals, Transformation
Tagged as animal, Fairytale, Folk tale, frog, Golden Apple, prince, princess, stories, Story, Storytelling, Summer, talking animal, transformation
Harvest Time
Harvest used to be the centre of the year for pretty much the entire population, it is what the long school summer holiday was for, It wasn’t time off: it was time to do some real work! We may not … Continue reading →
There are nine and sixty ways…
I’ve been rebuilding my bookshelves and sorting the massive collection of storybooks back into categories. It’s amazing how many of them feature the same stories, only slightly different. Some vary only in the voice in which they are told; some … Continue reading →
Filed under August, Cinderella, Fairytale, Folk Tale, stories
Tagged as banished, cap o' rushes, Cinderella, Folk tale, king, magic, mossy coat, prince, service, St. George, stories, Story, Storytelling, Tattercoats
I do like to be beside the seaside
Travelling out on your apple hunting quest you will inevitably come to a place many of us visit around this time of year – the coast. So as you are enjoying the sun and sand, we will explore who else … Continue reading →
Golden Apples at Midsummer
Summer is here! The seaways are clear; the roads less muddy; the crops have all been planted and harvest is a couple of months away: now is the time to set out on impossible missions in search of improbable objects! Continue reading →
