Peter and The Piskies by Ruth Manning Sanders (1970)

ISBN: 9780192710949 / 019271094X - Peter and The Piskies by Ruth Manning Sanders. Published by Oxford University Press, 1970. Hardcover. Used, Very Good condition. 215 pp.

The folk-tales of Cornwall are peopled with giants and saints and wicked demons; with the thieving, spiteful spriggans, the mischievous piskies who are always laughing, and the little bearded knockers who work industriously in the mines, and who, they say, are growing smaller with every year they live so that there will come a day when they are no size at all.

Ruth Manning-Sanders, a born storyteller, has related some of the traditional stories of these folk with a telling simplicity, a most delightful feeling for humour, and a rich sense of poetry which vividly captures the magical qualities of their Celtic origins. From the moving tale of Lutey and the Mermaid to the nonsense story of the Two Sillies and the light-hearted gaiety of Peter's adventures with the Piskies, the story will delight all children whether they read them themselves or have them read alive.

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