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Description of  Oxfordshire Folk Tales (Folk Tales from the British Isles)

Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross and listen to the tales of this ancient county. Hear how a King and his knights were turned to stone at the mysterious Rollright Stones how Dragon Hill got its name take the Devil's Highway to the End of the World - if you dare or spend a night on the weird Ot Moor listen in on the Boar's Head Carol walk the oldest trackway in Europe in the footsteps of a Neolithic pilgrim pause to try the Blowing Stone leave a coin for the enigmatic blacksmith to shoe your horse at Wayland's Smithy eavesdrop upon the Inklings in the Eagle and Child and meet that early fabulist, Geoffrey of Monmouth in the city of dreaming spires. This collection will take you on an oral tour across the county - on the way you'll meet gypsies, highwaymen, cavalliers, a prime minister and a devilish mason.