English Folk-heroes
- ISBN-10
- 0880297212
- ISBN-13
- 9780880297219
- Category
- Folklore
- Pages
- 182
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992-06
- Author
- Christina Hole
Description
A local folk - tale tells of a baker's daughter who once met a soldier riding on a white horse down a lane near her home . He led her through a subterranean passage to a great cavern in which sat a host of men with flowing beards .
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