Project Gutenberg 2007-07-30 Public domain in the USA. 95 Macgregor, Mary Cameron, Katharine 1874 1965 Cameron, Catherine Cameron, Katherine Stories from the Ballads, Told to the Children Reading ease score: 86.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. The Young Tamlane -- Hynde Etin -- Hynde Horn -- Thomas the Rhymer -- Lizzie Lindsay -- The Gay Goshawk -- The Laird o' Logie. Produced by Robin Monks, Joseph Cooper, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Stories from the Ballads, Told to the Children" by Mary Macgregor is a collection of traditional tales derived from folklore and balladry, likely written in the early 20th century. The stories are designed to captivate and entertain children, presenting themes of love, adventure, and magic through richly imagined narratives featuring characters like fairies, knights, and courageous maidens. At the start of the collection, the author introduces the origins of these tales, describing the role of minstrels in the past who traveled across the land sharing stories of love and conflict. The opening section features the tale of "The Young Tamlane," where a young boy named Tamlane is taken by the Queen of Fairies and later encounters Janet, a maiden whose strong will leads her to seek him out. This enchanting beginning sets the tone for a series of captivating stories that explore familiar themes from folklore, promising adventures filled with magic and moral lessons. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Children's stories Ballads, Scots -- Adaptations Ballads, English -- Adaptations PZ Text Children's Anthologies Children's Myths, Fairy Tales, etc. Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 149278 149269 2024-10-09T14:13:20.726628 2023-09-10T05:52:54.158492 text/html text/html 147746 2007-07-30T10:29:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 684583 2007-07-30T10:29:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 768897 2024-10-09T14:13:27.627584 application/epub+zip 769439 2024-10-09T14:13:24.096622 application/epub+zip 117548 2024-10-09T14:13:22.773619 application/epub+zip 915310 2024-10-09T14:13:30.155568 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 893224 2024-10-09T14:13:26.776589 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227635 2022-09-10T11:46:17.049923 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 128105 127977 2024-10-09T14:13:20.157639 2023-09-10T05:52:53.571479 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 127874 2007-07-30T10:29:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46133 2007-07-30T10:29:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20714 2024-10-09T14:13:30.492569 application/rdf+xml 15341 2024-10-09T14:13:23.329616 image/jpeg 3484 2024-10-09T14:13:23.056622 image/jpeg 771786 2024-10-09T14:13:20.766633 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog