Folk And Fairy Tales

Jack is a common name in British folklore, particularly from the Cornish and Devon area, but you don't want to know about history this time, you want more silly stories!

Another very silly teeny tiny story about a teeny tiny woman and her teeny tiny adventures.....

The first of some classic silly British stories for bedtime. These would be told to giggly children to make them even gigglier.

You have been warned!

How the third little pig finally beat the Big Bad Wolf!

The Grimm Brothers tale of the enchanted frog prince, and how the selfish princess learnt to share

No-one knew where the Princesses went at night, who would be brave enough to find out?

All Morgan wanted was to make music, but he needed the fairies help to get people to listen....

One of the many versions of the Sleeping Beauty tale, Briar Rose is the Grimm brothers take on the classic tale.

The story of the interesting childhood of Pryderi fab Pwyll, a famous prince and King from Welsh Mythology.

We still have a few more Welsh tales to come, then we will move North for some more Celtic myths.

A tale from ancient Wales of the terrible monster Afang, and how he was finally destroyed.

The places described here can be found in the Snowdonia National Park to this day

This weeks story is a classic collected by the Grimm Brothers, the tale of the the Golden Goose. Happy Easter!

Tonights story is from Mordiford in Herefordshire and tells the tale of a little girl called Maud and her Dragon. 

You may know that some nursery rhymes are based on true stories, but do you know who Humpty Dumpty really was? FInd out why he was so important to the city of Colchester in this week's story

This week's episode comes from Welsh folklore and tells the story of the WIse Wizard Huw Llyd and his encounter with some very curious cats.