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Mamma's black nurse stories : West Indian folklore / by Mary Pamela Milne-Home ; with six full-page illustrations.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--West Indies.
- Folklore.
- West Indies.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 131 pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, music.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : William Blackwood and Sons, MDCCCXC.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Anansi and alligator ; Brother death ; The lady and the bull ; The snake and the king's daughter ; The story of Anansi and tiger ; The snake ; The affassia ; Goat and Anansi ; Anansi, his wife, and tiger ; The story about rat and cat ; Anansi, tiger, and goat ; Garshan bull ; The lady and the little doggie ; De king and de peafowl / Mary Pamela Milne-Home
- The lion, goat, and baboon ; The little child and the pumpkin-tree ; The king and the ant's tree ; The girl and the fish ; The dancing gang ; Anansi and baboon ; Anansi and the lion ; Anansi and Quanqua ; The brother and his sisters ; Why the Jack Spaniard's waist is small ; The man and the doukana tree ; The ear of corn and the twelve men / G.W. Dasent.
- Notes:
- Some stories reprinted from G.W. Dasent's Popular tales from the Norse. Cf. prefatory note.
- Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.
- Contains:
- Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896. Lion, goat, and baboon.
- Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896. Little child and the pumpkin-tree.
- Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896. King and the ant's tree.
- Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896. Girl and the fish.
- Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896. Dancing gang.
- Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896. Anansi and baboon.
- Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896. Anansi and the lion.
- Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896. Anansi and Quanqua.
- Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896. Brother and his sisters.
- Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896. Why the Jack Spaniard's waist is small.
- Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896. Man and the doukana tree.
- Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896. Ear of corn and the twelve men.
- Milne-Home, Mary Pamela Ellis. Anansi and alligator.
- Milne-Home, Mary Pamela Ellis. Brother death.
- Milne-Home, Mary Pamela Ellis. Lady and the bull.
- Milne-Home, Mary Pamela Ellis. Snake and the king's daughter.
- Milne-Home, Mary Pamela Ellis. Story of Anansi and tiger.
- Milne-Home, Mary Pamela Ellis. Snake.
- Milne-Home, Mary Pamela Ellis. Affassia.
- Milne-Home, Mary Pamela Ellis. Goat and Anansi.
- Milne-Home, Mary Pamela Ellis. Anansi, his wife, and tiger.
- Milne-Home, Mary Pamela Ellis. Story about rat and cat.
- Milne-Home, Mary Pamela Ellis. Anansi, tiger, and goat.
- Milne-Home, Mary Pamela Ellis. Garshan bull.
- Milne-Home, Mary Pamela Ellis. Lady and the little doggie.
- Milne-Home, Mary Pamela Ellis. De king and de peafowl.
- OCLC:
- 891054173
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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