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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, cavaliers, a prime minister and a devilish mason.

Oxfordshire Folk Tales

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    A Paperback / softback by Kevan Manwaring

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      Publisher: The History Press Ltd
      Publication Date: 01/11/2012
      ISBN13: 9780752464145, 978-0752464145
      ISBN10: 0752464140

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      Book Synopsis

      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, cavaliers, a prime minister and a devilish mason.

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