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Shelf III. Folk tales from Europe
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The Salmon of Knowledge by Clare (age 12) Leinster Ireland
"This is an Irish folktale. My teacher told me it when I was four. The river Boyne is in County Meath."

The Children of Lir by Autumn (age 10) Munster Ireland

The Children of Lir by Clare (age 12) Co.Dublin Ireland
"This is a very old Irish folktale. I do not remember who told it to me first,it's kind of like I always knew it."

How the Sun and Moon were made and why the Moon appears to dissaper by Ellie (age 10) Surrey UK
"I herd it from a Man who said it was very old!!"

Earth pull by Olle (age 8) Sweden
"The tale is told in my country. It is an old tale. My parents told me the tale."

Help, the wolf is here! by Sofia (age 12) Sweden
"This is a traditional tale about a shepherd boy and when he finally meets the wolf. IŠôe read it in a folk tale book."

The monster of The Great Lake by Ida (age 10) Sweden
"I am goinng to tell you a "true" story about the Great lake monster here in Jamtland, in Sweden. IŠôe heard it from my parents."

The three brothers by Niklas (age 12) Sweden
"This is a story from my village about three brothers. IŠôe heard it from my parents."

The Cracovia Dragon by Jacek (age 12) Warsaw Poland
"What monster lived near Cracovia (Poland)?"

Capel Gwladys by Emyr (age 12) Rhymni Valley Wales
Contact Email Address: ergruff@aol.com
"This is a story from Wales that happened a long time ago. Wales is a country next to England but much more colourful and rich of folk than England. It is from my homeplace called the valley of ' Rhymni.' Rhymni is a very nice place. The story I have written is in English but i heard the story in Welsh the official language of Wales. I speak the language fluently.Many Welsh words and names are in this story such as Gelligaer, Rhymni , Tudful Rhymni Gwladys Gwent and Bran."

The brave knight (Ukrainian tale) by Katerina-Sash (age 11) Manitoba Canada
"This story is an Ukrainian folk tale that my great grandmother passed down to me just before she passed away. It is a very old story and the words are spoke in Ukrainian. But I'll translate it for you."

Bony-Legs by Amy (age 8) BC Canada
Contact Email Address: kjyvorchuk@home.com
"At school, my teacher read this story to the class. This is based on the Russian tale Baba Yaga and we listened to the story Baba Yaga on a cassette in Kindergarten, Bony-Legs is also a tale from Russia even though I'm not from there."

Butifull Moon by Nicole (age 6) London UK
Contact Email Address: csyjee@hotmail.com
"This is a story my mom told me. This is a traditional chinese story."

The Monkey Hangers by Lauren (age 11) Clevland England
Contact Email Address: msuthern@uk.packardbell.org
"I live in Hartlepool, England and we are called "Monkey Hangers.""

Baba Yaga (Russian tale ) by Stephanie (age 11) UK
Email: Stephanieyipp@Yahoo.com
"This is a folk tale is from the country Russia although I am not from there. It is one of my favourite stories! I was told by a story book from around the worl so listen up!"

Believe (Italian tale ) by Gina (age 10) USA
Email: Dancer439@aol.com
"This is an Itallian Tale about believeing. It is about a miricle that happened."
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