Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland – Lisa Schneidau

This is a lovely little compilation of stories, arranged seasonally. There are some stories you might recognize, spun a little differently.

The author mentioned how she often listened to the stories of other cultures (like the Coyote stories of North America), and wanted to make sure that the similar stories of Britain and Ireland weren’t lost. Which was interesting to me, because I feel like we English speakers not living in the British Isles think that a lot of British and Irish heritage is a part of our heritage, but there were definitely stories here that I had not heard before.