All tales on this site
An alphabetical collation
- Abu-Katrina the Lazy
- A lazy husband outwitted by a clever wife
- Beth Gellert
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A tale of mistaken anger, murder and regret (with teaching activity)
- Blood-Covered Vampire (audio)
- A funny story with a twist at the end
- Blue Rose
- A beautiful wedding story
- Candle in the Barn
- A father learns wisdom from his daughter
- Clever Farmer
- A tale of a fool (with teaching activity)
- Corpse Bride
- A tale for Hallowe'en
- Deaf Mary (video)
- A tale showing a married couple can live happily together
- Death and the Gardener
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The impossibility of fleeing from death (with teaching activity)
- First Smile (video, added June 2011)
- A tale showing why it is that women smile more than men
- Flute which Raised the Dead
- An old trickster tale
- Frightened Mouse
- A tale from India: and a good participation tale for younger children (with teaching activity)
- Girl from Heaven
- An African tale: the title says it all
- Jack goes Hunting (audio and video)
- A great comic tale showing a man can make his wife happy
- Jimmy No-Story (audio)
- A story showing how important it is always to have a tale to tell
- King Erysichthon (video)
- Ovid's dark tale of punishment by the gods
- Louse and the Flea (audio)
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A story over 2,000 years old
- Mary Culhaine
- A favourite ghoulish tale
- Milk and Sugar (video) added June 2011
- A powerful tale of immigration
- Miller and the Professor
- One of many versions of the Three Questions
- Miraculous Crane
- A Chinese tale
- Monk's Reward
- A Buddhist tale
- Mr Fox (audio)
- A favourite tale of horror (with teaching activity)
- Nasruddin's Donkey
- A typical Nasruddin view of religion
- No News
- A comic tale of how not to break bad news (with teaching activity)
- Old Woman and her Pig
- A folk tale from England (with teaching activity)
- One Innocent Farmer
- A tale of justice
- Pea-Finder
- A folk tale from Siebenbürgen (with teaching activity)
- Parrot's Prayer (audio)
- One of my most frequently requested comic stories - perhaps more for adults!
- Prayer the Gods Answered
- A Zen story of the dangers of longing too much
- Queen of the Fishes
- A Celtic tale of tricking the devil
- Rabbi's Journey
- A wise tale of what is important in life
- Rabbit and the Moon
- A Bushman tale of death and new birth
- Raja Suran's Expedition to China
- A legend from Singapore of how to avoid a war
- Reason to Beat your Wife
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Women may be horrified at the beginning of the tale, but they always love the end
- Shitting Donkey
- A tale where Jack outwits his landlord
- Silent Princess (audio)
- Like many oriental stories, this has more tales embedded in it
- Slumber King
- A King Arthur tale
- Story of the Demon
- A folk tale from Ladakh
- Strongest of Them All
- An English chain story (with teaching activity)
- Tailor and his Wife (audio)
- A great comic tale from Scotland - one of my favourites to open a performance
- Talking Dog
- A trickster tale
- Tale of a Tailor (audio)
- A delightfully simple chain story - made from nothing
- Tall Tale
- An example of an old folk genre - heard in a German pub
- Ten Commandments and the Umbrella
- A great joke
- Three Heads (video) added June 2011
- Showing the difference between a fool, a wise man - and a storyteller
- Three Ugly Aunts (audio)
- A tale showing what every pretty young girl really needs
- Vampire in the Taxi
- A jump tale - heard in a German pub
- Vishnu as Narisimha
- An Indian tale
- Well of the World's End (audio)
- A powerful English version of the Frog Prince
- What Women Most Desire (video)
- An old folktale whose title says it all
- Wife's Letter (video)
- A tale showing the power of the written word
- Woman and the Skeleton
- A tale created by my students
- Woman's Work
- A Norwegian tale of the husband who stayed at home to mind the house
- Wooden Ball
- A Scottish tale, re-written and illustrated by my pupils (with teaching activity)
- Wounded Selkie (audio)
- A beautiful Orcadian tale of revenge and forgiveness
Below these tales, collected by video, audio or text
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