children's literature Archives - Bone and Sickle

Rhymes for Those Who Can Neither Read Nor Run

January 31, 2026 boneandsickle ballads, books, Britain, children's literature, England, EPISODE, folk music, folklore, frogs, ghost stories, gothic literature, history, literature

Gammer Gurton’s Garland, published in 1784, is one of the earliest collections of English nursery rhymes, and contains verses both[…]

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Glass-Coffin Girls

February 28, 2024 boneandsickle Brothers Grimm, children's literature, EPISODE, fairy tales, folk tales, folklore, literature, Snow White

The story of Snow White, as told by the Brothers Grimm, is only one of many narratives involving girls who[…]

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Dark Fairy Tales II: Heads in a Fountain, Bones in a Bag

July 26, 2022 boneandsickle Britain, cautionary tales, children's literature, EPISODE, fairies, fairy tales, folk tales, folklore, Frau Holle, Grimm, Kind and Unkind Girls, legends, local legends

Dark fairy tale elements including floating heads and bags of bones are featured in a family of tales classified under the Aarne-Thompson[…]

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