Seven Miles of Steel Thistles

If we approach fairy tales expecting nothing but sexist stereotypes, we will miss the irony, the inflections; we won’t get the jokes...

Kate Crackernuts is the same story type as the Norwegian Tatterhood ( #15 in this series ) in which two sisters or stepsisters sti...

This Irish tale was collected by American folklorist Jeremiah Curtin who travelled through Kerry, Galway and Donegal in 1887 to t...