A Bag Of Moonshine

A Bag Of Moonshine
Alan Garner

The much-loved classic, finally in ebook.Stunning new CollinsVoyager edition of Alan Garner’s collection of folklore.Boggarts and gowks, fools and hobgoblins are only some of the strange and wonderful creatures in A Bag of Moonshine – a veritable treasure trove of stories chosen from the folklore of England and Wales.There are 22 tales in all, beautifully illustrated in black and white by prize-winning illustrator Patrick Lynch.

ALAN GARNER

A Bag of Moonshine

Illustrated by Patrick James Lynch

for

Wilfred Lancaster

and for Joshua Birtles

Fred Wright

Tom Turnock

Dafydd Rees

IN MEMORIAM

Contents

Cover (#uae79d38c-be22-5168-bb0b-d65a8c029cd5)

Title Page (#uae7c49bc-617d-50f3-b76f-906289ab3a5c)

Dedication (#u3aac660f-683e-55db-94d9-625a0819c86a)

Jack My Lad (#ulink_31f112b8-d5db-5f5e-a7eb-4412a3e6eb37)

Mr Vinegar (#ulink_824b6658-bccc-52a1-9c10-fce067f96cf4)

Grey Goat (#ulink_6895e2e2-1f2f-5c6a-af88-6eacab9e338b)

Tom Poker (#ulink_5705bec7-2959-57d6-a2ef-73b0824eeee9)

Jack and the Boggarts (#ulink_e7b3dc19-971a-522f-b15c-e5a46a217a4e)

Mollyndroat (#ulink_e0578459-508e-52fc-80e9-4a15c4cf765c)

The Three Gowks (#litres_trial_promo)

A Fat Hen (#litres_trial_promo)

Jack and the Beekeeper (#litres_trial_promo)

The Salmon Cariad (#litres_trial_promo)

Wicked Sparrow (#litres_trial_promo)

Billy Bowker’s Mowing Match (#litres_trial_promo)

Hom Bridson (#litres_trial_promo)

Cocky-keeko (#litres_trial_promo)

Jack Hannaford and the Gold to Paradise (#litres_trial_promo)

Todlowery (#litres_trial_promo)

Johnny Whopstraw and the Hare (#litres_trial_promo)

Belenay of the Lake (#litres_trial_promo)

Alice of the Lea (#litres_trial_promo)

Harry-cap and the Three Brothers (#litres_trial_promo)

A Bag of Moonshine (#litres_trial_promo)

Loppy Lankin (#litres_trial_promo)

Also by the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

“– it is in the speech of carters and housewives, in the speech of blacksmiths and old women, that one discovers the magic that sings the claim of the voice in the shadow, or that chants the rhyme of the fish in the well.”

JOHN MARUSKIN

Jack My Lad (#ulink_e439513b-6b98-56a8-8503-99946262e9a2)

Jack was boy that sold buttermilk, and one day, as he went along, he met a witch.

“Jack, my lad,” said the witch, “sell me a bit of your buttermilk.”

“No,” said Jack. “I shall not.”

“If you don’t,” said the witch, “I’ll put you in my sack.”

“No,” said Jack. “Not a drop,” said Jack. “You can’t have any; and that’s that.”

So the witch put Jack in her sack, the sack on her back, and set off for home. After a while, she said, “Eh up. I was forgetting. I’ll want some fat to fry with.”