Shropshire Folk Tales

In places, Shropshire has traditional patchwork fields and hedgerows; in others, small villages and market towns with black and white half-timbered buildings. But it also has places that are still wild - hills where heather and bracken cling to the rocks while peewits call overhead and strange rock formations jut to the sky, casting their shadows over the countryside below.

The thirty stories in this new collection have grown out of the county’s diverse landscapes: tales of the strange and the macabre; memories of magic and other worlds; proud recollections of folk history; stories to make you smile, sigh and shiver. Moulded by the land, weather and generations of tongues wagging, these traditional tales are full of Shropshire wit and wisdom, and will be enjoyed time and again.

Amy is a professional storyteller with a passion for traditional stories and riddles. She works in diverse venues with all ages: from nursery tales and schools to year-long reminiscence projects; from arts centres to arts consultancy and has toured nationally and internationally.

Amy’s previous titles for The History Press are Evesham Voices and Memories of Pontcysyllte, and she co-authored English Folktales (Greenwood) which won the 2007 Storytelling World Award for best collection. Amy lives in Bishops Castle, Shropshire.