Excerpt from Household Tales With Other Traditional: Remains, Collected in the Counties of York, Lincoln, Derby, and Nottingham In every case I have either written the tales down from dictation, or a written copy has been given to me. I have added nothing except the occasional formula, Once upon a time, or a title to a story which had no title. Nor have I taken anything away. As nearly as I could manage it, the tales are given in the very words Of the narrators. I have hardly attempted to reproduce dialect, but obsolete words, when used by the narrator, have been retained And when the narrator has used such a word as mamma, I have not hesitated to write mother. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.