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ISBN: 978-1-60732-919-0 (paperback)

ISBN: 978-1-60732-920-6 (ebook)

https://doi.org/10.7330/9781607329206

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Lannon, Alice, 1927–2013, storyteller. | Power, Pius, 1915–1993, storyteller. | Best, Anita, 1948– editor. | Lovelace, Martin J., editor. | Greenhill, Pauline, editor.

Title: Clever maids, fearless Jacks, and a cat : fairy tales from a living oral tradition / edited by Anita Best, Martin Lovelace, Pauline Greenhill ; illustrated by Graham Blair.

Description: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019020517 | ISBN 9781607329190 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781607329206 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Fairy tales—Newfoundland and Labrador—Specimens. | Tales—Newfoundland and Labrador—Specimens. | Folklore—Newfoundland and Labrador—History. | Oral tradition—Newfoundland and Labrador. | Spoken word poetry.

Classification: LCC GR113.5.N54 C55 2018 | DDC 398.209718—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019020517

The University Press of Colorado gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the University of Winnipeg and Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador toward the publication of this book.

Cover illustrations by Graham Blair. Background illustration © Bplanet/Shutterstock.