Rossana Aimo

Roy Palmer

R. Aimo e R. Palmer
 The folklore of the British Isles has produced famous and beautiful legends, myths, fables and fairy tales. Among these: King Arthur, the most famous English legend with its protagonists Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, the Holy Grail and Excalibur; Robin Hood, the hero of Medieval England that steals from the rich to give to the poor; Owain, the hero of Welsh mythology, a brave knight that has a lot of adventurous stories in this book; The Sprightly Tailor, a very determined Scottish tailor that finishes his work in an old church where a terrible monster lives; Deirdre, the desperate love story of a very beautiful Irish girl.
 Each tale presents a closer examination of one of the themes of the story.
 
 Teacher's Resources available online: Answer Key - Audioscripts - Summing-up Activities
 
 In questo reader sono presenti leggende, miti, favole e fiabe appartenenti al folklore delle Isole Britanniche: King Arthur, la più famosa leggenda inglese; Robin Hood, l’eroe dell’Inghilterra medioevale che ruba ai ricchi per dare ai poveri; Owain, le imprese cavalleresche dell’eroe della mitologia gallese; The Sprightly Tailor, un sarto scozzese che riesce a portare a termine il suo lavoro con determinazione nonostante la presenza di un orribile mostro; Deirdre, la disperata storia d’amore di una bellissima fanciulla irlandese.&nbsp;

Folklore: legends, myths, fables and fairy tales

Chapter 1 - King Arthur

Extension: Stonehenge

Chapter 2 - Robin Hood

Extension: Sherwood Forest

Chapter 3 - Owain

Extension: Welsh Castles

Chapter 4 - The Sprightly Tailor

Extension: Scottish Superstitions

Chapter 5 - Deirdre

Extension: Irish Folklore

Summing-up activities

Glossary

AFTER READING   The Sprightly Tailor 4 Chapter WORKING ON SKILLS Listening to these three short recordings. What parts of the body can mListen you hear? Tick the ones you hear. 7 c leg c arm c feet c head c finger c teeth c ear Speaking 8 Imagine you are the tailor. Tell Lord MacDonald what the monster is like. Writing 9 Now you describe a monster. Give details about its body and its clothes. If you like, you can draw it. ........................................................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................................... GAME 10 The tailor s message. Can you read the message that the tailor writes on the wall of the haunted church? What s strange about it? Write it down. !HCRUHC EHT NI RETSNOM EHT FO DIARFA TON M I .ROLIAT EHT M I ........................................................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................................... 44 

E X T E N S I O N SCOTTISH SUPERSTITIONS There are a lot of sea monsters and sea creatures in the stories of Scotland. Scottish fishermen1 must fight against sea monsters like Stoor Worm, a snake-like2 creature that attacks boats, and Seefer, which is similar to the Loch Ness Monster because it has a long neck3. The villagers must offer food and flowers to these creatures to keep4 them quiet. Fishermen are very superstitious people5: they think that seagulls6 are the spirits of seamen7 and so they believe it is unlucky8 to kill a seagull. Seamen also consider dolphins9 creatures that bring luck10 and so you mustn t kill them. They say that if you see a group of dolphins playing near a ship, it is a good sign for the navigation. If you stand by a Scottish loch11, it is common to see seals12 playing. There are lots of Celtic legends that tell of seals that change their skin13 and become humans. An old superstition says that if a man finds a sealskin, he has power over the man or woman that is a seal. A sea-monster. Loch Ness monster. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. fisherman: a person that catches fish. snake-like: similar to a serpent. neck: see Act. 2, p. 37. keep: have. superstitious people: people that believe that particular events bring good or bad luck. 7. seaman: a person that works on a ship. 8. unlucky: not lucky. 9. dolphin: 10. luck: fortune. 11. loch: Scottish for lake. 6. seagull: 12. seal: 13. skin: the natural covering of your body. 45 

Narrativa inglese, livello A1 principianti. Leggende e miti britannici: Re Artù, Robin Hood, Owain, il sarto scozzese e la tragica Deirdre.

Tales from the British Isles - Collana RAINBOWS

Level A1 • Beginner - Collana RAINBOWS

Tales from the British Isles

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