Animal Lore and Legend

Ruth Binney has been studying the natural world for most of her life. She holds a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and has been involved in countless publications during her career as an editor. She is the author of many successful natural history and gardening books including Weeds on Trial 9781910821275, Flower Garden Secrets 9781910821428, The English Countryside 9781910821459 and Coasts 9781910821398. She lives in Cardiff.

• 1 Little birds that know 14 2 The cruel crocodile 15 3 Cunning as the fox 17 4 Spider talents 185 A complete turkey 20 6 Safe with the dolphins 21 7 The pure and gentle dove 22 8 The stupid ass 23 9 The Devil's goat 24 10 Piggy tales 26 11 Beware the bats 28 12 The swan's pure beauty 29 13 The victory eagle 31 14 Bee messengers 32 15 The helpful robin 34 16 Hippo lore 35 17 The mighty elephant 36 18 Dirty rats 3819 A mouse in the house 40 20 Bear strength 4121 The lion, king of the beasts 43 22 Menacing big cats 44 23 Monkey business 45 24 Fluttering by 47 25 The wisdom of salmon 48 26 The ways of the serpent 49 27 Beetle power 51 28 Cats, good and bad 52 29 The faithful dog 54 30 For love, luck and health 56 31 Animal love signs 58 32 Money and wealth 59 33 The lucky greeting 60 34 Harm them at your peril 62 35 Predicting stormy weather 63 36 Animals at home 65 37 Birds of doom 66 38 Christmas lore 67 39 Easter rites 69 40 Beware the owl 70 41 Forecasting the weather 71 42 Groundhog Day and Candlemas 73 43 Creatures of the zodiac 74 44 Aries - the ram 76 45 Taurus - the bull 77 46 Cancer - the crab 78 47 Leo - the lion 79 48 Scorpio - the sting in the tail 80 49 Capricorn - the goat 81 50 Pisces - a fishy duo 82 51 Chinese astrology 83 52 Dreams and prophecies 86 53 Healing the stomach 87 54 To cure a fever 88 55 The dreaded cough 90 56 Blood letting leeches 91 57 To drive out illness 93 58 Maggot clinic 94 59 Just a flea bite? 95 60 Mosquitoes - the flying foe 97 61 To ease the rheumatism 98 62 Of Gods, spirits and monsters 100 63 The mystery of mermaids 102 64 Phoenix rising 104 65 Hideous winged monsters 105 66 The elusive sea serpents 107 67 Norway's own Kraken 109 68 The monster of the loch 111 69 Follow the footprints 113 70 Tales of the thunderbird 114 71 Curses of the 'were' creatures 115 72 Tales of the vampire 117 73 The croak of the evil toad 118 74 The serpent god 120 75 The unicorn - one-horned wonder 121 76 'Here be dragons' 123 77 Enter the dragon 126 78 The ghastly griffin 127 79 Magical horses 129 80 The sacred bull giant 130 81 The mighty wolf 131 82 Beware the boggart and bug-a-boo 132 83 Mystic water horses 134 84 The charming sirens 135

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