Elsie Masson 
Fairytales of Brittany 

These tales are still characteristic of the tales told or sung in the farmhouses, at weddings and christenings in the Breton-speaking regions of Brittany, in spite of the disastrous modern influence of moving pictures and popular songs.

Some of the stories in this book are unpublished hitherto in their present form—the subjects of them being taken from the ancient folk songs of Barzaz-Breize, or from oral tradition