Christmas Tales Of Flanders
Andre De Ridder
Read by David Wales
“The Christmas Tales Of Flanders presented in this volume are popular fables and legends current in Flanders and Brabant, which have for centuries been told to children throughout Belgium. Their origin is doubtful, as all literature handed down by oral tradition must be. A good many of these stories are found in a different guise in the legends of other nations…. These tales occupy for the Flemish the place nursery rhymes take in England…” (Introduction) The book title may be a bit misleading as the stories, with two exceptions, do not concern themselves with Christmas. Perhaps a way to think about this is that they are good stories to tell around a roaring yule fire. - Summary by Book Introduction and David Wales (2 hr 38 min)
Chapters
| Introduction | 2:21 | Read by David Wales |
| The Rich Woman And The Poor Woman; The Story of Seppy | 12:38 | Read by David Wales |
| The Enchanted Apple-Tree; The Convent Free From Care | 8:00 | Read by David Wales |
| The Witches’ Cellar; The Boy Who Always Said The Wrong Thing | 7:51 | Read by David Wales |
| Hop-o-My-Thumb; The Emperor’s Parrot | 12:55 | Read by David Wales |
| The Little Blacksmith Verholen; Balten And The Wolf | 30:45 | Read by David Wales |
| The Mermaid; The Story Of The Little Hal-Cock | 10:49 | Read by David Wales |
| The Dwarf And The Blacksmith; Percy The Wizard Nicknamed Snail | 13:27 | Read by David Wales |
| Simple John; The Two Chickens Or The Two ears | 8:56 | Read by David Wales |
| The Wonderful Fish; The Frying-Pan | 13:59 | Read by David Wales |
| Farmer Broom Farmer Leaves And Farmer Iron; Little Lodewyk And Annie The Witch | 8:01 | Read by David Wales |
| The Giant Of The Causeway; The Key-Flower; The Ogre | 29:10 | Read by David Wales |