Produced by Chris Curnow, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: G.W.R: The Line to Legend Land THE HURLERS Page 8 PERRAN SANDS Page 12 ST ALLEN Page 16 ZENNOR Page 4 ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT Page 20 THE LOOE BAR Page 24 "FURRY DAY SONG" Page 52 Vol. One Front End] * * * * * LEGEND LAND Being a collection of some of the _OLD TALES_ told in those Western Parts of Britain served by the _GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY_, now retold by _LYONESSE_ [Illustration] VOLUME ONE _Published in 1922 by_ THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY [FELIX J. C. POLE, GENERAL MANAGER] PADDINGTON STATION, LONDON CONTENTS AND ILLUSTRATIONS The Mermaid of Zennor _Page_ 4 The Stone Men of St. Cleer 8 How St. Piran Came to Cornwall 12 The Lost Child of St. Allen 16 The Giants who Built the Mount 20 The Tasks of Tregeagle 24 The Lady of Llyn-y-Fan Fach 28 St. David and His Mother 32 The Vengeance of the Fairies 36 The Old Woman who Fooled the Devil 40 The Women Soldiers of Fishguard 44 How Bala Lake Began 48 The Furry Day Song (_Supplement_) 52 * * * * * This is a reprint in book form of the first series of _The Line to Legend Land_ leaflets, together with a Supplement, "The Furry Day Song." The Map at the beginning provides a guide to the localities of the six Cornish legends and the "Furry Day Song"; that at the back to the six stories of Wales. * * * * * _Printed by_ SPOTTISWOODE, BALLANTYNE & COMPANY LIMITED, _One New Street Square, London, E.C.4_ FOREWORD In those older, simpler days, when reading was a rare accomplishment, our many times great-grandparents would gather round the blazing fire of kitchen or hall on the long, dark winter nights and pass away the hours before bedtime in conversation and story-telling. The old stories were told again and again. The children learned them in their earliest years and passed them on to their children and grandchildren in turn. And, as is natural, in all this telling the stories changed little by little. New and more familiar characters were introduced, or a story-teller with more vivid imagination than his fellows would add a bit here and there to make a better tale of it.