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A Legend of Puckaster Cove

A Legend of Puckaster Cove

Hirst, Tony

Paperback

Series: Island Tales

General Fiction

ISBN13: 9798263248659
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 1 2025
Pages: 58
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.12 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
If Puckaster Cove, on the Isle of Wight, us named after Puck, king of the fiaries, surely there must be a fariy tale to go along with it?

IIndeed there is such a fantastical tale, penned by Abraham Elder and published in the pages of Bentley's Miscellany in 1839. It tells of a kindly soul, John Kann, who warns a neighbour not to build on the fairies' playground. The fairy-folk are grateful, and one night treat John Kann, magically reduced in size, Alice in Wonderland style, by a pinch of snuff, to a wonderful feast. And also to a secret that will bring him great reward. But what was that secret? And what happened when John Kann told that secret to another?

The original tale is republished here, along a with a more recent retelling of it, and short historical notes on Puckaster Cove, the pilgrim path from Niton to the holy well at Whitwell, and the legend of St. Radegund.

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