Monograph long-listed for The Katharine Briggs Award, which is an annual book prize established by the Folklore Society to encourage the study of folklore, to help improve the standard of folklore publications in Britain and Ireland, to establish The Folklore Society as an arbiter of excellence, and to commemorate the life and work of the distinguished scholar Katharine Mary Briggs (1898-1980; Society president 1969-1972) https://folklore-society.com/awards/the-katharine-briggs-folklore-award/