Norfolk

Posts in The Copybook tagged ‘Norfolk’

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The Pedlar of Swaffham Abraham de la Pryme

A persistent dream prompts a Norfolk tradesman to walk all the way to London in the hope of bettering his lot.

The following English folktale is an adaptation of an ancient legend found in ‘The Thousand and One Nights’, and told and retold of places from Cairo to Dundonald Castle in Scotland. This version places it in Swaffham in Norfolk, and is told by antiquarian Abraham de la Pryme.

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