Old Witch Boneyleg

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Old Witch Boneyleg

First edition
Author	Ruth Manning-Sanders
Illustrator	Kilmeny Niland
Country	Australia
Language	English
Genre	Fairy Tales
Publisher	Angus & Robertson
Publication date	1978
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	95 pp

Old Witch Boneyleg is a 1978 anthology of 13 fairy tales from around the world that have been collected and retold by Ruth Manning-Sanders. It is one in a long series of such anthologies by Manning-Sanders. This is a companion volume to The Haunted Castle. The book's title story is a Baba Yaga tale, although it does not mention the witch by name.

Table of contents[]

1. Old Witch Boneyleg (Russia)
2. The Bunyip (Australia)
3. The Farmer and the Water Fairies (Iceland)
4. Iron Hans (Transylvania)
5. Two Minutes (Russia)
6. The Broken Pitcher (France)
7. Natasha Most Lovely (Russia)
8. The King's Beard (Greece)
9. The Gold Stag (German soldier story)
10. The Dancing Pigs (Germany)
11. Giant Babolna (Hungary)
12. The Cauld Lad of Hilton (England)
13. Tossen the Fool (Denmark)

See also[]

• Witchcraft
• Bunyip