England is in many ways the great Undiscovered Country

I would think the same is true today as it was back then; where there is folk, there is folklore...

Meanwhile, just unpacking a few more boxes of books (we've only been here a year) and what should turn up but The Reader's Digest Folklore Myths and Legends of Britain (1973) which is a classic of its kind; 540 large format pages replete with lore, legend, custom and wonders all suitably illustrated - and not a Green Man in sight! Actually, the absence of the Green Man from this otherwise comprehensive volume is a fair indication of the general recentness of his arrival into the folkloric consciousness; indeed, if such a volume were written today, it would be he that adorns the cover, rather than the Dorset Ooser...

Needless to say it now takes pride of place on my bookshelves; however so waywardly popularist in its approach, no Museum of British Folklore should be without a copy!