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Some species have special places in their folklore for sure, but I can't say much more.

He was brother of his mother. They had the surname Knight.

His father was a merchant and his uncle was an architect. They were middle class.

The enchanted prince (king) had a servant who was so sad for his master he felt his heart will broke. He put three hoops made of iron to prevent that. When his master returned, his heart was so joyeus that hoops broke.

Illustrators portrayed them by their inspiration.

The introductory paragraph begins with "The Italians have a saying,"After a fat pope a thin one."

Does that saying base itself on the fact of there being fat popes even as I have no association of any pope with excess girth!

Thank you for your comment below on Oct. 17, 2019, in answer to my previous-day observations and question Oct. 16, 2019.

Window breakage caused me to consider trees exploding from such events as fires, high winds and ice.

Have there been famous, major exploding trees in the British Isles?

Your comment below on March 12, 2020, in answer to my previous, same day observations and question intrigues me.

In particular, I mull your noting that the king "should have realized that to try to send someone to hell is to qualify for Hell yourself!"

Would there be anything that he would do the rest of his life or in the next life to work himself from Hell into Heaven?

Thank you for the links completing subheading 10, about iron.

All the images display sometimes obviously, sometimes subtly varied interpretations of frog looks.

Does any tradition defer to a specific frog genus and species?

(I get quite a giggling, laughing fit over imagining the fairy-tale frog as a spring peeper [Pseudacris crucifer], whose populations lend nightly music here for over a month here now!)

The first paragraph to your introduction introduces us to Robert Anning Bell's uncle as an architect.

Might that kinship have been maternal or paternal?

The introductory paragraph advises us that "the Welsh coast provides some of the best coastal recreation in Britain."

What does the phrase coastal recreation subsume? Might it be beach volleyball-playing, canoeing, sunning, swimming and windsurfing and more?

English Wikipedia describes Robert Anning Bell as the son of cheesemonger Robert George Bell.

What socioeconomic niche did that entail for him? Did that involve the merchant class?

It appears to me that embassy work demands much personally and professionally of its staff.

Does the east-pond government pay for its embassy workers to spend extended weekends and national or religious holidays back in the British Isles?

Your comment below on Sep. 21, 2019, in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question intrigues me.

The Southport flower show keeps itself independent of the Royal Horticultural Society even as RHS prestigious, quality standards perhaps kindle RHS-qualified judges as Southport show judges.

Might there be polite suggestions from RHS-qualified judges for the Southport show to merge like Chelsea, Hampton Court and Tatton with RHS?

You're welcome, Tolovaj! Thank you for the visit and the appreciation.

P.S. Might there be any fairy tales about tax collectors ;-D?