Episode 47 – The Five Jars, Part 3

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Recorded07 Jul 2015

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In this episode Mike and Will cover the concluding third of ‘The Five Jars‘, M.R. James’s little-read children’s book. Expect earwig racing, bat balls, dragons and horseshoe mayhem! The readings for this episode once again come from the excellent Librevox audiobook of The Five Jars, read by Peter Yearsley. Links: Iron in Folklore (Wikipedia) The wonderful world of mouse racing (Youtube) N or M? (Wikipedia) Contemporary children’s novels with a similar touch of the weird: The Box of Delights by John Masefield The Midnight Folk by John Masefield Five Children and It by Edith Nesbit Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

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