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Mr. Miacca, An English Folk Tale by Evaline Ness. Publication date 1967 Publisher Holt Rinehart and Winston, Inc Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks
Mr. Miacca: An English Folk Tale (1967) by Evaline Ness is a creepy little story that reminds me of Hansel and Gretal meets Charles Dickens. It's about a bad little boy named Tommy Grimes whose mother warns him not to go on a certain street.
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Mr Miacca is an English fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his English Fairy Tales . Synopsis. Tommy was sometimes bad, and when he was, he would go out into the street though his mother warned him that Mr Miacca would catch him. One day, Mr. Miacca did. He took him home to eat him, but went out to get herbs, so he would not be bitter.
English Folktale. Tommy Grimes was sometimes a good boy, and sometimes a bad boy; and when he was a bad boy, he was a very bad boy. Now his mother used to say to him: "Tommy, Tommy, be a good boy, and don't go out of the street, or else Mr. Miacca will take you." But still when he was a bad boy he would go out of the street; and one day, sure ...
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- Joseph Jacobs
- 1968
When Mr. Miacca got Tommy inside, he pulled him out of the bag and sat him down, and felt his arms and legs. "You're rather tough," says he; "but you're all I've got for supper, and you'll not taste bad boiled. But body o' me, I've forgot the herbs, and it's bitter you'll taste without herbs. Sally! Here, I say, Sally!" and he called Mrs. Miacca.
Mr. Miacca : an English folk tale Author : Evaline Ness ( Illustrator ) Summary : Tommy Grimes is seized by Mr. Miacca who captures bad boys and features boy-meat for supper
