--- title: "1 Folk Tale Quotes By Maud Lindsay" description: "1 Folk Tale quotes by Maud Lindsay. Plus more from Maud Lindsay and more Folk Tale sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/maud-lindsay-28466_age_children-delight-in-folk-tale-and-fairy_1227927.jpg" --- > [Children delight in folk-tale and fairy lore, but the very little child loves best the story which mirrors the familiar. And it is for him, and for the mother who is striving in this age of profusion to guard the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/children-delight-in-folk-tale-and-fairy-lore-but-the-very-little/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/891/maud-lindsay-28466_age_children-delight-in-folk-tale-and-fairy_1227927.jpg) ## More by Maud Lindsay > [You better watch out You better not cry Better not pout I'm telling you why Santa Claus is coming to town](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/you-better-watch-out-you-better-not-cry-better-not-pout-i-m-telling/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) > [Keep thou an open door between thy child's life and thine own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/keep-thou-an-open-door-between-thy-child-s-life-and-thine-own/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) > [Nobody follows me where I go, Over the mountains or valleys below; Nobody sees where the wild winds blow, Only the Father in Heaven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/nobody-follows-me-where-i-go-over-the-mountains-or-valleys-below/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) > [Oh! like a wreath, let Christmas mirth To-day encircle all the earth, And bind the nations with the love That Jesus brought from heaven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/oh-like-a-wreath-let-christmas-mirth-to-day-encircle-all-the-earth/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) > [All the world is happy when Santa Claus comes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/all-the-world-is-happy-when-santa-claus-comes/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) > [Once upon a time there was a saucer pie. A saucer pie is one that is baked in a saucer instead of a pan;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/once-upon-a-time-there-was-a-saucer-pie-a-saucer-pie-is-one-that-is/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) > [Strength and skill are happy comrades.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/strength-and-skill-are-happy-comrades/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) > [Children delight in folk-tale and fairy lore, but the very little child loves best the story which mirrors the familiar. And it is for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/children-delight-in-folk-tale-and-fairy-lore-but-the-very-little/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) > [Wherever I fly from my own dear nest, I always come back, for home is the best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/wherever-i-fly-from-my-own-dear-nest-i-always-come-back-for-home-is/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) > [Love is a bridge that links us heart to heart Mother and child can never live apart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/love-is-a-bridge-that-links-us-heart-to-heart-mother-and-child-can/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) > [Greatness is not always largeness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/greatness-is-not-always-largeness/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) > [Wisdom comes with all we see, God writes His lessons in each flower, And ev'ry singing bird or bee Can teach us something of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/wisdom-comes-with-all-we-see-god-writes-his-lessons-in-each-flower/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) > [Tis the mind must guide the hand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/tis-the-mind-must-guide-the-hand/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) > [The humblest workman has his place, Which no one else can fill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/the-humblest-workman-has-his-place-which-no-one-else-can-fill/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) > [Merrily, merrily, listen to me, Flitting and flying from tree to tree. Nothing fear I, by land or sea, For God in Heaven is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-lindsay/merrily-merrily-listen-to-me-flitting-and-flying-from-tree-to-tree/) [Maud Lindsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-lindsay/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/folk-tale/maud-lindsay/#itemlist", "name": "1 Folk Tale Quotes By Maud Lindsay", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Children delight in folk-tale and fairy lore, but the very little child loves best the story which mirrors the familiar. 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