"Mossycoat" is a fairy tale published by Katherine M. Briggs and Ruth Tongue in Folktales of England.[1]: 48 It appears in A Book of British Fairy Tales by Alan Garner. and Small-Tooth Dog by Kevin Crossley-Holland. The story known by folklorists was collected by researcher T. W. Thompson from teller Taimi Boswell, a Romani, at Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, January 9, 1915.[1]: 234 [2]
It is Aarne-Thompson type 510B, unnatural love. Others of this type include "Donkeyskin", "Catskin", "Allerleirauh", "The King who Wished to Marry His Daughter", "The She-Bear", "Tattercoats", "Cap O' Rushes", "The Princess That Wore A Rabbit-Skin Dress", "The Bear" and "The Princess in the Suit of Leather".[3]