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Folklore and Legends

The British Isles has a rich diversity of folklore and legends, let us know about the customs and traditions from your area.

Topic	Replies	Created	Last reply
North Doors?	4	by megalith6 2 Jul 2010 - 8:55pm	by megalith6 5 Jul 2010 - 9:56pm
MLitt Scottish Folklore, University of Glasgow Dumfries Campus	2	by Ian Topham 30 Apr 2010 - 1:06pm	by Ian Topham 3 May 2010 - 3:27pm
Gorbals Vampire	2	by Ian Topham 23 Mar 2010 - 2:10pm	by Daniel Parkinson 27 Mar 2010 - 12:07am
Ladders	10	by Daniel Parkinson 12 Mar 2010 - 12:29am	by Urisk 16 Mar 2010 - 9:04pm
'Giant' Old Hag moving furniture [Page 1, 2]	12	by Thryth 25 Dec 2009 - 1:46am	by jordanbenidict 2 Mar 2010 - 7:44pm
Knights Templar and Devil Worship [Page 1, 2]	13	by steve_ash 21 Nov 2008 - 7:12am	by jordanbenidict 1 Mar 2010 - 9:42pm
The Lambton Worm	2	by Daniel Parkinson 15 Nov 2008 - 1:26am	by jordanbenidict 27 Feb 2010 - 10:21pm
deathly spirits	1	by jordanbenidict 25 Feb 2010 - 6:31pm	by jordanbenidict 25 Feb 2010 - 6:36pm
Early British Saints and Kings [Page 1, 2]	12	by Mauro 27 May 2009 - 9:57pm	by Mauro 13 Feb 2010 - 4:47pm
The British Museum's "cursed" mummy	10	by Mauro 22 Sep 2009 - 11:14am	by cragrat09 4 Feb 2010 - 2:41pm
Imber Village - "Ghost Town"	3	by Artillerly 30 Oct 2009 - 3:23pm	by Andrasta 30 Dec 2009 - 10:42pm
British Fairies	9	by Ian Topham 8 Oct 2009 - 10:22pm	by Urisk 27 Dec 2009 - 6:28pm
American Fairies [Page 1, 2, 3, 4]	32	by Ian Topham 25 Nov 2008 - 7:31pm	by Ian Topham 6 Dec 2009 - 5:29pm
Church folklore: petal rosettes	6	by megalith6 8 Oct 2009 - 11:44pm	by megalith6 10 Oct 2009 - 9:18pm
Bull-Beggar Traditions in Virginia	3	by Andrew Gable 5 Oct 2009 - 9:44pm	by Mauro 6 Oct 2009 - 6:05pm
Folk Traditions and Oddities [Page 1, 2]	15	by Ian Topham 29 Jul 2009 - 1:03pm	by Ian Topham 5 Oct 2009 - 2:13pm
Historical Merlin and Sites of interest	6	by JayBiggs 6 Sep 2009 - 10:16pm	by Ecardina 2 Oct 2009 - 4:33pm
Nasties around the world	8	by sacreddiscoveries 24 Aug 2009 - 10:13pm	by someonestole shell 28 Sep 2009 - 10:21am
Folklore And Changes To Society.	8	by Ian Topham 17 Sep 2009 - 7:18pm	by Mauro 22 Sep 2009 - 10:27am
mystic rosette?	2	by megalith6 4 Sep 2009 - 8:17pm	by megalith6 13 Sep 2009 - 1:43pm
Bel the Giant	8	by myvoodoochild 9 Sep 2009 - 8:01pm	by myvoodoochild 11 Sep 2009 - 7:16pm
Craig-y-Ddinas	7	by alfreda 17 May 2009 - 11:38am	by JayBiggs 7 Sep 2009 - 12:02pm
Uther Pendragon in Cumbria? [Page 1, 2, 3]	25	by steve_ash 21 Nov 2008 - 8:14am	by megalith6 4 Sep 2009 - 9:06pm
Black Annis, Leicestershire	2	by myvoodoochild 30 Aug 2009 - 7:42pm	by myvoodoochild 1 Sep 2009 - 11:21pm
Folktale or Legend?	7	by Ian Topham 19 Nov 2008 - 2:52pm	by Andrew Gable 26 Aug 2009 - 5:06pm