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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
Knights Templar and Devil Worship [Page 1, 2]	14	by steve_ash 21 Nov 2008 - 6:12am	by bedb 26 Nov 2010 - 9:55pm
Camping in scotland	0	by PBA4231 21 Sep 2010 - 10:56pm	n/a
Gorbals Vampire	3	by Ian Topham 23 Mar 2010 - 1:10pm	by OldTimeRadio 15 Sep 2010 - 6:07am
MLitt Scottish Folklore, University of Glasgow Dumfries Campus	2	by Ian Topham 30 Apr 2010 - 12:06pm	by Ian Topham 3 May 2010 - 2:27pm
Ladders	10	by Daniel Parkinson 11 Mar 2010 - 11:29pm	by Urisk 16 Mar 2010 - 8:04pm
'Giant' Old Hag moving furniture [Page 1, 2]	12	by Thryth 25 Dec 2009 - 12:46am	by jordanbenidict 2 Mar 2010 - 6:44pm
The Lambton Worm	2	by Daniel Parkinson 15 Nov 2008 - 12:26am	by jordanbenidict 27 Feb 2010 - 9:21pm
deathly spirits	1	by jordanbenidict 25 Feb 2010 - 5:31pm	by jordanbenidict 25 Feb 2010 - 5:36pm
Imber Village - "Ghost Town"	3	by Artillerly 30 Oct 2009 - 2:23pm	by Andrasta 30 Dec 2009 - 9:42pm
American Fairies [Page 1, 2, 3, 4]	32	by Ian Topham 25 Nov 2008 - 6:31pm	by Ian Topham 6 Dec 2009 - 4:29pm
Church folklore: petal rosettes	6	by megalith6 8 Oct 2009 - 10:44pm	by megalith6 10 Oct 2009 - 8:18pm
Bull-Beggar Traditions in Virginia	3	by Andrew Gable 5 Oct 2009 - 8:44pm	by Mauro 6 Oct 2009 - 5:05pm
Folk Traditions and Oddities [Page 1, 2]	15	by Ian Topham 29 Jul 2009 - 12:03pm	by Ian Topham 5 Oct 2009 - 1:13pm
Historical Merlin and Sites of interest	6	by JayBiggs 6 Sep 2009 - 9:16pm	by moth 2 Oct 2009 - 3:33pm
Folklore And Changes To Society.	8	by Ian Topham 17 Sep 2009 - 6:18pm	by Mauro 22 Sep 2009 - 9:27am
mystic rosette?	2	by megalith6 4 Sep 2009 - 7:17pm	by megalith6 13 Sep 2009 - 12:43pm
Bel the Giant	8	by myvoodoochild 9 Sep 2009 - 7:01pm	by myvoodoochild 11 Sep 2009 - 6:16pm
Craig-y-Ddinas	7	by alfreda 17 May 2009 - 10:38am	by JayBiggs 7 Sep 2009 - 11:02am
Uther Pendragon in Cumbria? [Page 1, 2, 3]	25	by steve_ash 21 Nov 2008 - 7:14am	by megalith6 4 Sep 2009 - 8:06pm
Black Annis, Leicestershire	2	by myvoodoochild 30 Aug 2009 - 6:42pm	by myvoodoochild 1 Sep 2009 - 10:21pm
Folktale or Legend?	7	by Ian Topham 19 Nov 2008 - 1:52pm	by Andrew Gable 26 Aug 2009 - 4:06pm
Northern England - Scottish Wolf and Werewolf Lore	5	by Andrew Gable 14 Jul 2009 - 4:42pm	by Agricola 22 Aug 2009 - 12:54am
Folklore based around the Autumn Equinox	1	by Sian 26 Jul 2009 - 10:07am	by Ian Topham 26 Jul 2009 - 3:07pm
The Legend of Sawney Beane	1	by Andrew Gable 18 Jul 2009 - 4:28am	by Ian Topham 19 Jul 2009 - 9:12am
21st Century Vampire Myths [Page 1, 2, 3]	28	by Ian Topham 16 Nov 2008 - 9:27pm	by Ian Topham 8 Jul 2009 - 5:40pm