Thomas Holt And The Devil
Roy Palmer in ‘The Folklore Of Warwickshire (1976)’ tells us that ‘A Coventry musician, called Thomas Holt, who had nineteen children, sold himself to the devil to solve his financial problems.
Monthly Archive: September 2012
Long Compton
About a mile from the Rollright Stones, it was once it was said that ‘There are enough witches in Long Compton to draw a load of hay up Long Compton Hill.’ Roy Palmer in his ‘The Folklore Of Warwickshire’ gives the following brief account of account of someone contacting the D
St Giles’ Church In Wales, Wrexham
One of the Seven Wonders of Wales, St Giles’ Church dates from the 16th century and has an interesting piece of folklore attached to it. Alfred.
La Planchada of Mexico City’s Hospital Juarez
Beginning in the 1930s, many doctors at Mexico City’s Hospital Juarez began reporting a mysterious improvement in the condition of some of their patients. When asked about these miraculous recoveries the patients all claimed to have been visited in the night by a nurse in an immaculately ironed but quite old fashioned uniform.
The Three Crutches, Strood
One night in the 13th century a Templar Knight named Sir Richard or Reginald Braybrooke was murdered whilst travelling (probably) to Temple Manor after visiting Lord Cobham. He was shot through the heart by and arrow and his body was not discovered until the following day at a location where three roads met. The murderer was never caught or brought to justice.
Kentish Longtails
The inhabitants of Strood in Kent were once nicknamed Kentish Longtails. Though this could relate to the belief in medieval mainland Europe that the English had tails, there is a folk tale relating a curse placed on the people of Strood by Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury.
In Search Of Britain’s Haunted Castles by Marc Alexander & Paul Abrahams
I’m always enthusiastic about new books that take a tour of this country highlighting great places to visit and sites to see, it’s even better when the book concentrates on Haunted locations, and in this case focussing on castles across England, Scotland and Wales.
St Cynfarch and St Mary Church, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
According to Elias Owen in his ‘Welsh folk-lore: a collection of the folk-tales and legends of North Wales’ (1887) ‘For the following legend, I am indebted to Mr. R. Prys Jones, who resided for several years in the parish of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd. In answer to a letter from me respecting mysterious removal of churches, Mr.
St Oswald’s Holy Well, Winwick
St Oswald’s Well is Grade II listed and can be found a mile north of St Oswald’s Church, Winwick in a field beside the A573.
St Oswald’s Church, Winwick
St Oswald, King of Northumbria (Born 604 – Died 5 August 642) was killed during the Battle of Maserfield (Maserfelth) against the pagan Mercian King Penda (Died 15 November 655).
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