Forums: Folklore and Legends

Hello all,

Been meaning to drop back in for ages. Anyway saw this article…. Yep, it’s the Daily Mail, but might be worth a read. Could Black Shuck have been a real, flesh and blood, massive dog?

 i am verry intrestid in seeing one i would really like to know why they have gone into hideing and i would really like to know what did we do to them that made them so scard of us and i would like to know what the hell is going on in the world and who or what is distroying this bonde with the good folk i may sound of my nut for some of you but i am a believer 

Not sure where to file this one, so I felt that this part of the forum would be the best bet:

Looking for folklore for the area surrounding Buttsbury, Great Bursted, and Ingatestone. A friend of mine has suddenly developed an intense interest in the area, but as he’s a rather old man, has no way to get there, nor do I, for reasons more financial than physical.

Hi,

I recently started an illustration blog, and one of my first posts was an illustration of The Lambton Worm. It’s intended to be the first in a series of illustrations of English or British folk tales.

I thought this might be of interest.

http://thisnorthernboy.wordpress.com/2013/01/29/the-queer-worm-i-tha-well/

My best friend caught a fairy and he posted a blog to ask advise on what to do with it. Everyone is telling him to let it go. We can’t let that happen. I’ve been searching the internet looking for people with an interest in fairies. Please visit his blog and help me convince him to keep the fairy. Thanks.
http://captivefairy.blogspot.com/

I have come across a few legends in the South West of England where restless ghosts were ritually bound to a body of water, condemned to stay there until they had completed an impossible task, such as emptying it with a small container which has a hole in it.

what was the legend/myth about tracks left in the snow in one night for 100’s of miles, passing over rooftops and any obstacle?

Hey all. Appologies for my sustained absenses from the site, but I’m hopefully about to make up for it with a headscratcher:

We recently had an e-mail about fog bows and wondered if anyone could shed some light on where they appear and any folklore connections.