English Fairies / English Folktales / Fairies / Folklore / Folktales
by Ian · Published June 22, 2015 · Last modified November 19, 2018
The following story entitled ‘The Fairy Funeral’ was published in ‘English Fairy and Other Folk Tales’ (1890) by Edwin Sidney Hartland. ‘THE parish church of Lelant is curiously situated amidst hills of blown sand, near the entrance of the creek of Hayle.
English Folktales / Folklore / Folktales
by Ian · Published April 16, 2014 · Last modified November 19, 2018
‘The Lady With The Lantern’(1) is a story which appeared in English Fairy and Other Folk Tales’ by Edwin Sidney Hartland [1890]. It is reproduced below complete with footnote.
Apparitions / Ghost Ships / Hauntings
by Ian · Published July 25, 2008 · Last modified November 19, 2018
A ghost ship seen off the coast, has been identified with the ship Neptune. Also a ghostly lantern light is said to haunt the shore. It is supposed to be the lantern of a woman who was shipwrecked here and lost her baby to the waves. She is constantly searching for her child.
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