Hairy Jack
‘A canine apparition named ‘Hairy Jack’ was to be met with in the parish of Grayingham some years ago, and phantoms of the same breed are said to prowl about lonely plantations, by-ways, and...
Apparitions / Black Dogs / English Folktales / Folklore / Folktales / Hauntings
by Ian · Published July 9, 2025
‘A canine apparition named ‘Hairy Jack’ was to be met with in the parish of Grayingham some years ago, and phantoms of the same breed are said to prowl about lonely plantations, by-ways, and...
BUT at last one day Grania spoke to Diarmuid, and it is what she said, that it was a shame on them, with all the people and the household they had, and all their...
‘About a league below Quimperle is the ferry of Carnoet. Some portions of the old chateau of Carnoet still remain, and tradition says that this building was one of the many residences of the...
English Folktales / Folklore / Folktales / Occult / Occult Traditions / Other Mysteries / Witchcraft
by Ian · Published February 18, 2022
There is a story associated with St Peter’s Church, Slinfold which concerns the common folklore motif of a new bell being lost in transport. The bell in question is thought to have been enroute...
Ancient Sites / English Folktales / Folklore / Folktales / Standing Stones
by Ian · Published February 21, 2021 · Last modified February 29, 2024
An ancient stone referred to as the Sack Stone could be found at Fonaby. An old picture of the stone shows it had the look of a sack about it, which probably led to...
‘In the family of Kirkpatrick of Closeburn the tradition was, that when a death was about to take place in the family a swan invariably made its appearance on the loch that surrounded the...
In Halton Holegate, Lincolnshire, it is said that whenever someone in the village is about to die, a mysterious light will appear above their home. The origins of this legend stretch back to the...
Folklore / Folktales / Irish Folktales
by Ian · Published November 9, 2020 · Last modified November 9, 2022
There was once a tailor in Galway, and he was sewing cloth. He saw a flea springing up out of the cloth, and he threw his needle at it and killed it. Then he...
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