Folklore / Folktales / Scottish Folktales
by Ian · Published March 9, 2019 · Last modified March 9, 2021
A ruined church called Kirkmaiden-in-Fernis which can be found by Lag Point near Monreith, has an associated legend regarding the Myrton family and the foretelling of death. [Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western...
LONG hundreds of years ago there was a witch in the island who made herself the finest and cleverest-looking young woman in it. Her like for beauty was never before seen in this mortal...
ONE day when the birds were all together, one of them said, “I have been watching men, and I saw that they had a king. Let us too have a king.” “Why?” asked the...
English Folktales / Folklore / Folktales
by Ian · Published January 6, 2019 · Last modified January 16, 2019
Eight miles from the city of York, amidst picturesque scenery, on the banks of the River Wharfe, was anciently the site of a Convent of Nuns of the Cistercian order. There was a contemporary...
Devil / English Folktales / Folklore / Folktales / Legends
by Ian · Published August 3, 2018 · Last modified August 3, 2020
Harry ca Nab (also known as Harry Cannab) is traditionally thought to be the Devil’s Huntsman. This phantom is described as riding a bull or a winged horse and goes out hunting wild boar....
Ancient Sites / English Fairies / English Folktales / Fairies / Folklore / Folktales / Wells
by Ian · Published July 7, 2018 · Last modified July 7, 2019
At Bothel, in the parish of Torpenhow, a stream rises from a well which supplies the village with water. The proverbial “oldest inhabitant” asserted that this stream ran blood on the day of King...
Ancient Sites / Earth Works / English Fairies / English Folktales / Fairies / Folklore / Folktales
by Ian · Published April 6, 2018 · Last modified April 6, 2020
‘There is a tradition in the parish of Pulborough of a fairy’s funeral, and the very place of burial is pointed out to you. It is at the top of a green mound, known...
Apparitions / English Folktales / Folklore / Folktales / Hauntings
by Ian · Published April 29, 2016 · Last modified December 29, 2018
The following account was extracted from ‘The Ghost World’ by T F Thiselton Dyer 1893 ‘Referring to spots where murders have taken place, a Shropshire tradition informs us how, at a certain house at Hampton’s Wood, near Ellesmere, six illegitimate children were murdered by their parents, and buried in a garden.
Folklore / Folktales / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published April 9, 2016 · Last modified January 1, 2019
Elliott O’Donnell gives the following description of a submerged town near Llangadock in his 1939 book ‘Haunted Churches’.
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by Ian · Published March 21, 2016 · Last modified October 12, 2018
I’ve known Mel for over 20 years, meeting though ASSAP while investigating paranormal cases in the North of England. We share a passion for collecting stories and coming from Lancashire myself I have been looking forward to reading Mel’s new book and revisiting some of the old stories, coming across some new ones..and of course, I can now add the book to my collection!
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