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MLitt Scottish Folklore, University of Glasgow Dumfries Campus

MLitt Scottish Folklore, University of Glasgow Dumfries Campus

Applications are now being taken for prospective students on a taught postgraduate degree in Scottish Folklore at the University of Glasgow’s campus in Dumfries (southwest Scotland). The MLitt Scottish Folklore focuses on the folklore and ethnology of lowland and highland, urban and rural, historical past and present day Scotland at both a local and international level.

Project Harvey and Conspirancy Theories

Project Harvey and Conspirancy Theories

The UFO field is literally chocked full with bizarre theories about "retroengineering" projects to build aircrafts based on alien technology or build advanced machines based on previously unheard of technology.

south sheilds poltergeist

south sheilds poltergeist

I have just started reading a book called The South Sheilds Poltergeist by M Hallowell & D Ritson. This is the first time I had heard of this and just wondered if anyone knows anything about this or have read the book. Any thoughts anybody? Thanks Nessa.

pendle witches

pendle witches

witches the most talked about people in the world they are in fairytales and history through out the world but the specific one’s i want to talk about are the pendle witches
if anyone knows anything about them would you please put it on this forum thankyou!

Ladders

Ladders

The superstition of not walking under a ladder seems to be quite widespread – I always thought it was just common sense to stop someone dropping something on your head.