Fairies Holt
‘According to a writer in the Stamford Mercury, June 7th, 1889, fairies were once to be met with in “Fairies’ Holt,” a field between Bag-Enderby and Somersby,” where the ploughmen in the old days...
Category: Folklore
The Boar of Beinn Gulbain (Benbulbin)
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...
All Saint’s Parish Church, Swanton Morley
The 14th century All Saints’ Church, has a peculiar pieced of local folklore or tradition attached to it. ‘At All Saints church in Swanton Morley, it’s said that Satan can be summoned if you...
Ferry of Carnoët
‘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...
Slinfold Bell
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...
St Pancras, Arlington
There is a thought to be a bell legend associated with Arlington parish Church, where the bell has been lost in a deep pool somewhere in the Cuckmere River. As with the Slinfold Bell...
St. Leonards Forest Dragon (1614)
A pamphlet was printed in 1614 warning of a serpent in St. Leonards Forest. The text can be found below: True and Wonderful A Discourse relating a strange and monstrous Serpent (or Dragon) lately...
St. Michael’s Island (Fort Island), Isle of Man
Measuring roughly 12 acres in size St Michael’s or Fort Island is connected to the mainland at the Langness Peninsula by a causeway. There are two ruined structures present, the 12th century St Michael’s...
Spanish Head, Isle of Man
Spanish Head is a promontory rising measuring over 100m above sea level. So in the piece of Ghostlore below, the figure covered some height in his walk. “One of my neighbours was telling me...
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