In his ‘Witchcraft and Superstitious Record in the South-Western District of Scotland’ (1911), J Maxwell Wood, refers a few ‘ghostly vestiges’ in the Parish of Glencairn. According to his text ‘At Auchenstroan and Marwhirn...
Folklore / Occult / Occult Traditions / Witchcraft
by Ian · Published February 15, 2020 · Last modified February 15, 2021
At the end of the 17th century, John Fergusson of Cummertrees was found guilty of using divination to identify a thief who had stolen a sack containing some cheese and herrings. The technique he...
The following account was reported on by Olivia Williams in a Cheshire Live article dated 02/02/2021. ‘A ‘suspected ‘big cat’ sighting was reported in Ellesmere Port on December 16, by a worker named Andy....
The most recent ‘big cat’ sighting was on January 14 at around 8am, when a woman claims she heard a “really deep growl” as she was taking her new puppy on a walk on...
A suspected ‘big cat’ sighting was reported on December 13 [2020] on the Chester Meadows…. Richard Evans said he took the photograph of the mysterious creature as he was heading back into the city...
The following account was reported in Cheshire Live by Olivia Williams in an article entitled ‘Cheshire woman describes encounter with ‘big cat’ as reported sightings continue’ (02/02/2021) The woman was walking her dog in...
‘The practice of burying self murderers at cross-roads with a stake driven through their bodies, was of immemorial antiquity in England. It was abolished in 1823. Tradition points out in almost every neighbourhood numerous...
Ancient Sites / Burial Mounds / Folklore / Irish Fairies / Vampire
by Ian · Published February 5, 2020 · Last modified February 5, 2025
Slaghtaverty Dolmen is a prehistoric cairn associated in Folklore as the burial site of the Abhartach. ‘There is a place in the parish of Errigal in Londonderry, called Slaghtaverty, but it ought to have...
Big Cats / Cryptozoology / Film Review / Review
by Ian · Published February 2, 2020 · Last modified February 5, 2025
Growing up in the countryside of rural Britain in the 1980s, it was almost impossible to get through a single week without over-hearing the mumbled and hushed whispers of nearby adults discussing the emergent...
According to ‘Some West Sussex Superstitions Lingering in 1868’, by Mrs Latham ‘It is likely that the present disposition to believe in ghost stories is in a great measure traditionally from the last generation,...
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