Roxby Shagged Foal
Goosey Lane, or Boggart Lane, near Roxby, in Lincolnshire, has … a spectre of …… [a shagged-foal], or had as late as the third decade of this century [1800s].— Antiquary, vol. xxxiil, p. 75....
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Kirton-in-Lindsey Shagged Foal
A manifestation supposed to be a shagged-foal was seen near Kirton-in-Lindsey in a donkey-like form some fifty or fifty-five years ago [i.e. about 1842-7]. — Antiquary, vol. xxxiil, p. 75. [Examples of Printed Folk-lore...
Barton-upon-Humber Tatter Foal
Barton-upon-Humber, ‘The devil appears to persons there in the shape of a ragged colt called ‘tatter-foal.’ — Thompson, p. 736. [Examples of Printed Folk-lore Concerning Lincolnshire by Eliza Gutch, Mabel Peacock (1908)]
Barnoldby-le-Beck Shag-foal
‘An old lady used to talk of a mysterious phantom like an animal of deep black colour, which appeared before belated travellers. On hearing that we had been attacked at midnight by a large...
Jenny Stannywell
Straddling the Roman Ermine Street near Hibbaldstow was a Romano Britian settlement, the walls of which are said to have still been partially visible in the 1700s. The construction of Ermine Street is thought...
Howlet’s Close
Between Prestonmill and Kirkbean—midway between the two villages—there is a small plantation, with, on the other side of the road, a larger wood. The road itself at this particular part forms a hollow. This...
Park Mound (Park Mount)
‘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...
The Golden Mountain
Once upon a time a merchant’s son had too much fun spending money, and the day came when he saw himself ruined; he had nothing to eat, nothing to drink. He took a shovel...
Dame Prettyleggs
Tradition has it that Dame Prettylegs, a 19th century witch living in Albourne would hag-ride horses and be able to immobilize teams of animals pulling carts. Hag ridden horses were thought to have been...
Meargach’s Wife
AND while the Fianna were gathered yet on the hill where Tailc, son of Treon, had been put down, they saw a very great champion coming towards them, having an army behind him. He...
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