Lincolnshire Folklore, Myth and Magic

Lincolnshire Folklore, Myth and Magic gathers the county’s ghost stories, legends and customary beliefs, setting them against fens, woods, marshes and coastal landscapes. Lucy Wood includes accounts of phantom horsemen on the roads, will-o’-the-wisps appearing across dark ground, and spirits associated with hidden pools.

The book also records traditions about witches blamed for storms over the North Sea, alongside charms, remedies and rural superstitions. Taken together, these accounts show how Lincolnshire communities interpreted illness, weather, danger and unexplained events through folklore. The result is a local study of stories and practices that connected everyday life with the county’s more troubling and uncanny traditions.