Discover folklore books from across the UK and Ireland, from local legends and old customs to supernatural traditions and strange regional tales. These titles explore the beliefs, stories and traditions that have shaped communities for generations.
27 books found
Cover unavailableCambridgeshire Folk Tales
Cambridgeshire Folk Tales gathers stories from the county’s contrasting landscapes, linking Cambridge, Huntingdonshire and the Isle of Ely with the people and traditions attached to them. Maureen James includes accounts of Hereward the Saxon, the…
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Cover unavailableCambridgeshire Folk Tales for Children
Cambridgeshire’s giants, legends and local heroes appear in sixteen stories shaped from the county’s folklore and history. Chip Colquhoun retells tales of Gogmagog, the Wisbech and Histon giants, King John’s jewels, an eel catcher’s daughter…
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Cover unavailableCardiff Folk Tales
Cardiff Folk Tales gathers stories rooted in the city’s landscape, communities and long history of oral storytelling. Cath Little ranges from the Celtic Silures who resisted Roman rule to the working people who mined, carried…
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Cover unavailableCarlow Folk Tales
Carlow Folk Tales gathers more than eighty traditional stories from rural County Carlow, collected and retold by local storytellers Aideen McBride and Jack Sheehan. The selection ranges across the county, presenting folklore shaped by local…
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Cover unavailableCarmarthenshire Folk Tales
Carmarthenshire Folk Tales gathers traditional stories from across a county shaped by the hills of Bro Dinefwr and the coastal wetlands around Laugharne. Its accounts include ghostly happenings in Carmarthen, described as Wales’s oldest town,…
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Cover unavailableCavan Folk Tales
Cavan Folk Tales gathers stories linked to the county’s history, landscape and living storytelling tradition. Gary Branigan brings together accounts of Bishop Bedell, the Great Hunger, the Black and Tans, and the Beaufighter crash on…
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Cover unavailableCeltic Myths and Legends
Celtic Myths and Legends gathers traditional tales from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Brittany. Its stories feature gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, enchanted weapons, fabulous beasts and beings associated with…
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Cover unavailableCeltic Warriors
Celtic Warriors examines the armies and martial culture of the ancient Celts, placing their warfare within the wider history of Iron Age Europe. Dáithí Ó hÓgáin draws together classical accounts of Celtic tribes, campaigns and…
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Cover unavailableCeredigion Folk Tales
Peter Stevenson gathers thirty tales rooted in Ceredigion’s landscapes, communities and storytelling traditions. The collection moves from the submerged kingdom of Cantre’r Gwaelod and the Devil’s Bridge to the Holy Grail’s association with Nanteos, blending…
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Cover unavailableCheshire Folk Tales
Cheshire Folk Tales gathers and retells stories rooted in the county’s landscape, traditions and oral culture. Johnny Gillett brings together tales of mythical heroes, demons, dragons, boggarts and sniddlebogs, linking them with Cheshire’s canals, forests,…
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Cover unavailableCircles of Stone: Weird Tales of Pagan Sites and Ancient Rites
Edited by Katy Soar, this British Library Tales of the Weird collection draws together stories about ancient stones, burial sites and the unsettling traditions surrounding them. Its contributors include Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen, Lisa Tuttle…
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Cover unavailableCity of Streams
City of Streams presents folklore and everyday experience in Galway during the 1930s, using material gathered by senior pupils in fourteen National Schools. Guided by their teachers and an Irish Folklore Commission questionnaire, the children…
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Cover unavailableClare Folk Tales
Ruth Marshall’s collection gathers traditional stories from across County Clare, linking its landscapes with tales of legendary people, heroic figures and otherworldly beings. Biddy Early, the county’s renowned wise woman, appears alongside Brian Boru, Finn…
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Cloven Country: The Devil and the English Landscape
Cloven Country examines how English folk legends have attached the Devil to hills, valleys, roads, rocks and other features of the landscape. Jeremy Harte traces stories of infernal labour, from stones hurled into place and…
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Cover unavailableComplete Guide to Celtic Mythology
Complete Guide to Celtic Mythology surveys the traditions associated with the Celtic world, beginning with background on the Celts and druids before turning to stories of saints, giants, monsters, heroes and sea gods. It also…
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Cover unavailableConcepts of Arthur
Concepts of Arthur examines the earliest surviving literary and folkloric evidence surrounding Britain’s most enduring legendary figure. Thomas Green assesses the case for a historical Arthur while questioning the assumption that the stories must preserve…
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Cover unavailableCork Folk Tales
Kate Corkery gathers folk stories from across County Cork, drawing on recorded folklore, historical sources and local reminiscences. The collection includes tales of the Goddess Cliona, the Hag of Beara and the giant Mac Mahon,…
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Cover unavailableCornish Folk Tales
Cornish Folk Tales follows Anthony James, a travelling ‘droll teller’, as he journeys around Cornwall during one glorious summer. His route provides the framework for stories rooted in the Duchy’s tradition of itinerant storytellers, who…
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Cover unavailableCornish Folk Tales for Children
Mike O’Connor retells 20 Cornish folk tales through Jamie, the son of a travelling droll teller who crosses the county hearing stories of legends, ghosts and marvels. The collection is intended for children aged 7…
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Cover unavailableCornish Folk Tales of Place: Traditional Stories from Mid and West Cornwall
Anna Chorlton retells traditional stories rooted in the landscapes of Mid and West Cornwall, from cliff tops and sandy shores to granite villages, mines and open moorland. The collection brings together accounts of lovesick giants,…
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Cover unavailableCornish Folk Tales of Place: Traditional Stories from North and East Cornwall
Anna Chorlton retells traditional stories rooted in North and East Cornwall, where rugged coasts, moors, tors and sandy shorelines provide the settings. The collection includes reports of powerful mermaids, spiteful witches, crafty smugglers and woeful…
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Cover unavailableCountry Folklore: Northumberland
This source collection brings together printed accounts of Northumberland folklore, arranged by subject rather than presented as a continuous narrative. Its opening sections cover tree and plant superstitions, goblindom, witchcraft, leechcraft, magic and divination, preserving…
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Cover unavailableCountry Lore and Legends
Country Lore and Legends gathers English tales rooted in particular places, drawing on the larger county-by-county work The Lore of the Land by Jennifer Westwood and Jacqueline Simpson. Its entries bring together local myths, legends…
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Cover unavailableCounty Durham Folk Tales
County Durham Folk Tales gathers traditional stories from across a varied landscape, moving from rugged coastlines and limestone cliffs to remote moorland, pastoral dales and settled coalfields. The county’s places provide settings for tales shaped…
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Cover unavailableCuchulainn and the Crow Queen
This retelling of the Irish Ulster Cycle traces Cúchulainn from his disputed birth to the battle of the bulls and his final death. Along the way, it presents the young champion’s defence of Ulster, his…
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Cover unavailableCumbrian Folk Tales
Cumbrian Folk Tales gathers stories rooted in the landscapes, characters and traditions of Cumbria, from Long Meg and John Peel to hobs, fairy figures and the oak men. Taffy Thomas retells tales shaped by the…
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Cover unavailableCures and Curses: Ritual and Cult at Holy Wells
Cures and Curses examines the rituals, beliefs and traditions surrounding holy wells, with particular attention to healing, divination and cursing. Janet Bord considers why springs were associated with saints, how their waters were believed to…
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