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.
18 books found
Cover unavailableLakeland Folk Tales for Children
Taffy Thomas gathers twenty folk tales rooted in the landscapes and communities of Cumbria. Dragons appear around Scafell Pike and Rydal Cave, while Grasmere provides settings for tales of cat fishers, a ghost, a swan…
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Cover unavailableLanarkshire Folk Tales
Lanarkshire Folk Tales gathers legends and traditional stories from across one of Scotland’s historic counties, ranging across fourteen centuries of local history and happenings. Allison Galbraith brings together tales connected with Lanark, Glasgow, Dolphinton and…
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Cover unavailableLancashire Folk Tales
Lancashire Folk Tales gathers traditional stories tied to the county’s towns, landscapes and legends. Jennie Ruth Bailey and David England retell accounts ranging from the Phantom Voice at Southport and the Leprechauns of Liverpool to…
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Cover unavailableLaois Folk Tales
Laois Folk Tales gathers stories rooted in County Laois, drawing on historical sources and interviews to connect local places with legend, belief and oral tradition. The collection ranges from heroic material about Fionn MacCumhaill, Oisín…
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Cover unavailableLegends of Dorset
Legends of Dorset gathers traditional stories and beliefs associated with the county, presenting Dorset as a landscape shaped by local memory, oral tradition and inherited lore. Polly Lloyd’s collection belongs to the regional folklore tradition…
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Cover unavailableLeicestershire Folk Tales for Children
Tom Phillips retells folk tales rooted in Leicestershire, drawing on stories attached to its towns, roads, buildings, forests and fields. The collection asks how a goddess became a witch, why the nine o’clock horses roam…
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Cover unavailableLeitrim Folk Tales
Susie Minto gathers traditional tales associated with County Leitrim, drawing on folklore archives, local histories, parish collections and other regional sources. The stories are rooted in the county’s landscape, from Benbo and its surrounding mountains…
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Cover unavailableLimerick Folk Tales
Limerick Folk Tales gathers stories rooted in the folklore of County Limerick, moving between fairy lore, legendary figures, local characters and tales shaped by the county’s landscape. Ruth Marshall recounts the story of Donn Fírinne,…
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Cover unavailableLincolnshire Folk Tales
Maureen James gathers Lincolnshire stories rooted in landscape, local custom and remembered belief. The collection ranges from tales of significant stones and rural fools to accounts of strange creatures, weather lore and people whose names…
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Cover unavailableListen to the Land Speak
Listen to the Land Speak examines how Irish mythology, language and landscape preserve ways of understanding place, nature and identity. Manchán Magan travels through bogs, across rivers and over mountains, tracing stories and traditions associated…
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Cover unavailableLondon Folk Tales
London Folk Tales gathers thirty stories linked to Greater London, moving loosely from legendary beginnings to tales rooted in more recent memory. Helen East draws on oral history, local reminiscence, written sources and folklore collections,…
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Cover unavailableLondon Folk Tales for Children
London Folk Tales for Children brings together traditional tales, ballads, imagined histories and stories gathered from Londoners past and present. Anne Johnson and Sef Townsend range from the River Thames and Tower ravens to the…
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Cover unavailableLondon Lore: The Legends and Traditions of the World's Most Vibrant City
London Lore surveys the capital’s folklore by district, bringing together ghost stories, local superstitions, annual customs, legends and traditional beliefs. Steve Roud ranges from the City of London and Westminster to the capital’s western, northern,…
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Cover unavailableLondon Urban Legends
London Urban Legends gathers the rumours, warnings and modern folk tales attached to the capital, from royal gossip and criminal lore to stories beneath its streets. Scott Wood considers how such narratives take shape, circulate…
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Cover unavailableLondon's River Tales for Children
London’s rivers provide the setting for this collection of historical and traditional stories, spanning Roman times to the present day. The book considers the Thames alongside lesser-known waterways that have been forced underground as the…
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Cover unavailableLong Ago by Shannonside
Long Ago by Shannonside gathers stories about the people, places and heroes of County Clare, preserving local memories that might otherwise have disappeared. Much of the material comes from Jimmy Armstrong, whose knowledge of the…
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Cover unavailableLongford Folk Tales
Longford Folk Tales gathers legends, folk customs and local lore from across County Longford, spanning early Irish tradition and more recent memory. Philip Byrne includes stories of saints, deities, fairies, devils, kings, ghosts and the…
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Cover unavailableLouth Folk Tales
Louth Folk Tales gathers ancient legends, local traditions and more recent stories from County Louth, ranging from fairy lore to saints’ legends and dark historical memory. Doreen McBride includes accounts of leprechauns, a fairy horse,…
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