Folklore

Discover the old myths and tall tales handed down over the generations from our ancient lands…

The Each‑Uisge: Scotland’s Shape‑Shifting Water Monster
The Major Oak: The Story of Robin Hood’s Legendary Tree
How Mark Rees turned a love of Welsh folklore into a career
Cat-Sith: The Soul-Stealing Fairy Cat
How to Celebrate the Magic of Midsummer
Ceasg: The Terrifying Scottish Mermaid of Folklore
How to Spot a Fairy Tree in Ireland
St Dymphna: The Irish Princess Who Fled a Mad King
Healey Dell’s witchcraft and fairy legends linked to Robin Hood
7 Vinegar Superstitions You Show Know
Meet Gytrash, Yorkshire’s Black Dog of Death
Haunted Cherry Trees: Ghost Stories and Dark Folklore You Didn’t Know
St Walpurga: The Anglo-Saxon Nun Behind Dracula’s Darkest Night
Lady Day, The Forgotten 25 March Date Britain Once Feared
40 Death Folklore and Superstitions You Should Know
Daffodils: 10 Superstition and Folklore You Didn’t Know
Hooden Horse Folklore of East Kent
The Folklore of Night-Time Sounds, Part 2: Buckinghamshire Hauntings
The Vampire Rabbit of Newcastle Upon Tyne
The Folklore of Night-Time Sounds and the Haunting of Buckinghamshire, Part 1
Mystery and Magic at the Goblin Ha’
The Black Elf of Islay Strikes in Battle
Boggart Hole Clough’s Monster Waits in the Dark