Folklore

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

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
The Allendale Wolf, a beast remembered in fire
Irish Pig Folklore: 10 Strange and Sacred Facts
Goram and Vincent: The Giants Who Created Bristol
Irish Vampires Before Dracula: From Dearg Due to Le Fanu’s Carmilla
The Wolf Man of Merionethshire
St Werburgh: The Goose-Taming Saint of Chester
Bucca: The Sea Spirit of Cornwall
Tiddy Mun: The Bog Spirit of Lincolnshire
Illustrated Tales of Devon by John Husband BOOK REVIEW
Ring of Brodgar: Orkney’s Ancient Circle of Mystery
9 Fascinating Facts About Elm Superstitions in the UK and Ireland
Illustrated Tales of the Black Country by Helen Harwood BOOK REVIEW
Whispering Mysteries of the Rollright Stones