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Folklore

Folklore, legends, customs and old beliefs from Britain and Ireland, including strange creatures, local traditions and supernatural tales.

Olney And The Folklore Of My Childhood Home

Buckinghamshire · South-East England

Olney And The Folklore Of My Childhood Home

Mermaid Of Zennor, Cornwall’s Mysterious Maritime Tale

Mysterious Creatures

Cornwall · Mermaids · South-West England

Mermaid Of Zennor, Cornwall’s Mysterious Maritime Tale

Old Sarum, The Rise And Fall Of An Ancient Settlement

Ancient Sites · South-West England · Wiltshire

Old Sarum, The Rise And Fall Of An Ancient Settlement

Roche Rock Cornwall, The Home Of Jan Tregeagle’s Evil Spirit

Cornwall · South-West England

Roche Rock Cornwall, The Home Of Jan Tregeagle’s Evil Spirit

St Michael’s Mount: Guide to its Secrets and Legends

Cornwall · South-West England

St Michael’s Mount: Guide to its Secrets and Legends

What is Will o’ the Wisp?

Mysterious Creatures

What is Will o’ the Wisp?

23 Mysterious British Holy Wells

23 Mysterious British Holy Wells

Bee superstition: A matter of life and death

Animal Superstitions

Bee superstition: A matter of life and death

Lavender in Folklore and Magic: 10 Things You Didn’t Know

Trees and Plants

Lavender in Folklore and Magic: 10 Things You Didn’t Know

The Story Of St Leonard, England’s Last Dragon Slayer

Cryptozoology · Folklore

Dragons · South-East England · West Sussex

The Story Of St Leonard, England’s Last Dragon Slayer

What Lurks In Dartmoor’s Wistman’s Woods?

Folklore · Ghosts and Hauntings

Black Dogs · Devon · South-West England

What Lurks In Dartmoor’s Wistman’s Woods?

Evil Fairies Bewitch Ploughman On Bennachie

Mysterious Creatures

Aberdeenshire · Fairies · Scotland

Evil Fairies Bewitch Ploughman On Bennachie

Jim Fitzpatrick on Irish Mythology and Phil Lynott

Jim Fitzpatrick on Irish Mythology and Phil Lynott

10 Dark Ireland Folk Songs About Ghosts and Death

Folklore · Music

Ireland · Northern Ireland

10 Dark Ireland Folk Songs About Ghosts and Death

Evil Earth Magnetism of Bass of Inverurie, Scotland

Aberdeenshire · Cemeteries · Scotland

Evil Earth Magnetism of Bass of Inverurie, Scotland

Going Underground: 3 Subterranean Mining Spirits

Going Underground: 3 Subterranean Mining Spirits

Meet Isle of Man Vampire, Matthew Hassal

Cemeteries and Burial Places · Folklore

Isle of Man · Vampires

Meet Isle of Man Vampire, Matthew Hassal

10 Weird British Easter Traditions

10 Weird British Easter Traditions

5 Scottish Death Customs You Never Knew Existed

Death · Scotland

5 Scottish Death Customs You Never Knew Existed

Did Welsh Giants Once Roam the Valleys?

Mysterious Creatures

Giants · Wales

Did Welsh Giants Once Roam the Valleys?

5 Strange British Funeral Superstitions

5 Strange British Funeral Superstitions

Spooky Christmas Folklore You Need to Know!

Spooky Christmas Folklore You Need to Know!

6 Welsh Places with Gates to Annwn, ‘The Otherworld’

6 Welsh Places with Gates to Annwn, ‘The Otherworld’

Old Prophet Edmund Jones, The Fairy Minister of Wales who saved Welsh Folklore

Fairies · Wales

Old Prophet Edmund Jones, The Fairy Minister of Wales who saved Welsh Folklore

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