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Folklore

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

The Devil, The Giant and Skirrid Mountain

Giants · Monmouthshire · Wales

The Devil, The Giant and Skirrid Mountain

5 Shocking Caul Bearer Stories from Victorian Times

5 Shocking Caul Bearer Stories from Victorian Times

David Copperfield and other amazing caulbearers in fiction

Folklore · Literature

Caulbearer · Charles Dickens · William Shakespeare

David Copperfield and other amazing caulbearers in fiction

6 Famous Caulbearers with Extraordinary Talents

6 Famous Caulbearers with Extraordinary Talents

Born Behind The Veil: 5 Famous British Caul Bearers

Born Behind The Veil: 5 Famous British Caul Bearers

Lancashire Day, A Time To Celebrate

Lancashire · North-West England

Lancashire Day, A Time To Celebrate

Derbyshire’s Ghostly Choir and Sermon for the Dead

Derbyshire · East Midlands

Derbyshire’s Ghostly Choir and Sermon for the Dead

Black Cats and Superstition: 13 Things You Didn’t Know About

Animal Superstitions · Witchcraft

Black Cats and Superstition: 13 Things You Didn’t Know About

4 Halloween Traditions We All Love and the Creepy Reasons Behind Them

4 Halloween Traditions We All Love and the Creepy Reasons Behind Them

England’s Obsession With Black Dogs And Other Demon Hounds of Hell

Mysterious Creatures

Arthur Conan Doyle · Black Dogs · England

England’s Obsession With Black Dogs And Other Demon Hounds of Hell

Does St Mark’s Eve rival Halloween as the spookiest day of the year?

Does St Mark’s Eve rival Halloween as the spookiest day of the year?

13 Irish Superstitions You Need To Know!

13 Irish Superstitions You Need To Know!

Halloween Monsters Crawl Out From Real Irish Folklore

Mysterious Creatures

Halloween · Ireland

Halloween Monsters Crawl Out From Real Irish Folklore

How The Welsh Bury Their Dead: Death Superstitions And Death in Wales

How The Welsh Bury Their Dead: Death Superstitions And Death in Wales

Shocking Child Demonic Possession Cases in Medieval England

Dark History · Folklore

East of England · Essex · Occult

Shocking Child Demonic Possession Cases in Medieval England

5 Deadly Welsh Curses That Could Destroy Your Life

5 Deadly Welsh Curses That Could Destroy Your Life

The Legend of Mitchell’s Fold Stone Circle

Ancient Sites · Shropshire · Stone Circles · West Midlands

The Legend of Mitchell’s Fold Stone Circle

Top 10 Most Disturbing Welsh Folk Legends

Folklore · Paranormal

Top 10 Most Disturbing Welsh Folk Legends

Cursing Stones, the Mysterious Altar for Revenge in Ireland

Connacht · Ireland · Mayo · Sligo

Cursing Stones, the Mysterious Altar for Revenge in Ireland

The Bloody History of British Witches

Occult · Witchcraft

The Bloody History of British Witches

The Wrekin Giant Who Hated The People Of Shrewsbury

Mysterious Creatures

Giants · Shropshire · Wales · West Midlands

The Wrekin Giant Who Hated The People Of Shrewsbury

Black Dogs and Other Terrifying Warnings of Death

Cryptozoology · Mysterious Creatures

Arthur Conan Doyle · Black Dogs

Black Dogs and Other Terrifying Warnings of Death

What evil lurks inside the haunted St Osyth Witches Cage in Essex?

Folklore · Paranormal

East of England · Essex · Ghost Hunting · Poltergeists · Witchcraft

What evil lurks inside the haunted St Osyth Witches Cage in Essex?

The Art of Co-Operating With Fairies

Mysterious Creatures

Fairies · Scotland

The Art of Co-Operating With Fairies

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