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Spooky Isles
About
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Discover the old myths and tall tales handed down over the generations from our ancient lands…
Scottish Mermaid Real Life Tales
Guest Writer
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25 January 2023
10 Greatest English Folklore Characters You Need To Know
Spooky Isles Writer
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14 January 2023
British Trees Folklore: What You Need To Know
Spooky Isles Writer
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12 January 2023
Martin Mere’s strange tales of mermaids
1 February 2021
Olney and the Folklore of my Childhood Home
3 December 2020
What is Will o’ the Wisp?
3 October 2020
Bee superstition: A matter of life and death
14 July 2020
Top 10 Dark Ireland Folk Songs Based on Hauntings and Death
25 April 2020
10 Weirdest British Easter Traditions You Never Knew
25 February 2020
5 Scottish Death Customs You Never Knew Existed
24 February 2020
Did Welsh Giants Once Roam the Valleys?
3 January 2020
5 strange British funeral superstitions
10 December 2019
Spooky Christmas Folklore You Need to Know!
3 December 2019
6 Welsh Places with Gates to Annwn, ‘The Otherworld’
9 November 2019
Fire-gazing Folklore: A Guide Seeing Through The Flames
15 September 2019
Gurning Man of Glasgow Mystery: The truth revealed!
17 July 2019
Secret Devil’s Standing Stones in Marston Moretaine
11 July 2019
10 Scariest Banshee Hauntings in Ireland
7 July 2019
Britain’s Strangest Food Superstitions
7 July 2019
The Corpse Bird: A Guide to Welsh Owl Folklore
21 June 2019
England’s 6 Most Terrifying Historic Vampire Cases
18 June 2019
Who is the Bogeyman and where did he come from?
23 May 2019
Beltane in Wales: How to Celebrate Welsh May Day
28 April 2019
Cryptid Worms: Legend and Lore
4 January 2019
Cornish Owlman: Everything you need to know
2 January 2019
Mari Lwyd: How the Welsh celebrate Christmas with Horse Skull
20 December 2018
Spiders Superstition: A shocking web of omens and beliefs
8 October 2018
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