The Customs, Superstitions, and Legends of the County of Somerset
Author: Charles Henry Poole
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Published: 1877
Total Pages: 164
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Author: Charles Henry Poole
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Published: 1877
Total Pages: 164
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Edwin Radford
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
Published: 1996-12
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 9780760702284
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContaining more that two thousand supersitions of Britain ranging over the past six hundred years, and extending down to the present day,this book demonstrates that superstitions are world-wide and inherent in all peoples of the world in exactly identical forms of fear and avoidance.
Author: Steve Roud
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2006-04-06
Total Pages: 1004
ISBN-13: 0141941626
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAre black cats lucky or unlucky? What should you do when you hear the first cuckoo? Since when have people believed that it's unlucky to shoot an albatross? Why does breaking a mirror lead to misfortune? This fascinating collection answers these and many other questions about the world of superstitions and forms an endlessly browsable guide to a subject that continues to obsess and intrigue.
Author: Kingsley Palmer
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Frederick George Aflalo
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 616
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Sophia Kingshill
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2012-06-28
Total Pages: 533
ISBN-13: 1409038459
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPirates and smugglers, ghost ships and sea-serpents, fishermen’s prayers and sailors’ rituals – the coastline of the British Isles plays host to an astonishingly rich variety of local legends, customs, and superstitions. In The Fabled Coast, renowned folklorists Sophia Kingshill and Jennifer Westwood gather together the most enthralling tales and traditions, tracing their origins and examining the facts behind the legends. Was there ever such a beast as the monstrous Kraken? Did a Welsh prince discover America, centuries before Columbus? What happened to the missing crew of the Mary Celeste? Along the way, they recount the stories that are an integral part of our coastal heritage, such as the tale of Drake’s Drum, said to be heard when England was in peril, and the mythical island of Hy Brazil, which for centuries appeared on sea charts and maps to the west of Ireland. The result is an endlessly fascinating, often surprising journey through our island history.
Author: Jennifer Westwood
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 940
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhere can you find the 'Devil's footprints'? What happened at the 'hangman's stone'? Did Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street, ever really exist? Where was King Arthur laid to rest? Bringing together tales of hauntings, highwaymen, family curses and lovers' leaps, this magnificent guide will take you on a magical journey through England's legendary past.
Author: Stephen Rippon
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Published: 2012-07-12
Total Pages: 423
ISBN-13: 0199533784
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume explores how the archaeologist or historian can understand variations in landscapes. Making use of a wide range of sources and techniques, including archaeological material, documentary sources, and maps, Rippon illustrates how local and regional variations in the 'historic landscape' can be understood.
Author: Jennifer Westwood
Publisher: Penguin UK
Published: 2013-10-31
Total Pages: 601
ISBN-13: 0141959533
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWatch out for a ghostly ship and its spectral crew off the coast of Cornwall Listen for the unearthly tread and rustling silk dress of Darlington's Lady Jarratt Shiver at the malevolent apparition of 50 Berkeley Square that no-one survives seeing Beware the black dog of Shap Fell: a sighting warns of fatal accidents England's past echoes with stories of unquiet spirits and hauntings, of headless highwaymen and grey ladies, indelible bloodstains and ghastly premonitions. Here, county by county, are the nation's most fascinating supernatural tales and bone-chilling legends: from a ghostly army marching across Cumbria to the vanishing hitchhiker of Bluebell Hill, from the gruesome Man-Monkey of Shropshire to the phantom congregation who gather for a 'Sermon of the Dead' ...