The Fabled Coast: Legends & traditions from around the shores of Britain & IrelandRandom House, 2012 M06 28 - 528 pages Pirates 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. |
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... Castle; Graham Groom, Lockerby Library; Reverend Helen Griffiss,All Saints church, Mudeford; Father Milo Guiry, St Declan's church; Paddy Hodgins, Seamus Roe and Sandra & Bryan Rogers, Clogherhead Historical Society; Mairi Hunter and ...
... castle emerged. Then a fleet of ships came sailing across, looking very warlike, and a second battalion from the southwest. Three or four galleys followed, with smaller boats in their wake, a procession that continued for around an hour ...
... Castle). There is no consensus as to whether the bellless church referred to was the medieval church of St James at Boscastle, demolished in the nineteenth century, or St Symphorian's at Forrabury, now the church for Boscastle parish ...
... Castle, who had learned his magic in eastern lands and had thwarted her spells many times. Determined to destroy him, she raised the Devil by her incantations and promised him her soul in return for his help. The site she chose for her ...
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Contents
SOUTHEAST ENGLAND | |
EAST ANGLIA | |
NORTHEAST ENGLAND | |
Cheshire Cumbria Lancashire Isle of Man Merseyside | |
WALES | |
SCOTTISH LOWLANDS | |
Highland Orkney Shetland Western Isles | |
NORTHERN EIRE NORTHERN IRELAND | |
Counties Clare Cork Dublin Kerry Waterford Wexford | |
Bibliography | |
References | |
Index | |