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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... 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 ofDrake's Drum, said to be heard when England was in peril, and the mythical island ofHy Brazil, which ...
... crew of each boat build up a large garland of handsome flowers upon a frame, and carry it from house to house, usually getting a few pence apiece fromthose who can afford it. The people throng the beach, weather permitting, in the ...
... crew returned to their native shores. Too weak to argue, Grenville was removed to the Spanish admiral's ship, where he died three days later: And they stared at the dead that had been so valiant and true, And had holden the power and ...
... crew that hears them, for wreck, misfortunes, and deaths are sure to follow.' This moral tale was widely repeated in the late nineteenth century, and the Reverend Robert Hawker, vicar of MORWENSTOW from 1834 to 1875, composed a popular ...
... crew sent ashore for milk, saying that their captain was ill. This was in the reign of William and Mary (1689–94), when the Dutch were Britain's allies, so the islanders were happy to supply the sailors. After a few days, news came that ...
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 | |