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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... death, a fund was set up to help complete her unpublished work on sea legends. Heartfelt thanks to those who generously contributed: Alison Anderstrem; Geoff Ball; Caroline Baxter; Dr J. H. Belcher; Lin Bensley; Ruth Binney; Janet ...
... death if you just sailed far enough. To the Greeks they were the Fortunate Isles or Hesperides; to the Celts, Tir na nÓg, the Land of Youth, or Hy Brazil (see INISHMORE , Northern Eire & Northern Ireland). For the early Celtic monks, it ...
... death in life' (see WATCHET , South-West England & Channel Islands), and like the Ancient Mariner, the captain of THE FLYING DUTCHMAN experienced the sea as an endless journey. Perhaps he still does. Phantom ships are reported from time ...
... death experiences, this can only be learned from the reports of those who have survived. In Credulities Past and Present (1880), William Jones cites an account of an old man who was on the point of death but revived: He had the ringing ...
... death while mending his roof . ' How sad , ' said Miss Eyre . ' Ah , yes , ' the woman replied , ' that was the mermaid's curse . ' BUDE , CORNWALL A fake mermaid As a young student in the 1820s , Robert Hawker , later vicar of ...
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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 | |
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