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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... witches. This was discovered when the quartermaster went down to the hold, where to his astonishment he saw a lot of women, 'his knowne neighbours, making merry together, and taking their cups liberally: who having espied him ...
... Witch. of. Fraddam. One of the most powerful sorceresses of the West Country was the Witch of Fraddam. Her archenemy was the lord of Pengerswick Castle, who had learned his magic in eastern lands and had thwarted her spells many times ...
... witch's legs, and she fell into the tub, which at once assumed the shape ofa coffin. Raising his voice, the Enchanter uttered words in an unknown language, and a whirlwind arose, with the Devil in its midst. The witch in her coffin rose ...
... witch could use it as a raft to cross the sea. A Guernsey story tells ofa man who went out to La Perelle Bay one morning and saw a ship approaching. While it was a long way offit looked very large, but as it came nearer it appeared to ...
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Contents
Hampshire Kent London Sussex Isle ofWight | |
Essex Norfolk Suffolk | |
NORTHEAST ENGLAND | |
NORTHWEST ENGLAND ISLE OF | |
WALES | |
SCOTTISH LOWLANDS | |
Highland Orkney Shetland Western Isles | |
CountiesAntrim Donegal Down Galway Louth Mayo Meath Sligo | |
Counties Clare Cork Dublin Kerry Waterford Wexford | |
Bibliography | |
References | |
Index | |