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. |
From inside the book
... (animal apparitions linked to the weather) are very often big, black, and canine (seeOVERSTRAND, East Anglia), and Bouley's dog is a classic example, reports of him almost certainly predating the French refugees. BRECQHOU, CHANNEL ...
... animals that exist on the globe' with a picture ofa ship being attacked by a monster as big as itself, a drawing which defeats its object by being so obviously incredible. The largest known species, the Giant Pacific Octopus, usually ...
... animal life. the Island ofAtlantis, swallowed by the Sea, from the memory. The seventeenthcentury scholar Athanasius Kircher marked Atlantis midway between Africa andAmerica. The Latin caption translates roughly as 'The site of.
... animals, on several occasions he helped rescue sailors from shipwrecks on the rocky Cornish coast, and let one destitute survivor stay for weeks at the vicarage, eventually sending him on his way with a generous supply of money. He was ...
... and were known as Les Cris des Tombelènes. LA PERELLE BAY, GUERNSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS. Sailing. on. a. bone. An animal's bladebone or scapula, the flat bone at the back of the shoulder, was said to have magical qualities. In the hands.
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 | |