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
... heard when England was in peril, and the mythical island ofHy Brazil, which for centuries appeared on sea charts and maps to the west of Ireland. The result is an endlessly fascinating, often surprising journey through our island ...
... heard a tale of spectacular risks and stupendous freaks. Her husband had evaded Scylla, a monstrous squid or octopus like the vast Kraken that haunted the imagination of later Scandinavian seafarers (seeBURRA, Scottish Highlands ...
... heard tolling, and they still ring out before a gale, 'but woe to the unhappy ship's 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 ...
... heard, and everyone rushed to the beach. In The Vicar of Morwenstow (1876), Sabine BaringGould reports that the performance was repeated for several nights, with people coming from all the surrounding villages to see the marvel, until ...
... heard to cry. One day a customs officer said to her, 'Well, Mrs Grylls, that baby ofyours is very quiet.' 'Quiet her may be,' came the reply, 'but I reckon her's got a deal o' sperit in her.' And so she had, ofcourse, forthe baby was ...
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 | |