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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... ships. When the Spaniards came in sight, however, they greatly outnumbered the British fleet, which had also been ... ship against fiftythree. Grenville's decision went down in history. Tennyson's poem 'The Revenge' (1878) imagines ...
... 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 glory of Spain so cheap That he dared her with one little ship and his English few; Was he devil or man ...
... ship had taken on a local man to navigate into the harbour, and this pilot happened to be from Tintagel. Hearing his own parish bells ring out for vespers, he piously crossed himself, and thanked God that he would soon be safe on shore ...
... ship was driven on to the rocks and sank, and all on board except the devout pilot were drowned. As the vessel foundered, the bells were heard tolling, and they still ring out before a gale, 'but woe to the unhappy ship's crew that ...
... ship of that city had been infested with 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 ...
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 | |