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 arch - enemy was the lord of Pengerswick Castle , who had learned his magic in eastern lands and had thwarted her spells many times ...
... witch could use it as a raft to cross the sea . A Guernsey story tells of a man who went out to La Perelle Bay one morning and saw a ship approaching . While it was a long way off it looked very large , but as it came nearer it appeared ...
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Contents
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 | |
References | |
Index | |