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  • Folklore of Lincolnshire

    Series series Folklore
    The county of Lincolnshire is a beautiful mixture of low-lying marshy fen land, modest hills and the steep valleys of the rolling Wolds. It is also home to a wealth of folklore, legend and intrigue. With one of the most interesting dialects in the country, this vast region is also rich in superstitions, songs and traditional games.A study of the daily life, lore and customs of Lincolnshire are ... Read more

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    by Jack Strange ...
    Series Book 2 - Jack's Strange Tales
    This small book looks at some of the strange things that make England unique, starting with the English language itself and looking at concepts such as sports, ghosts and the English love for eccentricity - like the sportsman who rode his horse naked.As well as strange people, the book looks at strange places. For example, there is the canal across Southern England that was dug to keep back ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jack's Strange Tales Collection

    The Complete Series

    by Jack Strange ...
    Series series Jack's Strange Tales
    All six books in 'Jack's Strange Tales', a series by Jack Strange, now in one volume!Strange Tales of Scotland: Strange Tales of Scotland all deal with a particular aspect of Scottish mysteries. You'll learn of the ghost that appeared at the wedding of King Alexander II, of monsters such as the Shellycoat and Water-horse that were thought to inhabit Scotland’s lochs. Another part deals exclusively ... Read more

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  • Ghost Trails of Yorkshire

    by Clive Kristen ...
    Series Book 2 - Ghost Trails
    Tried and tested ghosthunting trails - mainly in the rural areas of Yorkshire.Discerning ghosthunters will enjoy following the trails - many published for the first time in any form - and enjoying Yorkshire at its spooktacular best. ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Lore of Scotland

    A guide to Scottish legends

    Scotland's rich past and varied landscape have inspired an extraordinary array of legends and beliefs, and in The Lore of Scotland Jennifer Westwood and Sophia Kingshill bring together many of the finest and most intriguing: stories of heroes and bloody feuds, tales of giants, fairies, and witches, and accounts of local customs and traditions. Their range extends right across the country, from the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • The Penguin Book of Ghosts

    Haunted England

    Shiver at the story of the malevolent apparition of 50 Berkeley Square no one has survived seeing.Listen for the tapping cane, when Jeremy Bentham’s mummified body walks through the corridors of University College.Watch out for the Roman centurion who still patrols the causeway linking Mersea Island to Essex.Shudder at the ghosts of kings and queens that keep returning to their old home at Windsor ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Mysterious Cambridgeshire

    by Daniel Codd ...
    Mysterious Cambridgeshire is the next volume in the Mysterious Counties series, joining best-selling titles Mysterious Cornwall and Mysterious Lincolnshire. Exhaustively researched by the author and fully illustrated throughout, this book is designed to show the reader a Cambridgeshire they never knew existed a county full of supernatural secrets and strange lore.Covering a county with four ... Read more

    $9.61 CAD

  • Gruesome Guides: Stratford-upon-Avon

    by Terry Deary ...
    Illustrated by Mike Phillips ...
    Series series Horrible Histories
    HORRIBLE HISTORIES GRUESOME GUIDES: STRATFORD-UPON-AVON takes readers on a gore-tastic tour of the streets of Stratford-upon-Avon exposing all of its most scurrilous secrets. With this book tourists can plot their path to the past - pay their respects at Shakespeare's grave, brave spooky Sheep street, and lob cheese in the river. Fatal fleabites, bloody battles and brutal beheadings, it's a trip ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Green Men & White Swans

    The Folklore of British Pub Names

    Why do British pubs have such curious names? What tales lie behind the Moonrakers, the Hooden Horse, the Derby Tup? And why does the Green Man come in different shapes and sizes?In Green Men & White Swans, leading folklorist Jacqueline Simpson explores the fascinating stories behind pub names, uncovering the myths and legends, euphemisms and wordplays, heroes and even ghosts that have inspired pub ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Strangeness That Is Wales

    by Jack Strange ...
    Series Book 3 - Jack's Strange Tales
    Discover the strange legends, tales and history of Wales.Did the Welsh sail across the Atlantic in the 12th century?Was King Arthur Welsh?Included are stories on ghosts - both real and fake - and the legend of King Arthur. Welsh animal lore, customs, monsters and music are also examined. One of the strangest villages in the world gets a chapter to itself, as do witches, miners and druids.The book ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Treasury of British Folklore

    Maypoles, Mandrakes and Mistletoe

    An entertaining and engrossing collection of British customs, superstitions and legends from past and present.An entertaining and engrossing collection of British customs, superstitions and legends from past and present.Did you know, in Cumbria it was believed a person lying on a pillow stuffed with pigeon’s feathers could not die? Or that green is an unlucky colour for wedding dresses? In ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Irish Customs And Beliefs

    Gentle places, simple things

    by Kevin Danaher ...
    'Irish Customs and Beliefs' is a book of stories and beliefs of all kinds of things to do with old Ireland: highwaymen and travelling people, the Irish whiteboys, lost and hidden treasures. Beliefs associated with birds, insects, animals, plants, bushes, trees and stones, dwarfs and fabulous water monsters, ghosts, witches, castles and drowned cities. ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus