I used to do a bit of writing for the History (UK) TV channel website, and one of the things I wrote a lot about was the rise and fall[…]
Tag: Folklore Thursday
Folklore Comics by P. J. Holden and John
Following on from a little one page Twitter comic made out of a Tweet of mine a few weeks back, P. J. Holden and I decided we’d try doing a[…]
Spring Heeled Jack Visits Liverpool, from Fortean Times #238
Today Dr. Karl Bell has posted an very interesting article entitled Spring-heeled Jack: The Terror of Victorian England over on the #FolkloreThursday website. This reminded me of my own small[…]
From Spirits of Place: The Palace Built Over a Hellmouth by Maria J. Pérez Cuervo
Fresh for #FolkloreThursday, Greg Taylor has posted Maria J. Pérez Cuervo’s Spirits of Place essay “The Palace Built Over a Hellmouth“, about El Escorial on the southern slopes of Mount Abantos, over on the[…]
Double #FolkloreThursday post: Hare’s Eggs for Easter, and Invoking the Spirits of Place
Hare’s Eggs at Easter As the Easter weekend draws close, children and adults alike anticipating a chocolate egg binge, the internet is alive with articles on the “true” origins of[…]
British Ash Tree Folklore, from Fortean Times #297
This short Forum piece was originally published in Fortean Times #297, released in January 2013 (dated February 2013 on the cover). Reposted here for possible #FolkloreThursday interest The common ash[…]