
- 128 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Lancashire Folk Tales
About this book
These lively and entertaining folk tales from one of Britain's most diverse counties are vividly retold by writer, storyteller and poet Jennie Bailey and storyteller, writer, psychotherapist and shamanic guide David England. Take a fantasy journey around Lancashire, the Phantom Voice at Southport, the Leprechauns of Liverpool and the famous hanging of Pendle Witches at Lancaster, to the infamous Miss Whiplash at Clitheroe. Enjoy a rich feast of local tales, a vibrant and unique mythology, where pesky boggarts, devouring dragons, villainous knights, venomous beasts and even the Devil himself stalk the land. Beautifully illustrated by local artists Jo Lowes and Adelina Pintea, these tales bring to life the landscape of the county's narrow valleys, medieval forests and treacherous sands.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- About the Authors and Artists
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Welcome!
- 2 The Phantom Voice, Southport
- 3 Sir Lancelot and Sir Tarquin, Martin Mere
- 4 The Eagle and Child, Parbold, Ormskirk
- 5 The Devil’s Wall, Aughton, Ormskirk
- 6 Liverpool Legends
- 7 Tales of Bewsey Hall, Warrington
- 8 The Song of Warrikin Fair, Warrington
- 9 Manchester Battles
- 10 Sir Elias Gigas, The Giant of Worsley
- 11 The Skull House, Wardley Hall, Salford
- 12 Hannah Beswick, the Manchester Mummy
- 13 Tales from Middleton
- 14 Tales from the Borough of Rochdale
- 15 Fair Ellen of Radcliffe
- 16 The Devil in the Fireplace, Bury Grammar School
- 17 The Unsworth Dragon, Bury
- 18 The Lancashire Boggarts
- 19 The Bloody Footprint, Smithills Hall
- 20 Mab’s Cross Tales, Wigan
- 21 The de Hoghtons of Hoghton Tower
- 22 John Dee, Walton-le-Dale, Preston
- 23 The Preston Guild Merchant
- 24 The Battle of Preston
- 25 Traditions and Superstitions from the Fylde
- 26 Witchcraft and Persecution, Lancaster
- 27 The Perils of a Journey ‘Oversands’
- 28 The Dun Cow of Parlick, Bleasdale
- 29 The Dule Upo’ Dun, Waddington
- 30 Spooky Tales from Clitheroe
- 31 Lady Sybil and the Milk White Doe, Sabden
- Notes on the Tales
- Bibliography
- Copyright