St Peter’s Church, Heysham, is simply beautiful. I’ve written about it, before. But there’s a rumour that something unusual is hidden on one of the gravestones. Equipped with the knowledge
Category: Folk Tale
A Hag’s Load…A Hag’s Load…
County Offally, Clonmacnoise, Monday, 25th July, 2022 *** *** The legend of regaining, ‘the Spoil’, is tied up with a stone. *** *** After the composing of a lay
Giants Everywhere…Giants Everywhere…
County Down, Friday, 17th June, 2022… *** *** There are sections of the texts which we have been considering that relate stories which are incredibly ancient. *** *** These ancient
The Head-Stones of Boa Isle…The Head-Stones of Boa Isle…
County Fermanagh, Wednesday, June 15th, 2022… *** *** Despite the plaited hair this side of the ‘Janet and John’ stone is now regarded as a masculine figure. *** *** Whilst
The Marsh King’s Daughter: Blossom…The Marsh King’s Daughter: Blossom…
Hi-ho the Carrion Crow, bow and bend to me… * …There usually is. Perhaps one reason for the tale’s obscurity these days is its perceived, overtly, Christian message. This
The Marsh King’s Daughter: Bud…The Marsh King’s Daughter: Bud…
‘…The Earth will see you on through this time…’ * …There always is. The Marsh King sinks back beneath the waters with the unnamed Egyptian Princess in his thrall.
Leaf and Flame – Trust and honourLeaf and Flame – Trust and honour
From Leaf and Flame – 2016… The Saturday night ritual drama saw Gawain taken to meet his fate. The Green Knight waited in the Green Chapel to return the blow
MistletoeMistletoe
This picture was taken in early spring last year, just as the world began to warm itself in the pale sunlight. The place was Pilton, a little village near Glastonbury
The Star of St George…The Star of St George…
* The red cross on the white shield of St. George is made up of red scales like the scales of the red dragon that wakes at the foot of
Through a hole clearly: the Legend of Sallow KennethThrough a hole clearly: the Legend of Sallow Kenneth
We were looking for dolphins… Between Rosemarkie and Fortrose, on the shores of the Black Isle, north of Inverness, there is a promontory named Channonry Point. It projects out into
The Quest for Immortality: Terms…The Quest for Immortality: Terms…
* … The terms Ego and Id had not yet been applied to the components of the human psyche when Gilgamesh was written but the self same dynamics are evident
North-easterly: Legends…North-easterly: Legends…
There are many stories associated with the castles of the Northumbrian coastline, some historical, others apocryphal, but it is often buried within the myths and legends that some fragment of