Dorsetshire Folk-lore
Author : John Symonds Udal
Publisher :
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 15,48 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Dorset (England)
ISBN :
Author : John Symonds Udal
Publisher :
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 15,48 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Dorset (England)
ISBN :
Author : J. Symmonds Udal
Publisher :
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 13,89 MB
Release : 2004-08-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781845515317
Author : John Symonds Udal
Publisher :
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 13,78 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : John Symonds Udal
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 19,6 MB
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1528762835
A captivating volume that’s brimming with traditional Dorsetshire folktales and superstitions. John Symonds Udal provides enthralling insight into the rich history of folktales, legends, and superstitions in Dorset. Detailing many of the county’s traditional customs, including those surrounding birth, marriage, and death, this volume is a fantastic read for those interested in English folklore.
Author : John Symonds Udal
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 47,98 MB
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1528799429
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author : Fran Doel
Publisher : History Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,50 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752439891
Folklore of Dorset explores the rich heritage of the county's traditions, seasonal customs and songs. Included are saints' lore and smugglers, wife sales, wrecking, witchcraft, wise men and West Gallery Music, hill figures, hempseed divination and holy wells, mummers' plays, May garlands and maypoles, Oosers and Oak Apple Day, bonfires and Beating the Bounds.The sources used include the poems and non-fiction of William Barnes, Thomas Hardy, the historian of Dorset John Hutchins, the Victorian and early twentieth-century folklorist John Udal and the Hammmond Brothers' collection of Dorset folksongs. The authors critically engage with the extent to which Hardy and Barnes can be regarded as primary sources for Dorset folklore. There is also considerable original research and use of oral material. Nearly 100 fascinating photographs illustrate the text and there is an appendix of a full mummers' play.
Author : Tim Laycock
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 11,60 MB
Release : 2019-08-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0750992832
Dorset is full of mythical creatures from Britain's most legendary folk tales, including demons, dragons, Jack-o'-lanterns, giants and mermaids. Read on to bring the landscape of the country's rolling hills and Jurassic coast alive, and let author Tim Laycock inspire you to rediscover the county you thought you knew.
Author : Joseph Jacobs
Publisher :
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 28,4 MB
Release : 1922
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN :
Most vols. for 1890- contain list of members of the Folk-lore Society.
Author : Margaret Baker
Publisher : David and Charles
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 50,99 MB
Release : 2024-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1446312658
Ever wondered if there's any truth behind planting by the moon? Or why wassailing is still a common folk practice in some parts of the world? In Gardener's Folklore, the record of these practices is unveiled, with plenty of tips and tricks to try in your own 21st century garden for blooming bushes and plentiful potatoes. First published in 1976, Gardener's Folklore collects the little bits of magic and myth to be found in the gardens of Britain and North America. Compiled from letters sent by gardeners to the author Margaret Baker, it unravels and documents the mysterious sayings and scraps of knowledge that are passed down through generations, while exploring the science of the time that backed up - or in some cases, didn't - the claims that were made. This delightfully written book shows just what people have believed and still believe will help their plants to grow. The observance of lunar and astrological conditions when planting, ways of encouraging fruit-bearing and discouraging pests, beliefs about the effects of climate and calendar, spells, the influence for good and bad of certain plants, the links between owners and trees - these are only a few of the aspects of gardening lore that are discussed. Gleaned from the people who grew up with them, they have much to say about our rural origins as well as having, here and there, implications for our future. Capturing the knowledge that old-time gardeners used to have remarkable successes, the ancient secrets of a happy healthy garden are shared for a new generation of green-fingered plant-lovers.
Author : Edwin Radford
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 30,53 MB
Release : 1996-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780760702284
Containing more that two thousand supersitions of Britain ranging over the past six hundred years, and extending down to the present day,this book demonstrates that superstitions are world-wide and inherent in all peoples of the world in exactly identical forms of fear and avoidance.