The Folklore of the Lake District
Author : Marjorie Rowling
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 25,91 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Cumbrian Folk Tales
Author : Taffy Thomas MBE
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 41,71 MB
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0752478516
Book Description
These engaging folk tales from Cumbria were collected as fragments that the author has brought back to life. Shaped by the natural world, local customs and generations of chattering, these traditional tales reflect the unique Cumbrian wit and wisdom. Herein you will find intriguing accounts of Hunchback and the Swan, the Screaming Skulls of Calgarth, the Millom Hob Thross, Hughie the Graeme, Cumbrian Crack, and Billy Peascod's Harp. They will make you want to visit the places where they happened and meet some of the characters that feature in them. Including charming illustrations from the local artist Steven Gregg, this captivating collection will be enjoyed by readers time and again. Taffy Thomas has lived in Grasmere for well over thirty years, and is a highly experienced storyteller with a repertoire of more than 300 tales. In the 2001 New Year Honours List he was awarded the MBE for services to storytelling and charity, and in 2010 was appointed as the first UK Storyteller Laureate.
Tales and Legends of the English Lakes
Author : Wilson Armistead
Publisher :
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 10,11 MB
Release : 2018-08-07
Category :
ISBN : 9783337546700
Book Description
The Riddle in the Tale
Author : Taffy Thomas MBE
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,35 MB
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0750986379
Book Description
We have been fascinated by riddles for as long as we have had language – think of the legend of the sphinx in Greek mythology. This wonderful book includes both magical riddle tales and simple challenges, with clues and answers hidden in intricate illustrations. Discover how the farmer saved his daughter by solving the fairies' riddles or how the old hen-wife helped the two brothers solve the mystery of their father's will. Have a read – you'll be hooked.
Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments
Author : Adam Morgan Ibbotson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 10,50 MB
Release : 2021-07-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 075099763X
Book Description
Cumbria is a land built from stone. Whether it is Hadrian's Wall, Kendal Castle or the beautiful fells of the Lake District – for thousands of years people have found a certain elegance and utility in stone. Nestled amongst these common relics are a multitude of massive stone monuments, built over 3,000 years before British shores were ever touched by Roman sandals. Cumbria's 'megalithic' monuments are among Europe's greatest and best-preserved ancient relics but are often poorly understood and rarely visited. This updated and revised edition of Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments aims to dispel the idea that these stones are merely 'mysterious'. Within this book you will find credible answers, using up-to-date research, excavation notes, maps and diagrams to explore one of Britain's richest archaeological landscapes. Featuring stunning original photography and illustrated diagrams of every megalithic site in the county, Adam Morgan Ibbotson invites you to take a journey into a land sculpted by ancient hands.
Swallows and Amazons
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,25 MB
Release : 2012-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 156792462X
Book Description
When their boat is burned and they are cast adrift in the South China Sea, Titty, Roger, Peggy, John, Nancy, Susan, and Captain Flint make their way to land only to find themselves the captives of the redoubtable Missee Lee, one of the last pirates operating off the China coast.
The Picts and the Martyrs
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,28 MB
Release : 2008-02-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781567922288
Book Description
The two Blackett sisters are to stay at Beckfoot on the lakeshore with their cook, but when their great aunt hears of the abandonment, she's on the next train.
Arthur Ransome's Lake District
Author : Jon Sparks
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Lake District (England)
ISBN : 9781841145990
Book Description
Award winning writer and photographer Jon Sparks has produced an in-depth guide to the Lake District landscapes, which in many places has changed remarkably little since Arthur Ransome's time.
The Corpse Roads of Cumbria
Author : Alan Cleaver
Publisher :
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,24 MB
Release : 2018-02-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781985190344
Book Description
This is the black and white version. There is also a full colour version on Amazon. Criss-crossing the Cumbrian landscape are many trods, paths, lonnings and other ancient trackways. Included among these are several corpse roads. The enigmatic name hints at their curious origins. These paths were used until the 18th Century to transport the dead from the remote villages to the 'mother' church for burial. Eventually villagers petitioned for their own churches and burial rights but the corpse roads remained. Alan Cleaver and Lesley Park have researched these ancient paths and the stories surrounding them. The book also explores Cumbrian funeral customs and superstitions.
Haunted England
Author : Jennifer Westwood
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 40,35 MB
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0141959533
Book Description
Watch out for a ghostly ship and its spectral crew off the coast of Cornwall Listen for the unearthly tread and rustling silk dress of Darlington's Lady Jarratt Shiver at the malevolent apparition of 50 Berkeley Square that no-one survives seeing Beware the black dog of Shap Fell: a sighting warns of fatal accidents England's past echoes with stories of unquiet spirits and hauntings, of headless highwaymen and grey ladies, indelible bloodstains and ghastly premonitions. Here, county by county, are the nation's most fascinating supernatural tales and bone-chilling legends: from a ghostly army marching across Cumbria to the vanishing hitchhiker of Bluebell Hill, from the gruesome Man-Monkey of Shropshire to the phantom congregation who gather for a 'Sermon of the Dead' ...
