Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Folk Tales
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Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Folk Tales
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Author : Michael O'Leary
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-11-30
Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Folk Tales written by Michael O'Leary and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-30 with Fiction categories.
These beautifully told folk tales, brought vividly to life by Marcel O'Leary's graphic illustrations, have been collected by the author over his years of working as a greenkeeper, gardener, teacher and storyteller in Hampshire. Many are published here for the first time, and others have evolved through countless retellings in Hampshire schools, festivals, fêtes and events. Featuring dark tales of murderous kings and commoners, wild women, screaming skulls, galloping plague coaches, dragons dancing themselves to death, giants, and wandering corpses, combined with humorous stories and evocative tales of love, lust and passion, this book takes the reader beyond the written page and reveals the wonders that lie within the Hampshire landscape.
Sussex Folk Tales
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Author : Michael O'Leary
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2013-07-01
Sussex Folk Tales written by Michael O'Leary and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-01 with Fiction categories.
With screaming demons in Wealdon copses and dragons lurking in bottomless ponds, the folk tales of Sussex truly represent the diversity of the area. Meet knuckers and willocks, mawkins and marsh monsters, the Piltdown Man, Lord Moon of Amberley Swamp and the princess of the Mixon Hole. There is also something terrible crawling to Crawley from Gatwick, which develops a degraded appetite in a bin... From ghosts and madmen to witches and wise women, Michael O'Leary reveals many of the hidden horrors of Sussex – horrors that can be found in the most beautiful places, or that lurk beneath the seemingly mundane. Amid these dark tales are stories of humour and silliness, of love, lust and passion.
The Folklore Of Hampshire And The Isle Of Wight
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Author : Wendy Boase
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
The Folklore Of Hampshire And The Isle Of Wight written by Wendy Boase and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Social Science categories.
Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Ghost Tales
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Author : Michael O'Leary
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2016-04-04
Hampshire And Isle Of Wight Ghost Tales written by Michael O'Leary and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-04 with Performing Arts categories.
The stories in this haunting collection are as ancient and modern, powerful and fantastical, ambiguous and ambivalent as the ghosts they feature. Here you will find tales of headless horses riding moonbeams, an entrance to another world on Marrowbones Hill, drowned sailors and ghost ships, and a girl riding pillion on a motorbike driven by her dead boyfriend – all told in the distinct voice of noted storyteller Michael O'Leary who, for years, has wandered the highways and byways of Hampshire, immersed in the layers of ghost stories that have accumulated in this ancient county. Richly illustrated with original drawings, these tales are perfect for reading under the covers on dark, stormy nights.
Hampshire Folk Tales For Children
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Author : Michael O'Leary
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2016-09-05
Hampshire Folk Tales For Children written by Michael O'Leary and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-05 with History categories.
If you love magic and adventure, here is the book for you. In this treasure trove of tales, storyteller Michael O' Leary has collected stories from the Hampshire Downs (which are up), the New Forest (which is old), the copses and coppices, fields and farms, villages, towns and cities of Hampshire. In these stories you will meet dragons, giants, knights, princesses and some vile Vikings– and of course the Liphook fairies. From 'Once upon a time...' to 'Happy ever after' you will be transported to Hampshire, where even the stones have stories to tell.
Haunted England
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Author : Jennifer Westwood
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2013-10-31
Haunted England written by Jennifer Westwood and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-31 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
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' ...
Writing Landscape And Setting In The Anthropocene
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Author : Philippa Holloway
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Writing Landscape And Setting In The Anthropocene written by Philippa Holloway and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
The Pilgrimage Of Piltdown Man
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Author : Mike O'Leary
language : en
Publisher: Triarchy Press
Release Date : 2019-03-01
The Pilgrimage Of Piltdown Man written by Mike O'Leary and has been published by Triarchy Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-01 with Social Science categories.
Mike O’Leary has been a professional storyteller for 25 years and his post-fairy tale vividly knits together the knuckers, hags, wisht hounds and dragons of folklore with more contemporary concerns of roadkill, hitch-hiking, migration and abuse.
The Hampshire Antiquary And Naturalist
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
The Hampshire Antiquary And Naturalist written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Hampshire (England) categories.
Vickery S Folk Flora
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Author : Roy Vickery
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-04-04
Vickery S Folk Flora written by Roy Vickery and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-04 with Nature categories.
This book is a dictionary of British (native, naturalised and cultivated) plants and the folklore associated with them. Unlike many plant-lore publications Vickery's Folk Flora tells us what people currently do and believe, rather than what Victorians did and believed. The result is a vivid demonstration that plant folklore in the British Isles is not only surviving but flourishing; adapting and evolving as time goes by, even in urban areas. Each entry includes: - The plant's English and scientific (Latin) name, as well as significant local names. - A brief description of the plant and its distribution, and, in the case of cultivated plants, a history of their introduction to the British Isles - Information on the folklore and traditional uses of the plant, arranged where possible in a sequence starting with general folk beliefs (superstitions), use in traditional customs, use in folk medicine, other uses, and legends concerning individual representatives of the plant. In addition to the major entries there are a number of minor entries for feast days, diseases and other subjects which direct readers to relevant major entries, e.g. St. George's Day, on which red roses are worn; dandelions are gathered; and runner beans are planted.