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A day of #hauntedhappening

In Cumbrian dialect, a 'bargest' is a frightening spirit foretelling death. It generally appears in the form of a large black dog. A strike from bargest's paw leaves a wound that never heals.
https://t.co/dR79xhRH82
#ghoststories #Cumbria

Wishing everyone a blessed Lammas /|\

Lammas or Lughnasadh, marks the beginning of fall, the noticeable descent of the Sun into the darkness of winter. Thoughts of transformation, death and rebirth are also part of Lughnasadh.
#Lammas #culture #druidry

The 'Child Ballads' are a collection of 305 ballads collated in 19th century by Francis James Child, published in 10 volumes 1882 - 1898 as The English and Scottish Popular Ballads
#folklore #storytelling

"The Twa Corbies", an Arthur Rackham illustration of Child Ballad 2

“Never name it [the boggart]” the old man repeated."

An article on Boggart #folklore from #Cumbria, #Lancashire, and #Northumbria
Link: https://t.co/soqr4WrM1l
#ghosts #ghoststories #storytelling

“derived from a circumstance which happened about 200 years ago, almost too ridiculous to be credited… an ancient possessor being said to have slain a noxious, cockatrice"
Slain by John Tallentire will a rowan branch.

https://t.co/dR79xhRH82 #mythologymonday #folklore #cumbria

#FolkloreThursday theme of #heroes - two Cumbrian #giants called Tarquin & Isir lived on a diet of human flesh. A practice which lost its appeal when Sir Lancelot slew Tarquin in battle https://t.co/dR79xhRH82 #folklore #Cumbria

Man's best friend: Charles Gough, died in a fall on Helvellyn, in 1805. He was accompanied by his dog Foxie, who stayed by his side for three months until his body was discovered.
(Painting by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer)
#NationalStorytellingWeek #history #Cumbria

Beware the Silver Knight of Kirkby Fell. The apparition clad in armour that has been known to take a swipe at passing travellers with his broadsword.
#folklore #storytelling #Cumbria

Michael Scot, 'the Wizard' (1175-1232), was an alchemist, astrologer, mathematician and translator.
In Cumbrian #folklore he is said to have turned to stone a coven of #witches, which became the stone circle of 'Long Meg and Her Daughters'.
#storytelling #magik #Cumbria

The 'Eachy of Bassenthwaite'. Reports of a large humanoid being of "gruesome and slimy appearance" emerging from the lake. It was first reported in 1873, with sightings in the early 1900s.
Perhaps an 'each-uisge' or 'water horse' from Celtic #folklore.

#storytelling #Cumbria