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Category Archives: Folklore & folklorists

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Walter Traill Dennison

Sep 19, 2019Georgie DarcyFolklore & folklorists

Orcadian folklorist and antiquarian

Church grim

Sep 15, 2019Eric CorbettFolklore & folklorists

Spirit that protects graveyards from witches and the Devil, usually appearing as a black dog.

Devil’s door

May 13, 2019Eric CorbettFolklore & folklorists, Religious architecture, Superstition

Blocked-up door in the north wall of a church, once believed to have been an escape route for the Devil when he left a child as a result of the sacrament of baptism.

Anne Jefferies

Mar 3, 2019Georgie DarcyFolklore & folkloristsNot on Wikipedia

Young Cornish servant girl endowed with the power to heal and prophetise after being visited by fairies

Ernest W. Marwick

Nov 14, 2018Georgie DarcyFolklore & folklorists, Writers

Scottish writer, folklorist and antiquarian particularly noted for his texts on Orkney folklore and history

Jennifer Westwood

Aug 4, 2018Georgie DarcyFolklore & folklorists

British author, broadcaster and folklorist.

John Gregorson Campbell

Jul 19, 2018Georgie DarcyFolklore & folklorists

Scottish folklorist and Free Church minister at the Tiree and Coll parishes in Argyll, Scotland.

Jessie Saxby

Jun 11, 2018Georgie DarcyFolklore & folklorists, Writers

Author and folklorist from Unst, one of the Shetland Islands of Scotland. She also had political interests and was a suffragette.

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