Walter Traill Dennison
Orcadian folklorist and antiquarian
Church grim
Spirit that protects graveyards from witches and the Devil, usually appearing as a black dog.
Devil’s door
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
Young Cornish servant girl endowed with the power to heal and prophetise after being visited by fairies
Ernest W. Marwick
Scottish writer, folklorist and antiquarian particularly noted for his texts on Orkney folklore and history
Jennifer Westwood
British author, broadcaster and folklorist.
John Gregorson Campbell
Scottish folklorist and Free Church minister at the Tiree and Coll parishes in Argyll, Scotland.
Jessie Saxby
Author and folklorist from Unst, one of the Shetland Islands of Scotland. She also had political interests and was a suffragette.