Category Archives: Living Lore

Stag…

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Sue Vincent

*** A silent power vigilant beneath the forest bough, No thought of past or future holds thine eye… only the Now. Part of an endless cycle of the life and death of earth Within the kernel of each death the … Continue reading →

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Little-Big Field…

Posted on September 12, 2022 by Stuart France

County Tyrone, Wednesday, 15th June, 2022… *** *** Maybe, the magical battle is still going on? ***   *** The Fomorians are described as one-eyed, one-legged, and one-armed? * Which could just mean that they were regarded as being deformed … Continue reading →

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Heart of Albion: Triad of Albion, Book Two ~ Stuart France and Sue Vincent

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Sue Vincent

He scared them. He knew things. He was Fey… He had talked to the soldier. They had come from far away, marching across the hill with their sharp swords and short kilts, shiny metal at their breast and sun dark … Continue reading →

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Living Lore: March folklore ~ Gary Stocker

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Gary shares some March-related lore: “A peck of dust  Is worth a king’s ransom” A peck being a unit of dry volume. Finding that much dry soil in March is very unusual. “March many weathers” As we have seen, March … Continue reading →

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Living Lore: The Devil’s Nutting Bag (or the Devil’s Nightcap or Alcock’s Arbour) ~ Gary Stocker

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Gary continues his journey through Warwickshire’s folklore… the story of Alcock’s treasure reminded me forcibly of an old story about the treasure hidden beneath a Cistercian Abbey that I loved as a child… On the A46 Stratford Road, on the … Continue reading →

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Living Lore: The Rollright Stones ~ Gary Stocker

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Sue Vincent

This week, Gary takes us the Rollright Stones… a place we know and love. The dog, or ‘IndieAni Bones‘ as she insisted on calling herself, wrote her own post about one of our visits… and I wrote about one strange … Continue reading →

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Living Lore: Gibbet Hill, Coventry ~ Gary Stocker

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Gibbet Hill is on the outskirts of Coventry and bisects the Kenilworth Road. It has been used as a place of execution since 1765. In days of yore, three soldiers of Lord’s Pembroke’s Regiment of Dragoons, wearing disguises, mugged three … Continue reading →

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Living Lore: Murder, Ghosts and Sainthood in Offchurch ~ Gary Stocker

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Gary Stocker shares the story of a murder, a ghost and a saint… whose legend I explore at the end of Gary’s post: In the Warwickshire village of Offchurch in the 1650s a man was stabbed to death in a … Continue reading →

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Living Lore: City centre folklore in Coventry ~ Gary Stocker

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Hobb’s Hole A few hundred yards from Coventry city centre used to be a water well called Hobb’s Hole (or Hob’s Hole). The users of which used to elect their own mayor. The ceremony of which culminated in him being … Continue reading →

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A weekend wander: Conjuring the Devil?

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

On Sunday afternoon, with a little time to spare, we wandered out to North Marston, just a few miles from my home, to revisit the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. While its name is quite a … Continue reading →

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