Tag Archives: folklore

Dark Enchanted Isle ~ Gavin MacGregor.

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from heritagelandscapecreativity: The small ferry left Stromness as the storm began to rise. With the distant island mountain already backdropped by troubled skies and foregrounded by rising waves, it struggled to land briefly at Graemsay, spilling out people and … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, reblog | Tagged Cultural Landscapes, culture, death, Dwarfie Stane, folklore, heritage, Hoy, landscape, More Than Human, Mortuary, Orkney, prehistory, Rackwick Bay, Scotland, Sea Eagle, Wild Prehistory | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Living Lore | Tagged ash tree, Coventry, folklore, Hobbs Hole, legends, Mill Dam, Old Nick's Tree | 6 Comments

Embers Hot as Coals~ Na’ama Yehuda #writephoto

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Sue Vincent

She could feel them. That’s why she came. Why she took every opportunity she could to escape the drudgery of sewing and hoeing and weeding and feeding and washing and threshing and mending and tending and all the multitudes of … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged balance, creative writing, finding peace, flash fiction, folklore, guidance, historical fiction, micro fiction, spirits, writephoto, writing challenge, writing prompt | Leave a comment

Living Lore: Ghostly Re-enactment of the Battle of Edgehill ~ Gary Stocker

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The secondary school which I attended, Kineton High, was in sight of Edgehill, where the first major battle of the British Civil War was fought. A story used to go around October time, during the Michaelmas Term, about how if … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest post, Living Lore | Tagged battlefield, Edgehill, folklore, ghosts, history | 2 Comments

Living Lore: Loxley – Robin Hood and a Witch ~ Gary Stocker

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Continuing Gary Stocker’s Sunday series of posts on the folklore, ancient sites and legends of Britain. If you have similar stories to share from the area in which you live, please read the footnote and send them in. Pretty much … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Living Lore | Tagged folklore, Robert fitzOdo, Robin Hood, traditions, warwickshire | 5 Comments

Ethera ~ Na’ama Yehuda #writephoto

Posted on December 28, 2019 by Sue Vincent

She was Ethera, and she came at the peak of the longest night, on the cusp of the broadening daylight. She was Ethera. A human. A spirit. A soul. Sometimes one. Often all. She’d lived among them, flesh and blood … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged belief, flash fiction, folklore, hope, light, micro fiction, mystery, Poetry, spirit, winter, winter Solstice, writephoto | Leave a comment

Whitby Weekend: Night Lights

Posted on December 18, 2019 by Sue Vincent

We had, finally, booked into our hotels and headed back into Whitby to join the rest of the party for dinner. Arriving early, there was time to wander the darkened streets for a while and, eventually, call for a swift … Continue reading →