Folklore of Lincolnshire (34 page)
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Authors: Susanna O'Neill
6
Max & Mabel Peacock,
The Peacock Lincolnshire Word Books 1884–1920
, p.57.
7
Lincolnshire Life
, dialect story, August 1998, p.41.
8
Alfred Lord Tennyson,
A Critical Edition of the Major Works
, p.376, 377.
9
The Lincolnshire Poacher
, autumn 2002, p.49.
10
Marc Alexander,
British Folklore Myths and Legends
, p.179.
11
Lincolnshire Magazine
, July/August 1935, p.165.
12
Lincolnshire Magazine
, May/June 1937, p.151.
13
Mrs Gutch and Mabel Peacock,
Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Lincolnshire
, p.424.
14
John Ayto and Ian Crofton’s
Brewer’s Britain and Ireland
, p.668.
15
Jack Yates and Henry Thorold,
Lincolnshire, A Shell Guide
, as cited in Judith Spelman’s collection of prose and poetry,
Lincolnshire Bedside Book
, p.12.
16
Taken from Daniel Defoe’s
A tour through England and Wales, Vol.2
, 1724, when he was apparently travelling that way in beginning of eighteenth century. Cited by Judith Spelman in her collection of prose and poetry,
Lincolnshire Bedside Book
, p.66.
1
Lincolnshire Life
magazine, October 1999, p.70.
2
Ethel H. Rudkin,
Lincolnshire Folklore
.
3
Ethel H. Rudkin,
Lincolnshire Folklore
, p.71.
4
Mrs Gutch and Mabel Peacock,
Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Lincolnshire
, p.65.
5
Mrs Gutch and Mabel Peacock,
Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Lincolnshire
, p.vi.
6
Quote from Thomas Fuller,
The History of the Worthies of England Vol.ii
, as cited on
www.books.google.com
7
H.J. Kesson,
The Legend of the Lincoln Imp
.
8
Lincolnshire Life
, November 1998, p.53.
9
Adrian Gray,
Tales of Old Lincolnshire
, p.22.
10
Lincolnshire Life
, May 1998, p.19.
11
Mrs Gutch and Mabel Peacock,
Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Lincolnshire
, p.64.
12
Polly Howat,
Ghosts & Legends of Lincolnshire & The Fen Country
, p.77.
13
Daniel Codd,
Mysterious Lincolnshire
, p.43.
14
Polly Howat,
Ghosts & Legends of Lincolnshire & The Fen Country
, p.88.
15
Daniel Codd,
Mysterious Lincolnshire
, p.42.
16
Revelations 12: 7–9, The Bible.
17
Ethel H. Rudkin,
Lincolnshire Folklore
, p.56.
18
Ethel H. Rudkin,
Lincolnshire Folklore
, p.67.
19
Quote taken from Gough’s
Camden, Vol.1
, p.274. Cited in
The Lincolnshire Magazine
July/August 1935, p.164.
20
Christopher Marlowe,
Legends of the Fenland People
, p.57.
21
Polly Howat,
Ghosts & Legends of Lincolnshire & The Fen Country
, p.17.
22
Adrian Gray,
Tales of Old Lincolnshire
, p.95.
23
Ralph Whitlock,
Here Be Dragons
, p.44.
24
Mrs Gutch and Mabel Peacock,
Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Lincolnshire
, p.34.
25
Isaiah 27:1, The Bible.
26
Daniel Codd,
Mysterious Lincolnshire
, p.43.
1
See
Rex Needle’s website:
www.homepages.which.net
2
ibid.
3
Judith Spelman,
Lincolnshire Bedside Book: A Collection of Prose and Poetry
, p.13 quoted from Jack Yates and Henry Thorold,
Lincolnshire, A Shell Guide
.
4
Christopher Marlowe,
Legends of the Fenland People
, p.11.
5
Kenneth McLeish,
Myths & Folkstories of Britain & Ireland
, p.18.
6
Jennifer Westwood,
Albion, A Guide to Legendary Britain
, p.183.
7
Stewart Bennett,
A History of Lincolnshire
, p.85.
8
Polly Howat,
Ghosts & Legends of Lincolnshire & The Fen Country
, p.7.
9
Adrian Gray,
Tales of Old Lincolnshire
, p.114.
10
Jennifer Westwood and Jacqueline Simpson,
The Penguin Book of Ghosts
, p.217.
11
Polly Howat,
Ghosts & Legends of Lincolnshire & The Fen Country
, p.68.
12
Adrian Gray,
Tales of Old Lincolnshire
, p.54.
13
Daniel Codd,
Mysterious Lincolnshire
, p.72.
14
Elaine Kazimierczuk,
A Lincolnshire Notebook
, p.5.
15
Lincolnshire Life
, January 1998.
16
Lincolnshire Life
, June 1998, p.44.
17
Christopher Marlowe,
Legends of the Fenland People
, p.199.
18
John Goddard & Roger Spalding,
Fish ‘n’ Ships: The Rise and Fall of Grimsby – The World’s Premier Fishing Port
, p.43.
19
Lincolnshire Life
, October 1999, p.70.
20
Mrs Gutch and Mabel Peacock,
Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Lincolnshire
, p.7.
21
D.C. Staveley in David N. Robinson’s,
The Book of the Lincolnshire Seaside
, p.139.
22
Polly Howat,
Ghosts & Legends of Lincolnshire & The Fen Country
, p.14.
23
Katharine M. Briggs,
British Folk Tales and Legends, A Sampler
, p.215.
1
Taken from Charlotte Brontë’s
Jane Eyre
, p.113/114.
2
From Theo Brown,
The Black Dog, Folk-Lore
, 1958.
See
www.nli.northampton.ac.uk
3
See
www.paranormaldatabase.com
4
Katharine M. Briggs,
British Folk Tales and Legends, A Sampler
, p.115.
5
Ethel H. Rudkin,
The Black Dog
, p.113.
6
Poem reproduced in Ethel Rudkin,
The Black Dog
, p.119/120, written by Muriel M. Andrew, entitled ‘The Legend of the Ghost in Bonny Wells Lane’.
7
Daniel Codd,
Mysterious Lincolnshire
, p.93.
8
See
www.nli.northampton.ac.uk
9
See
www.lincolnshiregothic.blogspot.com
10
Daniel Codd,
Mysterious Lincolnshire
, p.149.
11
ibid, p.151.
12
Christopher Marlowe,
Legends of the Fenland People
.
13
Daniel Codd,
Mysterious Lincolnshire
, p.149.
14
Mrs Gutch and Mabel Peacock,
Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Lincolnshire
, p.65 & 240.
15
Jennifer Westwood and Jacqueline Simpson,
The Penguin Book of Ghosts
, p.218.
16
Lincolnshire Life
, December 1998, p.28.
17
Jennifer Westwood,
Albion, A Guide to Legendary Britain
, p.209.
18
Polly Howat,
Ghosts & Legends of Lincolnshire & The Fen Country
, p.36/37.
1
Daniel Codd,
Mysterious Lincolnshire
, p.11.
2
Charles W. Whistler,
Havelok The Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln
, p.117.
3
Jennifer Westwood,
Albion, A Guide to Legendary Britain
, p.191.
4
Polly Howat,
Ghosts & Legends of Lincolnshire & The Fen Country
, p.60.
5
Lincolnshire Life
, April 1998, p.26.
7
Daniel Codd,
Mysterious Lincolnshire
, p.155.
8
ibid, p.16.
9
Ethel H. Rudkin,
Lincolnshire Folklore
, p.64.
10
Mrs Gutch and Mabel Peacock,
Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Lincolnshire
, p.323.
11
Adrian Gray,
Tales of Old Lincolnshire
, p.118.
12
Peter Rex,
Hereward, The Last Englishman
, p.33.
13
ibid, p.26.
15
Peter Rex,
Hereward, The Last Englishman
, p.58.
16
Christopher Marlowe,
Legends of the Fenland People
, p.40.
17
Peter Rex,
Hereward, The Last Englishman
, p.67.
1
See
www.unexplained-mysteries.com
2
Ethel H. Rudkin,
Lincolnshire Folklore
, p.34.
Tittuppin’
means going up and down or backwards and forwards.
3
Daniel Codd,
Mysterious Lincolnshire
, p.88/94.
4
The Lincolnshire Magazine
, July/August 1935, p.165.
5
Daniel Codd,
Mysterious Lincolnshire
, p.94.
See
also
www.orpheusweb.co.uk
6
Ethel H. Rudkin,
Lincolnshire Folklore
, p.29.
7
Lincolnshire Life
, January 1994, p.10.
8
Roy Fisk,
Lincolnshire Medley
, p.102.
9
From
The Gentleman’s Magazine
, Vol.130 (1821). Extract of description given by Mr Gervase Hollis (from Grimsby) about 1640 (Harleian MSS No.6829 p.162).
11
Ethel H. Rudkin,
Lincolnshire Folklore
, p.30.
12
Christopher Marlowe,
Legends of the Fenland People
, p.189.
13
Mrs Gutch and Mabel Peacock,
Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Lincolnshire
, p.50.
14
Polly Howat,
Ghosts & Legends of Lincolnshire & The Fen Country
, p.79.
15
See
Daniel Codd’s website:
www.urbanlincs.co.uk
16
Lincolnshire Life
, September 1998, p.70.
17
Mrs Gutch and Mabel Peacock,
Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Lincolnshire
, p.50.
18
The Lincolnshire Magazine
, May/June 1934, p.362.
19
Lincolnshire Life
magazine, October 1998, p.70.
1
See
www.bibliotecapleyades.net
2
Ethel H. Rudkin,
Lincolnshire Folklore
.
3
Mrs Gutch and Mabel Peacock,
Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Lincolnshire
, p.96.
4
Daniel Codd,
Mysterious Lincolnshire
, p.50.
5
Mrs Gutch and Mabel Peacock,
Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Lincolnshire
, p.91/197. ‘Eyespell’ is presumably some sort of curse, although not fully explained.
6
Mrs Gutch and Mabel Peacock,
Examples of Printed Folk-Lore Concerning Lincolnshire
, p.97.
7
Katharine M. Briggs,
British Folk Tales and Legends, A Sampler
, p.304.
