For the first time since before covid, the Mari Lwyd returned to my home town this weekend! As Chepstow sits on the boarder of South Wales and England, the delightful tradition of the Mari Lwyd is combined with Wassailing and features Morris Dancing teams from both sides of the boarder. What better time to explore…
Tag: british folklore
3 Thoroughly Haunted Houses – UK Addition
Houses and ghosts go together like bread and butter. Like cheese and crackers. Like midnight ice cream and crushing existential dread. It’s no surprise that as long as we’ve lived in houses, we’ve haunted them – and why wouldn’t we? Houses are containers for people, and people are containers for a whole lot of energy…
A Brief History of Fairies
Present in one form or another across the spectrum of global folklore, you’d be forgiven for thinking these butterfly winged blighters belong solely to children’s literature and kitschy garden ornaments. Don’t be fooled by the charming exterior made popular in victorian illustrations, the Fay Folk are not to be trifled with. Let’s find out why….
The Nightmare: A Original Christmas Ghost Story
It is a long tradition of mine to settle around the fireplace and share a Christmas ghost story or two, and now we know each other in familiar terms, I feel it’s time to share one of my own with you, dear friend. So, if I may invite you to take a seat aside my…
The Hawthorn Files 