Excellent! And what else do we see here? Two books by fellow contributor Robert Etty, a Candlestick Press pamphlet edited by another, Alison Brackenbury...

The outstanding folk musician Ruairidh Grieg has recorded this new rendition of the legend of the Lincoln Imp. See his notes below the video to learn more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2I7...

A tale for harvest time: lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2024/02/20/t...

#ThrowbackThursday Folklorist Ethel Rudkin as a young woman, c.1910. Rudkin dedicated her life to preserving and promoting Lincolnshire folklore, folk music, archaeology and social history. #throwbackmemories #Throwback #Rudkin #Scunthorpe #Museum #Folk #Folklore #History #LocalHistory

#Makers Today the group went to visit the Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre it looks like they had a great time.

Have you ever tried giving a boggart kombucha? We did! Rory and Anna ceremonially close off the AHRC-funded Lincolnshire Folk Tales project at NTU by thanking Tiddy Mun, the spirit of flooded landscapes, on River Glen in Surfleet. Watch & read in full on our IG: www.instagram.com/reel/DMLvern...

7 Districts Coffee offers a brew with a side of #folklore. Read Rory's interview with owner Ben Southall: lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2025/07/16/f...

Want to hear more about @lincsfolk.bsky.social ? Come to our free online #storytelling workshop Wed 16 July 12-1.30 with Anna Milon @hexnhart.bsky.social and @rorywaterman.bsky.social plus @sabinelittle.bsky.social from Traditional Tales, Untraditionally Told: www.eventbrite.com/e/cfrc-story...

Superb poet and Lincs native @abrackenbury.bsky.social discusses VILLAGE, her new prose book about Willoughton, on our guest writers' page: lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2025/06/30/t...

This unassuming marker in roadside meadowsweet, hogweed, thistles and nettles near Cadeby marks the location of a Victorian tragedy, long connected to a ghost story. 1/3

@abrackenbury.bsky.social wrote us an evocative guest post about her nonfiction book 'Village', now available to buy! Alison gives space to some of Lincolnshire's choicest tales and their tellers: lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2025/06/30/t...

To what did the monks of Crowland Abbey owe their good fortune? To a bridge across a ghost river, of course. More Crowland stories, including where to find an alleged Saint's skull are on our website. www.instagram.com/reel/DLhRAad...

A wild man of the woods, or wodewose, on the tomb of Katherine Baroness Willoughby D’Eresby (d.1580) and Richard Bertie in St James’s church, Spilsby. Another Lincolnshire wild man has stories attached to him, and perhaps another carving on a tomb: lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2024/02/12/t...

To all our new followers, a warm WELCOME! Check out lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com for folk tales, events, and storied places to visit. And a quick request, please tell us what you think so we can keep doing what we do: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Last year Anna explored the custom of rantanning - a form of social censure known across Europe, that persisted in Lincolnshire longer than elsewhere. Take up your pots and pans, ready your clogs and a straw dummy, and follow us to learn all about it: lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2024/04/25/r...

FREE CFRC online storytelling workshop 16 July led by Anna Milon @hexnhart.bsky.social and Rory Waterman @rorywaterman.bsky.social of the @lincsfolk.bsky.social study and Sabine Little @sabinelittle.bsky.social of Traditional Tales, Untraditionally Told! Details👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/cfrc-story...

We have two new events for JULY up on our website - check them out: lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/events-works...

With the stunning weather we're having, why not revisit some walking routes that take you through Lincolnshire's folk tale locations? lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2024/07/06/w... Have a favourite folklore route of your own? Get in touch [email protected]

At night, and just occasionally, do candles appear to flicker inside the All Saints', Holbeach? Eh? See our folk tale map to learn about an alleged incident that spawned a flurry of poems in the nineteenth century, and another just this year: lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2024/02/20/t...

Threekingham: a beautiful village nestled under an ancient crossroads. But what’s in a name? lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2025/05/02/t...

Former RAF Metheringham. lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2024/02/20/t...

The legend of the Wild Man of Stainfield is discussed by project lead @rorywaterman.bsky.social (who accidentally says fifteenth, not sixteenth, century – but never mind!) in this episode of BBC Secret Lincolnshire. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Manwar Ings (aka Manwar Rings), near Swineshead: an intriguing, easily-visited earthwork that is at least medieval and, well… lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2024/02/06/c...

THE SEVEN COUNTY WITCH HUNTS A new 6-part mini-series from the Folklore Podcast, with @witchesetc.bsky.social and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social EPISODE 1: METHODS AND STORIES Listen free, and learn more, at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/seven-county... Follow the project @witches7hunt.bsky.social

Come to the amazing East Anglian Folklore Centre for an evening of Lincolnshire Folk Tales & MORE. Friday 13th (auspicious!), tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/lincolnshi...

The leaning tower of Surfleet, which according to legend bowed to a passing knight. Whether that knight rode a vintage tractor is not revealed, though the steeple did flop down reverentially, and momently, as this mechanical steed spluttered by. lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2025/03/17/t...

Some more pictures of our packed event yesterday at Boston Book Festival, with readings from Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined (published recently by @fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social) by Robert Etty, Alex Harvey and Alison Brackenbury. Thank you to all who joined us!

We had a lovely time at the @bostonbookfestuk with @alisonbrackenbury2, Rob Etty and Alex Harvey reading from their work in the Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined anthology. Thank you to everyone who came and for BBF for being such excellent hosts (we loved the cake and jam!!!)

Chandeliers, the greenest garden, and coffee & cakes in a tent! All yours, if you come on Sunday 8 June at 1.30pm to Boston Book Festival, to hear @lincsfolk.bsky.social including me & my Radio 4 ghost poem! Tickets on door. Come and haunt Fydell House, South St, Boston PE21 6HT.

TOMORROW, 1.30pm, in BOSTON! Do come! www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/bos...

Check out the excellent podcasts from the storytelling events & workshops for children & young people that we undertook with @adversecamber10.bsky.social! See the media page on our website, or visit www.adversecamber.org/project/lincolnshire-folk-tales-origins-legacies-connections-futures

Check out lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/folk-tale-map/. Pins link to 120+ short articles outlining tales, with sources, photos, videos, links, and information about what you can see in the area, updated/added to regularly. We are confident you'll enjoy it! Many are excellent places to visit.

'One of England’s most famous poltergeists, and an inspiration for many subsequent ghost stories.' - read more about the spectral Old Jeffrey and his connection to the founder of Methodism here: lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2024/02/20/o...

Folklore & drama = a match made in Lincolnshire. Henry VIII Used to Hate Us - a new experience by Ryan Gilmartin is open for bookings! Ryan teased it the LFT Symposium & without giving too much away - it sounds like a spectacular show. Book here: easternangles.co.uk/event/henry-...

Listen to @abrackenbury.bsky.social read from and discuss her sequence ‘Gap’ from our anthology Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined (@fiveleavesbooks.bsky.social) on today’s episode of The Verb on BBC Radio 4! Available on BBC Sounds for the next month. Download Alison's new book Village next month!

We were delighted to be interviewed by Martin Vaux for the SUPERB Three Ravens @threeravenspod.bsky.social. He's a great interviewer, and we roam all over the place: rocks, books, witches, places... Search Three Ravens on any podcast platform, or go here: threeravenspodcast.com/podcast/epis... 1/2

If a hare saved by a saint and a hare who's a witch's familiar met for tea, what would they talk about? Answers below, please (&we have some Lincolnshire hare tales: lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2024/02/20/t...)

Okay, fair's fair, this is not the riveting quiz that tells you which dog you should adopt or what the celestial spheres *really* think about your hair... BUT you filling out this questionnaire will be super valuable for us and future folklore research: forms.office.com/e/FwiLdetvnY

We've missed you! Join us for the #Colchester Lincolnshire Folk Tales Book Launch hosted by East Anglian Folklore Centre Date: 13 jun • 19:00 Location: 74 High Street, Colchester, CO1 1UE www.eventbrite.com/e/lincolnshi...

As a postscript to my post on my forthcoming appearance on 'The Verb', Radio 4, Sunday 1 June, 5.10 p.m., I must send warm thanks to @rorywaterman.bsky.social and @lincsfolk.bsky.social . The poem I'm reading appeared in their fine anthology, ‘Lincolnshire Folktales Reimagined’. LINK IN COMMENT!

On this week's episode of Local Legends Martin is joined around the campfire by Dr @rorywaterman.bsky.social and Dr Anna Milon, a.k.a. @hexnhart.bsky.social of the @lincsfolk.bsky.social Project! 🖤 #history #folklore #podcast #myths #legends #folktales #fairytales #folkcustoms #lincolnshire

Bag for Radio 4,The Verb, recording with Ian Mcmillan. More info soon..! Notes on my prose book, 'Village' & 'Lincolnshire Folktales Reimagined', with my haunted poem, thanks to @lincsfolk.bsky.social & @rorywaterman.bsky.social! Scarf- sun shone! Villagers, ghost & I now head home.Not the banana!

Why am I wandering Media City in the sun? I've recorded for 'The Verb' on Radio 4, superbly steered by @imcmillan.bsky.social , with compelling fellow guests..Thanks to my forthcoming prose book 'Village' &, admiringly, to @rorywaterman.bsky.social & @lincsfolk.bsky.social because.. Details soon!

Need a road built? Why not ask William of Lindholme: lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2024/02/12/w...

Chatting to Martin was an utter pleasure, for this excellent exploration of the length, breadth and variety of Lincolnshire. Do give it a listen!

We mentioned Grimsby's fishing heritage, preserved at the amazing Fishing Heritage Centre. It pops up in the unlikeliest places, like this song: youtube.com/watch?v=0fAM... While likely a UK version of a US song, it chooses Grimsby as the great fishing port: mainlynorfolk.info/peter.bellam...

Rory talks about the legend of King Oswald at Bardney Abbey, first recorded by the Venerable Bede in 731AD, in this new episode of BBC Secret Lincolnshire. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Don't forget our event at #Scunthorpe central library this Friday!

We have a new guest post by Hollie Starling of @folkhorrormagpie.bsky.social exploring the role of #folklore as resistance & announcing her upcoming #collection 'Bog People': lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2025/05/05/f... @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social @folklorethursday.bsky.social

Temple Bruer tower is all that now remains of the Knights Templar's Preceptory, founded by William of Ashby. It was one of a pair which once stood to the east of the original circular church. The Templars are, of course, the protagonists of a whole host of myths. What's your favourite Templar story?