HORNCASTLE, 6 August, 7pm, at Pedals and Paws. Free entry, just come along, buy a drink and enjoy! www.facebook.com/events/44953...

Steve Lowe’s debut psychological horror short story, set in the heart of Lincoln, is The Seam Remains, and is available now on his Amazon Author Page. In our new blog post, he discusses his fascination with Lincoln, and his writing processes. lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/2026/07/08/f...

TONIGHT, Lincoln (Waterstones), 6.30pm: I'll be reading from, and talking about, my new book about exploring folk tales in Lincolnshire. Please come along! It'll be fun. Booking link: www.waterstones.com/events/devil...

LINCOLN, Waterstones, 17 June: www.waterstones.com/events/devil... Do come along! And please share.

It was lovely to talk folk tales on BBC Radio Lincolnshire at 11.35 this morning. Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Project lead Rory Waterman's new book, Devils in the Details, is out today! It explores folk tales and the people and places associated with them, and includes images. So here are some photos that did NOT make the cut, and some words about them. rorywaterman.substack.com/p/forgotten-...

'Few places left' for the Devils in the Details book launch on 26 May in NOTTINGHAM. Free! Booking link here: fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/.../lincolns... Also includes readings by Kathy Daszkiewicz and Rob Etty. Folklore, poems, spicy anecdotes, attempts at humour, etc guaranteed.

Alister Walker King reimagines the traditional tale ‘The Buried Moon’, relocating it back in its native Ancholme Carrs, in a new blog post: lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/guest-writer...

See the next message in this thread to read an extract from the new book Devils in the Details: On Location with Folk Tales in England's Forgotten County.

Now available! The project's book about folk tales in Lincolnshire, how they are remembered, and the people, places and events that inspired them: fiveleaves.co.uk/product/devi... A few excerpts: rorywaterman.substack.com Events (more to be added): lincolnshirefolktalesproject.com/events-works...

If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nottingham, 26 May! fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/linco...

On the Dragonby Dragon. rorywaterman.substack.com/p/a-dragon-n...

Eleanor and Martin, the indefatigable duo behind the Three Ravens Podcast, have interviewed Rory about his forthcoming book, Devils in the Details, for their fine new mag, Quarters. Check it out here: www.patreon.com/posts/quarte... You can order the book here: fiveleaves.co.uk/product/devi...

Please join me for my book launch in Nottingham on 26 May. Free, but advance booking required. fiveleavesbookshop.co.uk/events/linco...

Rory Waterman's professorial inaugural lecture. rorywaterman.substack.com/p/byards-qua...

Happy spot: @lincsfolk.bsky.social Lincs Folk Takes Reimagined at @treadwells-books.bsky.social 💕

We're proud to announce that the Lincolnshire Folk Tales Project has been shortlisted for the Flora Murray Award, run by the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. Check out the SLHA's website, slha.org.uk, and subscribe to Lincolnshire Past and Present.

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.