Cornwall folklore

Cornwall folklore, Folklore, Ghost Story

The Legend of the Ghostly Monk of St. Piran’s Oratory

St. Piran’s Oratory, one of the oldest places of worship in Britain, lies near the coast in the windswept dunes […]

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Haunted Pubs, Inns and Hotels in the UK
It’s an unspoken allure of Britain’s hospitality scene: you check in to experience history and perhaps some local
Vough – A Welsh water spirit said to inhabit lakes, occasionally luring people who stray too close
Vough is a lesser-known Welsh water spirit, sometimes spelled “Vaugh,” associated with lakes and secluded mountain tarns. Like
Nursery Bogey – A general term for child-scaring spirits in British households
Nursery Bogey is a broad term encompassing the various child-scaring spirits, monsters, or bogeymen invoked in British households
Fetch – A ghostly double of a living person, considered an omen of death
A Fetch is a peculiar phenomenon in British and Irish folklore: the appearance of a spectral double or
Cutty Dyer – A bogeyman from Devon said to lurk by rivers
Cutty Dyer is a local bogeyman figure from the county of Devon in England, especially around the town