Folklore of the Lake District

📣 arriving 29 July 2025; available in print and ebook; online or can be ordered at your local bookstore: "Folklore of the Lake District" ghost stories, folk tales, nature lore, dialect, verse bardofcumberland.com/folklorepress #book #ebook #folklore #lakedistrict

Arriving 29th July 2025; available in print and ebook; online or can be ordered at your local bookstore: Folklore of the Lake District by Stephen G. Rae ghost stories, folk tales, nature lore, dialect, verse #book #ebook #folklore #lakedistrict

Lakeland #caturday lore 😺 Bjorn the headless ghost walks the lakeland fells with a sack of cats folklore @BardCumberland film @LandofLoreFilms #folklore #vikings #lakedistrict

dew-drops caught in the spider's web a string of diamonds dew-drops caught in the spider's web a string of tears from: "often I stop and look back" bardofcumberland.com/poetry/ #Haiku #poetry #nature

In the August 2025 edition of @cumbrialakeland my regular article on Cumbrian folklore, and this month, King Arthur and his Cumbrian connections #folklore #lakedistrict #cumbria

#WordoftheDay : fuzzy-ganny is caterpillar in Cumbrian dialects some day that caterpillar will wake up as a butterfly or moth, so it's often associated with transformative magic bardofcumberland.com/folklore/ #folklore #nature #Cumbria 📷 by me

🎬 @LandofLoreFilms is the telling of folklore and ghost stories through the medium of short film folklore @BardCumberland youtube.com/@LandofLore #folklore #ghosts #ghoststories #comedy #indiefilm #folkhorror

Based on the 14th century, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; who, in local folklore, lived in Inglewood Forest. "Red is the color of lust. But green is what lust leaves behind, in heart, in womb" #folklore #fantasy #film The Green Knight, 2021 dir. David Lowery

Merlin, driven mad with grief when his men were slaughtered in battle, finds refuge in the Caledonian Forest. His loneliness interrupted by visits from forest creatures and nature spirits, and he thereafter gains the gift of prophecy. #merlin #alanlee #druidry art: Alan Lee

Delighted to announce the new book by our very own Stephen G. Rae Arriving 29 July 2025; available in print and ebook; online or can be ordered at your local bookstore: "Folklore of the Lake District" Link: bardofcumberland.com/folklore #book #ebook #folklore #lakedistrict

Nestled in a patch of Autumn hawkbit (and grass!) and sharing some plantlore 🌼 #wildflowers #folklore #lakedistrict

Red campion, the 'thunder flower', and property of the fae folk. Sharing some plantlore 🌸 #wildflowers #folklore #lakedistrict

I missed #InternationalFairyDay yesterday, so here's my belated contribution 🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️ The 17th century Church burial records of Lamplugh reveal four people were frighted to death by fairies; one was led into a pond by Will o' Wisp; another died in a dual using frying pan and…

📣 arriving 29 July 2025; available in print and ebook; online or can be ordered at your local bookstore: "Folklore of the Lake District" ghost stories, folk tales, nature lore, dialect, verse bardofcumberland.com/folklorepress #book #ebook #folklore #lakedistrict

The Ginger Beast what are these ape-like creatures of folklore folklore @BardCumberland film @LandofLoreFilms #folklore #cryptids #cumbria

Many of our traditional Cumbrian dialect words are remnants of Norse settlement. These include : 'laik' (leik - to play) 'lowp' (hlaupa - to jump) 'glisky' (gliskr - shimmering) 'beck' (bekkr - stream) #language #cumbria

📣 arriving 29 July 2025; available in print and ebook; online or can be ordered at your local bookstore: "Folklore of the Lake District" ghost stories, folk tales, nature lore, dialect, verse bardofcumberland.com/folklore #bookologythursday #lakedistrict

In the August 2025 edition of @cumbrialakeland Stephen G. Rae's regular articles on Cumbrian folklore, and this month, King Arthur and his Cumbrian connections #bookologythursday #cumbria

Adam Bell, known as the 'Robin Hood of the North' 🏹 He lived in Inglewood Forest, was a famous archer, and was arrested for stealing game with companions William of Cloudsley and Clym of the Clough. bardofcumberland.com/folklore/ #fairytaletuesday #lakedistrict art: Richard Dadd

In Kirkby Stephen, the Loki Stone, a carved stone of the Norse god. A figure resembling the Devil, his legs and arms bound by heavy irons. In Norse mythology, he's a trickster who has the ability to change his shape and sex bardofcumberland.com/folklore/ #fairytaletuesday #cumbria