William Bottrell was a Cornish folklorist who specialised in the recording and retelling of Cornish drolls.
Accomplished linguist Lady Charlotte Guest translated medieval Welsh tales into English, and in doing helped to create the Mabinogion that exists today.
Marie Clothilde Balfour published one of the smallest collections of folktales of anyone featured on the podcast, and also one of my favourites.
The Unreliable Narrator - 12th century chronicler, Geoffrey of Monmouth's "Historia Regum Britanniae" was a huge influence on British history writing for centuries to come. Unfortunately accuracy wasn't its strongest point
"The Bishop" - Thomas Percy was a trailblazing figure in the world of ballad collection with his work "Reliques of Ancient English Poetry"
"The Nationalist playwright" - Lady Gregory and the translations of the Ulster and Fenian Cycle
"The Wizard of the North" - Walter Scott and Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border
John Roby - Traditions of Lancashire
- A Regional antiquarian of the highest order
Three stories with a particular emphasis on the post-mortem, with a light dusting of Boggarts and faeries to keep things interesting.
This episode is the first of two looking at some legends from the nearly 2000 year old city of Manchester. We have two stories - In the first there’ll be some pleasing names, that folklore necessary liminality and ill-advised ways to win a woman...