Storytelling is a wonderful ritual followed generation after generation. Folk tales were and still are a significant element in the cultural and spiritual life of societies all over the world. With that in mind, the author of this book, Frederick Ross, wrote down numerous folk tales set in Yorkshire. It contains fascinating legends that will interest a reader of all ages. The wonders good writing mixed with imagination can do is evident in these stories. The volume contains captivating Yorkshire legends, including The Enchanted Cave, The Doomed City, The "Worm" of Nunnington, The Devil's Arrows, The Giant Road-Maker of Mulgrave, and many more. It's a great way to make the children familiar with England's legends and develop their imagination.

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Delving into the landscapes and politics of twentieth- and twenty-first-century South, East, and West Yorkshire, Modern and Contemporary Yorkshire Poetry: Cultural Identities, Political Crises theorises Yorkshire as a distinct region of poetry in its own right. In outlining the commonalities and parameters of this branch of poetry, Modern and Contemporary Yorkshire Poetry engages the work with a selection of poets writing in and about the region since 1945, including Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Simon Armitage, Helen Mort, Zaffar Kunial, Kate Fox, and Vicky Foster. Charting the developments in Yorkshire poetry, this book explores several key contexts – including deindustrialisation, the Miners’ Strikes, and Brexit – in detail, evidencing the impacts of these sociopolitical events on the poetry of a region. Modern and Contemporary Yorkshire Poetry investigates 75 years of poetry to ask the question: what is Yorkshire poetry? In other words, what is it that connects poems by these writers, whilst setting them apart from poetry of other UK regions?

The beautiful county of Yorkshire is the largest in Britain, and yet still possesses a strong and cohesive regional identity. Built on centuries of shared tradition, a characteristic body of folklore has thrived and endured well into the present day. Folklore of Yorkshire chronicles such beliefs throughout the whole county, identifying distinctive common themes, placing them in their historical context and considering their social and psychological function. You'll discover Yorkshire's holy wells and buried treasure, its boggarts, Black Dogs and fairies, and the legends behind the county's stunning landscape. This fully illustrated book shows how the customs of the past have influenced the ways of today, whilst also revealing something about the nature of folklore itself, both for the tradition-bearers and those who collect it.

Another Century has passed and so has the curse. Passed down to Olwen who lives in solitude in the same house that had been in his family for nearly a century. When a knock in the night turns into ominous fright there is no hiding from the beast within or the turn of events that are about to unfold as a young girl named Branwen and her family are being chased by a group of Gypsies intent on capturing Branwen. They soon meet Olwen who reluctantly helps them. Will they be saved or will the Gypsies take Branwen forever. Find out in this tale of ultimate survival and beware the moon.