Monthly Archives: September 2015

‘Folklore’ – The Ashton Weekly Reporter, and Stalybridge and Dukinfield Chronicle – Saturday 26 September 1857

Posted on September 17, 2015 by LancashireFolk

I was browsing the British Newspaper Archive this evening (britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) when I came across this collection of snippets… from a newspaper dated 1857, when Folklore was still alive and well in Lancashire.  It was also, coincidentally, the year my house … Continue reading →

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Superstitious Lancashire – Who Will I Marry?

Posted on September 3, 2015 by LancashireFolk

‘Who will I marry?’ is a question which comes to the minds of most young women, even in these modern days when independence is so prized. If you lived in old Lancashire a century or two ago, there were several … Continue reading →

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