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Category Archives: Folklore

Trees of Padstow – The Blackthorn

April 25, 2022by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

“Of all the trees that grow so fair, Old England to adorn, Greater are none beneath the Sun Than Oak and Ash and Thorn.” Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook’s Hill (1906) […]

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Folklore, The Trees of Padstow

Happy St Patrick’s Day to our Celtic Cousins

March 17, 2022by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment
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Folklore, Historic Cornwall

Hag stones

February 10, 2022by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

HAG STONE – SACRED, POWERFUL, MAGICALHag stones, also called holey stones,  holed stone, fairy stones, Odin stones, spindle whorl or adder stones are stones with a naturally occurring hole through […]

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Folklore, Legends

White Lady Waterfall – Lydford Gorge

December 13, 2021by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

Lydford gorge and the white lady falls I think when anybody visits an area they always like to see the highest, longest, shortest, deepest or oldest features that are on […]

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Folklore, Legends

Sirens of Tregudda Gorge

October 5, 2021by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

The Sirens of Tregudda Gorge In the spring of 1928 a young man called Cecil Morgan came to Cornwall to stay with his cousins at Hawker’s Cove near Padstow. The […]

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Folklore, Legends

Fairy rings at Park Hd

October 9, 2020by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

My Mum always told us don’t fall asleep inside a fairy ring you won’t wake up in this world. Do you dare enter a fairy ring? The mythical mushroom portals […]

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Folklore, Walking the Southwest coastal path

Woon Gumpus

March 18, 2020by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

THE GUMP (WOON GUMPUS COMMON) The Gump This is a barren plain right below Carn Kenidzhek. It is a well known haunt of the fairies, and this wild stretch of […]

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Folklore, Legends, Megalithic

Chûn Castle

March 18, 2020by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

Chûn Castle is a large Iron Age hillfort (ringfort) near Penzance in Cornwall. The fort was built about 2,500 years ago, and fell into disuse until the early centuries AD […]

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Folklore, Legends, Megalithic

Gool Piran Lowen!

March 6, 2020by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

St Piran’sday march in Truro Each year a large number of events, which focus on Cornwall’s distinct culture and identity, are held to celebrate St Piran’s Day. This includes the […]

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Folklore, Historic Cornwall, Legends

Gool Peran Lowen, Onen Hag Oll

March 5, 2020by paulmurtphotography Leave a comment

Gool Peran Lowen, Onen Hag Oll (Happy St Peran’s Day, One and all. According to legend,  St Piran was born in Ireland in the 6th century. He was renowned for […]

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Cornwall, Folklore, Historic Cornwall, Legends

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