Lien Gwerin 6 now on general release

The sixth annual edition of the Cornish Folklore periodical is now available. Published every February, each issue contains a wealth of original research, recorded lore and traditional folk narratives from across Cornwall. The journal regularly features some of the leading writers and academics specialising in Cornish folklore and culture, alongside classic reprints from the heyday of folklore collecting. Lien Gwerin aims to showcase the best in folklore, social history, myth, legend and culture from across the the rugged peninsula. 

A5 148 x 210 mm, perfect bound, 110 pages, fully illustrated throughout. 

Contents

The Lark in the Morning by Merv Davey

Bizarre Beasts of Cornwall by Alex Langstone

T.F.G Dexter: Cornish Pagan by Rupert White

St Keyne’s Well by Robert Charles Hope  

Gwithti an Pystri: A Cabinet of Folklore and Magic, reviewed by Alex Langstone

Industrial Drolls: The Sub-Genre of the ‘Cousin-Jack Story’ in Cornish Folklore by Alan M. Kent

Rambles and Ruminations around the inner life of  the Fogous of Cornwall by Steve Patterson

The Stone Men of St Cleer by George Basil Barham

Donald R. Rawe and the ‘Night on Roughtor’ by Karen F. Pierce

Review: The Cornish Folklore Collection. Vol. 1

The St Allen Piskies by Alex Langstone

PLUS original artwork by Paul Atlas-Saunders, Tony Shiels and Harry Maddox

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Enquiring Eye 6

The latest edition of The Enquiring Eye is now available, with many interesting articles, including a great overview of  ghost hunter and folklore collector James Wentworth Day by Steve Patterson, a close look at the Bardic chair of Gorsedh Kernow by Alan Kent and my own contribution The Salt Marsh Devil of Old Essex, which is based on an excerpt from my brand new work - The Liminal Shore: Witchcraft, Mystery and Folklore of the Essex Coast. 

You can get a copy of the Enquiring Eye, issue 6 here

You can order a copy of The Liminal Shore here