Scottish Vampires: Blood, Beasts, and the Restless Dead
Scottish vampires may seem more at home in Gothic fiction, yet Scotland possessed its own deeply...
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Knock-A-Doory Night: Elgin’s Eve of Halloween Mischief
Knock-A-Doory Night brought a sharp burst of seasonal disorder to Elgin every 30 October. Also...
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Scottish Halloween Plants: Folklore, Divination and Protection
Scottish Halloween Plants were woven into customs of protection, fortune-telling and seasonal...
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Witch’s Broom: Folklore Behind the Strange Growth on Trees
Around the corner from my house, there is a birch tree filled with what looks like giant nests I...
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Frogs and Toads in Scottish Folklore: Weather, Healing and Hidden Magic
Frogs and Toads in Scottish Folklore hold an awkward, liminal place in the rural imagination....
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William Little: Edinburgh’s Provost and Witch Finder
William Little served twice as Lord Provost of Edinburgh, helped establish the city’s university,...
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