Tales From Antiquaria: 19th Century Folklore & Legends

About Tales From Antiquaria: 19th Century Folklore & Legends

Tales From Antiquaria is a podcast dedicated to exploring the legacy of work published regarding folklore and local history during the golden age of antiquarian writing in the nineteenth century. Curated by folklorist Eli Lewis-Lycett, each each episode presents a series of highlights from a given title in their original form; revealing a world full of witchcraft, superstition, curious local beliefs and lost traditions, as recorded first hand by collectors and enthusiasts during the 1800s. Episodes are published via all major podcast platforms.

Publisher

Eli Lewis-Lycett

Category

education · history · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

21 Oct 2025

Latest episode

8 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   8 Sept 2026

   British Goblins

   Vanishing islands, the glass ship of Merlin and the castle of the Fairy King! Tonight, its all about William Wirt Sikes' 1880 collection, British Goblins. 'The sovereign of the fairies, and their special guardian and protector, was one Gwyn ap Nudd. He was also ruler over the goblin tribe in general. His name often occurs in ancient Welsh poetry. An old bard of the fourteenth century, who, led away by the fairies, rode into a turf bog on a mountain one dark night, called it the fish-pond of G...

2. 

   1 Sept 2026

   Yorkshire Legends and Traditions

   Crocks of gold, spectral river horses and the giantess of Mulgrave! Tonight we're in Yorkshire, with Reverend Thomas Parkinson's 1888 collection, Yorkshire Legends and Traditions. 'At the village of Upsall resided many years ago, a man who dreamed, on three nights successively, that if he went to London Bridge he would hear of something greatly to his advantage. He went, travelling the whole distance from Upsall to London on foot. Having arrived there, he took up his station on the brid...

3. 

   25 Aug 2026

   Myths and Legends of Our Own Land (Part Two)

   Phantom fiddlers, haunted treasure and the Devil on long island! Its the second part of our journey through Myths and Legends of Our Own Land, the American folklore collection of Charles M Skinner from 1896. 'It was twelve o'clock, and here he was playing a dance tune on a Sunday. However, the sin of playing for one second on the Sabbath was as great as that of playing all day; so, as long as he was in for it, he resolved to carry the tune to the end, and he fiddled away with a reckless vehem...

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