Tales From Antiquaria: 19th Century Folklore & Legends

Eli Lewis-Lycett
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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 every two weeks via all major podcast platforms.

  1. 3d ago

    Myths and Legends of Our Own Land (Part One)

    Witches in the Catskills and the infamous galloping Hessian of Tarry Town! Welcome to America, as we explore part one of Myths and Legends of Our Own Land, Charles M Skinner's collection of American folklore from 1896. 'Had he not halted horses at the plow so that neither blows nor commands could move them for two hours? Had he not set farmer Raught's pigs to walking on their hind legs and trying to talk? And was he not the chief of thirteen night-riders, whose faces no man had seen, nor wanted to see, and whom he sent about the country on errands of mischief every night when the moon was growing old...' 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. For show notes and links, visit the episodes page at thelocalmythstorian.com Episode written, produced and presented by Eli Lewis-Lycett. All source material taken directly from the stated publication. Main theme music by Humanoid Media. Incidental music from Restum-Anoush.  Find Eli Lewis-Lycett Folklore and History on Facebook and Bluesky

  2. Aug 11

    The Norfolk Garland

    Black Shuck, witchcraft and the galloping ghost of Sir Thomas Boleyn! Its The Norfolk Garland, John Glyde's 1872 collection of Norfolk folklore. 'The spectre of this gentle­man is believed by the vulgar to be doomed on a certain night in every year for a period of 1000 years, to drive a coach drawn by four headless horses, over a circuit of twelve bridges. Sir Thomas carries his head under his arm, and flames issue from his mouth. Few rustics are hardy enough to be found loitering on or near these bridges on that night, and the man who spoke of this belief says that he was on one occasion hailed by this fiendish apparition, and asked to open a gate, but "he warn't such a fool as to turn his head, and well a' didn't, for Sir Thomas passed me at full gallop.' 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. For show notes and links, visit the episodes page at thelocalmythstorian.com Episode written, produced and presented by Eli Lewis-Lycett. All source material taken directly from the stated publication. Main theme music by Humanoid Media. Incidental music from Restum-Anoush.  Find Eli Lewis-Lycett Folklore and History on Facebook and Bluesky

  3. Aug 4

    My Summer Holiday (Being a Tourists Jottings About Tenby)

    The legend of Dunraven, ship wrecks and sermons in the stones! My Summer Holiday - Being a Tourists Jottings About Tenby is an 1863 publication from William Freeman of London and the work of an unknown author; and seemingly, deliberately so.  Part Victorian travelogue, part collection of local lore - it makes for a unique and particularly charming collection regrading Tenby and its surrounding landscape in South West Wales. 'The North Sands have many interesting features. The rocks here are varied and picturesque. At one point they are clothed with waving ferns; whilst at another they are bare and rugged; then they are marked with gigantic fissures; and then, again, attired in green. At their base lay ponderous stones covered with rare weeds and shelly parasites. About two miles from the town the rocks are separated by a picturesque little valley called Waterwinch, and further on is Monkstone Point, a series of rugged, shapeless rocks, which, in their ponderous confusion, look as though they had been tumbled about by the Titans.' 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. For show notes and links, visit the episodes page at thelocalmythstorian.com Episode written, produced and presented by Eli Lewis-Lycett. All source material taken directly from the stated publication. Main theme music by Humanoid Media. Incidental music from Restum-Anoush.  Find Eli Lewis-Lycett Folklore and History on Facebook and Bluesky

  4. Jun 23

    Summer Listener Special

    A little while ago I mentioned that I was receiving emails with questions and comments about the show and that if I got enough, I could pull them all together and produce an episode around them. Well, this is that episode, our Summer Listener Special! 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. For show notes and links, visit the episodes page at thelocalmythstorian.com Episode written, produced and presented by Eli Lewis-Lycett. All source material taken directly from the stated publication. Main theme music by Humanoid Media. Incidental music from Restum-Anoush.  Find Eli Lewis-Lycett Folklore and History on Facebook and Bluesky

  5. Jun 9

    The Real Folklore of Cheshire - Live from The Grange School

    Medieval miracles, Cheshire dragons and the strange tale of a haunted farm house!  This time we're live from The Grange School in Hartford, Cheshire with a recording of Eli's lecture for Northwich and Distrcit Heritage Society from the 21st May, 2026 - The Real Folklore of Cheshire (Decoding Cheshire's Historic Ballads). The stories featured in the lecture are taken from his new book, The Folklore of Cheshire's Historic Ballads, which is a folktale transposition of Ballads and Legends of Cheshire by Egerton Leigh, published in 1867. The Folklore of Cheshire's Historic Ballads is available via Amazon here! 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. For show notes and links, visit the episodes page at thelocalmythstorian.com Episode written, produced and presented by Eli Lewis-Lycett. All source material taken directly from the stated publication. Main theme music by Humanoid Media. Incidental music from Restum-Anoush.  Find Eli Lewis-Lycett Folklore and History on Facebook and Bluesky

  6. May 26

    Popular Romances of the West of England (Part Two)

    Voices from the sea, druidical sacrifice and the incredible story of the enchanter  of Pengerswick! Its time for part two of Popular Romances of the West of England by Robert Hunt, published by John Camden Hotton of London in 1865. 'On moonlight nights the air has often seemed to be full of sound, and yet the lady's voice was seldom louder than that of a warbling bird. On these occasions, men have seen thousands of spirits gliding up and down the moonbeams, and floating idly on the silvered waves, listening to, and sometimes softly echoing, the words which Lady Pengerswick sang.' 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. For show notes and links, visit the episodes page at thelocalmythstorian.com Episode written, produced and presented by Eli Lewis-Lycett. All source material taken directly from the stated publication. Main theme music by Humanoid Media. Incidental music from Restum-Anoush.  Find Eli Lewis-Lycett Folklore and History on Facebook and Bluesky

  7. May 12

    Popular Romances of the West of England (Part One)

    Nightriders, spriggans and the Mermaid of Padstow! We're back in Cornwall with part one of our wander through Popular Romances of the West of England by Robert Hunt, published by John Camden Hotton of London in 1865. 'When calms rest upon the ocean, and the waves can scarcely form upon the resting waters, still wailings creep along the coast. These are the wailings of this wandering soul. When midnight is on the moor or on the mountains, and the night winds whistle amidst the rugged cairns, the shrieks of Tregeagle are distinctly heard. We know, then, that he is pursued by the demon dogs.' 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. For show notes and links, visit the episodes page at thelocalmythstorian.com Episode written, produced and presented by Eli Lewis-Lycett. All source material taken directly from the stated publication. Main theme music by Humanoid Media. Incidental music from Restum-Anoush.  Find Eli Lewis-Lycett Folklore and History on Facebook and Bluesky

  8. Apr 28

    The Denham Tracts

    Preternatural shapeshifters, plague stones and the Grey Man of Bellister! Tonights highlights come from The Denham Tracts, a publication by David Nutt for the Folklore Society in 1895 which brought together a wonderful collection of local pamphlets and tracts published by Michael Aislabie Denham during the middle of the nineteenth century. 'The belief of our credulous ancestry in a female river demon is still implanted in the mind of childhood on the banks of the Tees; and many are the tales still told of her dragging naughty children into its deep waters when playing, despite the orders and threats of their parents.' 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. For show notes and links, visit the episodes page at thelocalmythstorian.com Episode written, produced and presented by Eli Lewis-Lycett. All source material taken directly from the stated publication. Main theme music by Humanoid Media. Incidental music from Restum-Anoush.  Find Eli Lewis-Lycett Folklore and History on Facebook and Bluesky

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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 every two weeks via all major podcast platforms.

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