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Tag Archives: Wales
Two Welsh Ghosts
Creepy History 56. Happy Halloween, and I hope you have enjoyed all the “creepy history” quotes this month. We will finish for now with two newspaper articles concerning ghostly happenings in Wales, both within a relatively short space of time. … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Britain, Creepy History, History, Newspapers
Tagged Ghosts, Wales
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The Foreshadowing
Creepy History 30. It’s October, and that means Creepy History month on Windows into History again! This week we have been looking at some quotes from A Relation of Apparitions of Spirits in the County of Monmouth and the Principality … Continue reading
Buried Secrets
Creepy History 29. It’s October, and that means Creepy History month on Windows into History again! This week we are looking at some quotes from A Relation of Apparitions of Spirits in the County of Monmouth and the Principality of … Continue reading
An Angry Wind
Creepy History 28. It’s October, and that means Creepy History month on Windows into History again! This week we are looking at some quotes from A Relation of Apparitions of Spirits in the County of Monmouth and the Principality of … Continue reading
Fairy Ghost Sheep
Creepy History 27. It’s October, and that means Creepy History month on Windows into History again! To start us off this month, we are looking at some quotes from A Relation of Apparitions of Spirits in the County of Monmouth … Continue reading
A Ghost Troubled by Wool
Creepy History 26. It’s October, and that means Creepy History month on Windows into History again! Let’s start by looking at a quote from A Relation of Apparitions of Spirits in the County of Monmouth and the Principality of Wales, … Continue reading
Spirits of the Hill (Creepy History 9)
The following quote is from Wild Wales, by George Borrow, a book that will be familiar to regular readers of this blog as it was the subject of a most recent Journals article. At the Potosi Mining Company at Esgyrn … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Books, Creepy History, History, Travel
Tagged George Borrow, Wales
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Corpse Candles (Creepy History 6)
The following quote is from Wild Wales, by George Borrow, a book that will be familiar to regular readers of this blog as it was the subject of the most recent Journals article. I went back the way I had … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Books, Creepy History, Faith, History
Tagged George Borrow, Ghosts, Wales
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Journals 8.4 – Wild Wales by George Borrow (Part 4)
This is the final part of my article on Borrow’s journal. For the previous parts, please see the entries posted on 15th, 19th and 23rd September 2015. Borrow was not above the occasional moment of rudeness himself. On one occasion, … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Books, History, Journals, Travel
Tagged Crimean War, George Borrow, Llangollen, Wales
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Journals 8.3 – Wild Wales by George Borrow (Part 3)
This is the third part of my article on Borrow’s journal. For the previous parts, please see the entries posted on 15th and 19th September 2015. Leaving Llangollen, albeit on a temporary basis, Borrow travelled to Bangor, which would serve … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Books, History, Journals, Travel
Tagged Anglesey, George Borrow, Goronwy Owen, Snowdon, Wales
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