Lincolnshire Folk Tales Project

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  • The Dead Hand

    The Dead Hand

    A mischievous but likeable young lad called Tom Pattison refuses to take precautions against the evil spirits and boggarts lurking in the Carrs. Ignoring the advice of everyone he meets, he sets off across the Carrs on the darkest night of the year with only a lantern and not even the protection of the safe-keep…

  • Tiddy Mun

    Tiddy Mun

    Tiddy Mun (i.e. ‘small man’ who was, according to the tale, ‘wi’out a name’) was said to be a white-bearded boggart the size of a toddler, who lived in the marshy Carrs of the Ancholme Valley, and would come out at night dressed in grey and laugh like a peewit…