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Anthology Spotlight: Robert Etty
In anticipation of the Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined anthology, to be published with Five Leaves Publishing in early 2025, in which a plethora of exceptional Lincolnshire authors give the county’s folk tales a fresh spin, we’re asking these authors to reflect on the project. This time, we hear from poet Robert Etty.
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Forget Me Not
The story of as young woman who lived near the ruins of Monks Abbey, and of the knight she was courting.
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Anthology Spotlight: Alison Brackenbury
In anticipation of the Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined anthology, to be published with Five Leaves Publishing in early 2025, in which a plethora of exceptional Lincolnshire authors give the county’s folk tales a fresh spin, we’re asking these authors to reflect on the project. This week, Alison Brackenbury shares her perspective on the county.
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Anthology Spotlight: Nick Triplow
In anticipation of the Lincolnshire Folk Tales Reimagined anthology, to be published with Five Leaves Publishing in early 2025, in which a plethora of exceptional Lincolnshire authors give the county’s folk tales a fresh spin, we’re giving them a chance to reflect on the project.
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Casting Stones
‘P’ the person behind Boggarstones project, is a heritage professional and artist who lives in south Lincolnshire. ‘P’ is interested in people, landscapes and history, and especially how these three overlap and intertwine. While the Boggartsones project is a folklore collecting endeavour, an equal aim is to help people discover, engage with, and discuss their…
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Maidenwell: coach and horses
One (spurious) explanation for the etymology Maidenwell, recorded in a reader’s letter in the magazine Lincolnshire Life (1975), is that a young woman was thrown down a well by Cromwell’s soldiers. Ethel Rudkin (1936) includes this brief entry: ‘In Ostler’s Lane there is a haunting – a coach and horses goes by, and the coachman…
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