Folklore of Worcestershire, The

Description

Worcestershire’s rich store of folklore, unearthed by the great folklorist Roy Palmer and back in print after more than 20 years. Ten themed chapters, crafted to stand alone or be read as a whole, explore its people and places, stories and histories, landscapes and buildings, beliefs and rituals, music and song, drama and games.

Here are tales of Tiddlewinkie and Harry-ca-nab, Foley the Fiddler and the Tipton Slasher, crabbing the parson and baiting the bear, a hollow tree called the Cloven Pear, resurrectionists and barnstormers, rock dwellings and ducking-stools, executions and exorcisms, charms and charmers, Lover’s Walk and Jumper’s Hole, the Lawless Hour and mumping – customs that have slipped from memory or have endured, or been revived and reinvented for a new generation.

Roy Palmer is nationally known for his researches into folklore, and his books on the subject (many published by Logaston Press). In 2004 he was awarded the English Folk Dance and Song Society’s highest honour, its Gold Badge.

Paperback | 368 pages | 234 x 156 mm | Mar 2026
more than 200 b&w illus
ISBN 9781904396406