For local author Ronald James, it all started with tommyknockers. He was studying at the University of Nevada, Reno, in the early 1980s when he first heard about the Cornish creatures, known for ...

Ronald James believes firmly in the shifting and ever malleable properties of national culture. In his new book, Folklore of Cornwall: the Oral Tradition of a Celtic Nation, he rightly writes ...

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Exploring Cornwall's dark and mysterious past and history of gruesome murders, wreckers and smugglers, ghouls and beasts could help boost year round tourism. That's the view of Rob Vickery, the man ...

QUESTION Was there a sprite called a Cornish Knocker? What creatures from folklore have we forgotten? Cornish Knockers were small, impish creatures that inhabited Cornish tin mines. Miners would often ...

Charlie Cooper - pictured with a costume head of Black Shuck, a ghostly dog said to roam East Anglia - says folklore can help people feel connected to their environment Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest.

Many tales have been written about the Cornish piskies. Keith Wallis hosts a podcast about Cornish folklore and has found one of them called 'How Jan Brewer was piskie laden'.

In Cornish Characters and Strange Events by S. Baring-Gould, readers are treated to a collection of fascinating tales that delve into the intriguing characters and bizarre occurrences within the ...