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Regency Villains: Anecdote of Bonaparte

By Anne | December 16, 2016 - 8:15 am |December 28, 2016 Regency Folklore, Regency Villains

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Appeared in La Belle Assemblee, December 1818.

Regency Folklore: The Headless Man With A Blue Coat and Gilt Buttons

By Anne | October 31, 2016 - 8:02 am |November 4, 2016 Regency Folklore

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A discovery concerning ghosts, with a rap at the ‘spirit-rappers’. (illustration by Cruikshank), 1863 I found a very interesting book somewhat after the Regency era, Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: The Cock Lane Ghost

By Anne | October 26, 2016 - 10:41 am |November 4, 2016 Regency Folklore

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Cock Lane - Credit: Mackay, Charles (1852(1852)) "Haunted Houses

The Cock Lane ghost actually occurred in 1762, but is such an interesting anecdote, I wanted to share (and it was still listed in guide books Continue →

Regency Customs: All Hallows Eve and Nutcrack Night

By Anne | October 28, 2015 - 9:45 am |October 21, 2022 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Folklore, Regency Pastimes

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In the Regency era, All Hallows Eve or Nutcrack night would have largely been celebrations of the working class, and particularly the Irish and Scottish. Continue →