Folklore of England

10 August

Folklore from the old calendars

King Richard’s Well Lore and belief LeicestershireOn the field of Bosworth, fought on 22 August 1485, is a spring from which tradition says Richard III drank during the heat of the battle.
Richard Plantagenet of Eastwell Lore and belief KentThe parish register of Eastwell records the burial of Richard Plantagenet on 22 December 1550, and the Earls of Winchilsea kept a tradition about him.
Six Poor Travellers at Rochester No longer kept KentRichard Watts, recorder of Rochester, left his house, Satis House, by his will of 22 August 1579 to be sold to keep up almshouses in the High Street.
The Grey Geese of Addlestrop Hill Lore and belief GloucestershireOn a hill in the parish of Addlestrop stood a group of stone blocks known from time immemorial as the Grey Geese of Addlestrop Hill, until Warren Hastings, who died on 22 August 1818, carried them off for a rockery in his grounds at Daylesford.