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1 to 8 of 8 entries in November

1 November

Folklore from the old calendars

Hallow-fair at Fordyce No longer kept BanffshireFordyce's yearly market was called Hallow-fair, and its charter of 1592 set it at All Hallows, to run for eight days.
The first three days of winter Lore and belief BanffshireThe minister of Kirkmichael in Banffshire reported a Gaelic weather saying about the first three days of winter, which began at Hallowtide.

6 November, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

The ghost of the Canongate fire Lore and belief MidlothianScott heard as a child an Edinburgh version of the Littlecote tale, in which a clergyman was led blindfold to a house at the head of the Canongate to comfort a young mother, and heard a pistol shot as he left.

11 November

Folklore from the old calendars

The Martinmas mart No longer kept Northumberland, ScotlandMartinmas was the time to kill beasts and salt them down for winter, so in Scotland and the north of England a fat ox for killing was called a mart.

16 November, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

The Banff anti-conjurer Lore and belief BanffshireIn Banffshire a few years before, Hone's source said, witches were still thought to ride broomsticks, dance on the water of Avon, steal milk and make fields barren.

24 November, not tied to the day

Folklore from the old calendars

A mermaid on the hook Lore and belief Orkney, ShetlandJohn Brand's Description of Orkney and Shetland, published in 1701, told of two fishermen who drew up a mermaid on a hook.
Second sight in the Highlands Lore and belief HighlandsHone set out Dr Johnson's account of the second sight, called taisch in Gaelic, which he looked into on his Hebridean tour.

30 November

Folklore from the old calendars

St Andrew’s Day Still kept ScotlandSt Andrew has been the patron saint of Scotland from time out of mind, after the legend that St Rule brought his relics to the coast of Fife, where the city of St Andrews grew up.

From the shop: Folklore

A Dictionary of English FolkloreJacqueline Simpson, Steve Roud
Little Book of FolkloreKitty Greenbrown
The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and IrelandSteve Roud

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