Episode Details

This week, for our penultimate County Episode of Series 5, we're talking all about the history and folklore of Cheshire, a legend-rich county whose identity and boundaries have been in near-constant flux ever since its founding.

We start off discussing Epiphany and Twelfth Night traditions, also touching on Wassailing, which we will be going into much more depth on during Thursday's Forgotten Melodies bonus episode.

After which we wander the Cheshire Plain and dig into the county's rich mines of folklore!

We chat through all sorts, not least the county's traditional teapot-shaped outline (and which bits of it have been lost to other counties and regional authorities) plus a whole bunch of Cheshire's haunted historic houses and natural features, as well as plenty else, all before Martin presents us with not just a County Dish this week, but a full-on County Three Course Meal, plus some traditional Cheshire snack options too!

When it comes to folklore, we've got lashing of lore, too, including local cryptid "The Wirral Kraken," tales of hitch-hiking witches, the Devil transforming into a hedgehog, mermaids, Ginny Greenteeth, and so much more.

Then it's on to the main event: Martin's unsettling telling of "The Cursed Fisherman of Hoylake."

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Three Ravens is a completely independent English myth and folklore podcast where we share stories, celebrate folk culture, and fall backwards through the hedgerows of history.

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We release three episodes a week, on Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays, through which we explore folktales, folkways, fairy stories, folk songs, mythology, local heritage, seasonal customs and traditional beliefs.

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