I recently scanned a booklet titled "Ghost Stories and Legends" that was produced by the Lower Trinity South Development Asso...

Charis Cotter is an award-winning children’s writer, actor, and storyteller who has worked extensively in schools telling Newfoundland...

Throughout the month of October I spent a great deal of time working on our current collection project on the folk culture and beliefs of th...

In preparation for Halloween, I've been listening to some spooky tales that I've recently had the pleasure of recording in and ...

Recently, I came across this quote linking blood and luck: "The settlers had many superstitions and were obsessed by a belief in the p...

As a folklorist, it isn't every day that you get to hear a good ghost or fairy story, but then on some days, people will tell you two or...