Scilly and its Legends
by Henry John WHITFIELD (1808 - 1855)
A travel journal to the Scilly Islands written in the Nineteenth Century. It records Scillonian legends and folklore. There are brief diversions into period racism. -Summary by Timothy Ferguson
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Scilly and its Legends:
A Cruise Round the Western Isles ,
A Legend of Piper's-Hole ,
Appendix ,
Bryher ,
Legend: The Dane's Grave ,
Legend : The Knight and the Dwarf ,
Menawavr, and the Eastern Isles ,
Popular Superstitions ,
St Agnes ,
St Martin's ,
The Legend of St Warna ,
Tresco ,
Tresco No.2 ,
Tresco No.3