NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE
July 30, 2016

Drought, Snakes, and Rain Magic

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I don't know about you, but I actually like a rainy day now and then. My favorite type of weather is a windy and cloudy day. So this lon...
July 24, 2016

Weird Marblehead, Part Two: Lee Mansion and Screaming Woman Beach

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While Lori and I were in Marblehead we took a tour of the Lee Mansion. While this historic house is not officially haunted it definitely has...
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July 17, 2016

Weird Marblehead, Part One: Ghosts, Tunnels, and H.P. Lovecraft

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This weekend my friend Lori and I took a little tour of Marblehead, Massachusetts. I don't use the word charming too much, but Marbleh...
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July 12, 2016

A Witch Trial and A Slave's Testimony from 1679

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A while ago I posted about how Tituba, the famous Arawak Indian slave from the Salem witch trials, came to be portrayed as black in fiction ...
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July 05, 2016

Harry Potter Comes to Massachusetts: Folklore and Fiction in J.K. Rowling's New Story

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In order to promote this fall's upcoming Harry Potter film, last week author J.K. Rowling released a new story set in the Harry Potter u...
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Peter Muise
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Author of WITCHES AND WARLOCKS OF MASSACHUSETTS (September, 2021) and LEGENDS AND LORE OF THE NORTH SHORE (2014). My work has appeared in various other places, including MAGICAL FOLK: BRITISH AND IRISH FAIRIES: AD 500 TO PRESENT (2018), and Sam Baltrusis's 13 MOST HAUNTED CRIME SCENES BEYOND BOSTON (2016). Avid folklore fan and New England native. Questions? Email me at hilldwellingpete(at)hotmail.com, or leave a comment. I like New England's legends, folklore and weird traditions.
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