NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE
July 24, 2019

Bigfoot, Poltergeists, and Witches: 300 Years of Weird Phenomena

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A few weeks ago I posted about the states where you are most likely to see a UFO.  Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire were in the top ten, whi...
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July 13, 2019

The Demon Dog and Ghostly Boy of Hell's Half Acre

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For over one-hundred years people in Bristol, Vermont have said that South Mountain is haunted by ghosts. One ghost is a large dog; the othe...
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July 05, 2019

Were There Really Witches in Salem?

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Were there really any witches involved in the Salem witchcraft trials? I think most people would answer "No!" Rational folks kno...
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June 26, 2019

Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire Among the Top States for UFO Sightings

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I feel like UFOs are having a resurgence these days. They've been showing up in all kinds of media, most recently in The New York Times ...
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June 16, 2019

The Venus Glass, or Fortune-Telling with An Egg

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The Puritan ministers who dominated early New England really hated magic. Their hatred of witchcraft is well known, but they didn't even...
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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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