Folklore & Tradition

Beltane Border Morris

Think Morris dancing is all bells and hankies and tea with the vicar? Think again. Welcome to the Dark Side of Folk

Childe the Hunter (song)

by arranged by Seth Lakeman Traditional

Seth Lakeman's recording of the traditional Dartmoor ballad of Childe the Hunter, from his 2006 album Freedom Fields. Collected by Baring-Gould.

Dartmoor Border Morris

Walkhampton, Yelverton

A family-based, mixed border morris side.

Dartmoor Letterboxing

Letterboxing began on Dartmoor: walkers hide a weatherproof box with a visitors' book and a rubber stamp, and others find it by clues and stamp their own book.

Dartmoor Letterboxing Club

The Dartmoor Letterboxing Club's website: the catalogue of letterbox clues, the 100 Club for anyone who has found 100 boxes, the twice-yearly Letterbox Meet and the code of conduct.

Faeries

by Brian Froud and Alan Lee

Chagford

Faeries (1978) by Brian Froud and Alan Lee, an illustrated book of British faery lore made while the two artists shared lodgings in Chagford on Dartmoor.

Kitty Jay (album)

by Seth Lakeman

Seth Lakeman's 2004 album, recorded in a Horrabridge kitchen and nominated for the 2005 Mercury Prize. The title song tells the story of Jay's Grave.

Lustleigh May Day

Lustleigh

Every May the children of Lustleigh elect a May Queen, who is crowned on a granite throne in the Town Orchard, with maypole dancing and morris dancing. Cecil Torr revived it in 1905.

Lydford Law

Lydford

'Lydford Law' was a saying for quick, rough justice, tied to the stannary court and prison in Lydford Castle.