Episode 22 starts with the origins of Burns Night and a look at the folklore surrounding Scotland’s national dish, haggis. From there the episode turns to Durham City and the tale of Sir John Duck and the Raven, before heading across to Northumberland for a swift peek at the ghosts of The Lord Crewe Arms in Blanchland. From there, the Boggart gives a reading from the 1850 book “The Phantom World, or the philosophy of spirits, apparitions” before concluding with another 1962 from the archives tale of Blyth’s ‘Peter the Poltergeist’.
Sources and info
“The Phantom World, or the philosophy of spirits, apparitions” by Augustin Calmet, 1850. Free download on Archive.org at the following links:
https://archive.org/search?query=the+phantom+world
KEYWORDS
RABBIE BURNS NIGHT HAGGIS HAGGI DURHAM CITY SIR JOHN DUCK RAVEN LORD CREW ARMS BLANCHLAND GHOSTS POLTERGEIST
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