I started out with the intention of looking at unusual church names. The problem was, this offered the potential to accidentally poke fun at their congregations. It also didn’t help that most churches in the UK have pretty similar names. They’re named for individual saints, like St Nicholas’ Cathedral in Newcastle, or even all saints […]
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Origins of Sports Team Names: Preserving Folklore and History
This month, we’ve been exploring the origins of various names; streets, places, and even pubs. Looking at the origins of sports team names might seem antithetical to folklore. Yet sport forms part of the ritual calendar for many people, whether on a personal or a mass scale. Look at the good luck rituals people follow […]
The Folklore of British Pub Names Linked to Local History
There is no shortage of bizarre pub names in the UK. Some of them appear to be a combination of random objects, like the Frog and Nightgown. Others have a local story behind their odd name. I’ve covered unusual pub names before, so consider this Part 2. Yet when I started researching these examples, it […]
