Angus Folklore

A trawl through the folklore, history, tales, and ephemera of Angus.

Saturday, 6 June 2026

The Arbroath Cliffs, Wells and Caves

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      The many fascinating cliffs, inlets and caves near Arbroath probably deserve a whole book  to themselves. There are stories of ghosts,...
Saturday, 9 May 2026

More On The Stage Coach Days

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 The last Scottish stage coach apparently took to the roads as late as 1913, running between between Tarbet and Campbelltown. In Angus and m...
Tuesday, 14 April 2026

Fairy Mounds and Other Places of the Fair Folk

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 Where do the fairies dwell and what do they want with us? Not easy questions to answer definitively, unfortunately. There are few fully for...
Sunday, 29 March 2026

Fairs and Markets, Part Five: The Muckle Fair of Kirriemuir

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 This is the fourth article I have written concerning fairs and markets in the county and concentrates on Kirriemuir. Like most burghs, Kirr...
Thursday, 5 March 2026

Fairs and Markets, Part Four: More On The Markets of Forfar

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 The last post I wrote about fairs and markets in this blog largely focussed on those which happened in Brechin . This one gives a little su...
Monday, 16 February 2026

The Playfair Family of Benvie and Liff

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    The Playfair family comes from the small, tucked away corner of Angus nestled between Dundee and the Carse of Gowrie region of Perthshi...
Sunday, 25 January 2026

An Honorary Son of Angus - Peter F Anson

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 Too few people know about the life and work of Peter F. Anson (1889-1975) . He was a man of many parts, and his biography has a description...
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