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Morris Dance and related practices such as the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance preserve old English folk traditions, as do Mummers Play s.

Most folklore traditions are no longer widely believed. Whereas some folklore legends were once believed across the whole of England, most belong to specific regions:


FOLKLORE OF ENGLAND




Folklore of East Anglia



Folklore of London and the South East



Folklore of the Midlands



Folklore of Yorkshire and the North East



Folklore of the North West



Folklore of the South West



Folklore of the South Coast

Iannic-ann-ôd , the spirits of those drowned and lost at sea, are said to haunt all Celtic coastlines, especially in the South of England and Northern France.


FOLKLORE IN SONG



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