Legendes sur le thème : Fleuve | Ruisseau | RIvière (7 légendes)

The Ghost Herd
- The Ghost Herd
[Grussenheim (Haut-Rhin)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 added by Fabien
Published on 06/07/26.
Themes: Berger Chien Fantôme Fleuve | Ruisseau | RIvière Lieu hanté Minuit Mouton Nuit Pont Troupeau

Between Elsenheim and Illhaeusern, on the bridge over the Kreuzoderbach, a ghostly shepherd wanders with his flock and his black dog. A farmer who wished to cross the bridge at eleven o’clock at night found it blocked by a sheepfold in which the flock stood. He waited quietly for them … Read more
The Ghost Herd
- The Ghost Herd

The Legend of the Ghost Herd at the Kreuzoderbach Bridge Snippet

[Grussenheim (Haut-Rhin)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 added by Fabien
Published on 06/07/26.
Themes: Berger Chien Fantôme Fleuve | Ruisseau | RIvière Lieu hanté Minuit Mouton Nuit Pont Troupeau

Between Elsenheim and Illhaeusern, on the bridge over the Kreuzoderbach, a ghostly shepherd wanders with his flock and his black dog. A farmer who wished to cross the bridge at eleven o’clock at night found it blocked by a sheepfold in which the flock stood. He waited quietly for them … Read more

The White Lady of the Fecht
- The White Lady of the Fecht
[Ingersheim (Haut-Rhin)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/07/26.
Themes: Apparition Canard Cri Dame blanche Faire peur aux enfants Fantôme Fleuve | Ruisseau | RIvière Jeune fille Lieu hanté Maladie Nuit Prière

1) On the Allmendrain, between the Fecht and the mill-water of Ingersheim, people often see, already at dusk, a white girl playing in the grass and along the bank of the stream. A child from the village, who knew nothing of this apparition, was sent one evening to drive home … Read more

The Legend of the White Lady of the Fecht

[Ingersheim (Haut-Rhin)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 02/07/26.
Themes: Apparition Canard Cri Dame blanche Faire peur aux enfants Fantôme Fleuve | Ruisseau | RIvière Jeune fille Lieu hanté Maladie Nuit Prière

1) On the Allmendrain, between the Fecht and the mill-water of Ingersheim, people often see, already at dusk, a white girl playing in the grass and along the bank of the stream. A child from the village, who knew nothing of this apparition, was sent one evening to drive home … Read more
The White Lady of the Fecht
- The White Lady of the Fecht

The treasure in the Nueces
- The treasure in the Nueces
[Three Rivers (McMullen County / United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 15/06/26.
Themes:

General Santa Anna was going from Laredo to Goliad. While he was fording the Nueces at the old Rock Crossing in the Chalk Bluff Pasture, once a part of the George West Ranch, the Rock Crossing being about twelve miles below the Shiner Crossing, his “pay cart” broke down and … Read more
The treasure in the Nueces
- The treasure in the Nueces

The Legend of the Treasure at Rock Crossing

[Three Rivers (McMullen County / United States)]
By Doble, J. Frank in 1924 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 15/06/26.
Themes:

General Santa Anna was going from Laredo to Goliad. While he was fording the Nueces at the old Rock Crossing in the Chalk Bluff Pasture, once a part of the George West Ranch, the Rock Crossing being about twelve miles below the Shiner Crossing, his “pay cart” broke down and … Read more

Ilot de Kemb
Geoportail - Ilot de Kemb
[Kembs (Haut-Rhin)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 06/05/26.
Themes: Apparition Bruit Cloche Disparition Eglise Enfant Fantôme Fleuve | Ruisseau | RIvière Ile Lieu englouti Origine de bruits

On a group of islands between Kembs and Niffer, where ordinarily only reeds, low brush, and willow-herb grow, one sees, in Advent around the midnight hour, a slender church rise up, adorned with towers and domes, which the people call the Ghost Church or the Mist Church. It does not … Read more

The Legend of the Ghost Church on the Islet of Kembs

[Kembs (Haut-Rhin)]
By Mündel, Curt in 1892 (< 1 minute) added by Fabien
Published on 06/05/26.
Themes: Apparition Bruit Cloche Disparition Eglise Enfant Fantôme Fleuve | Ruisseau | RIvière Ile Lieu englouti Origine de bruits

On a group of islands between Kembs and Niffer, where ordinarily only reeds, low brush, and willow-herb grow, one sees, in Advent around the midnight hour, a slender church rise up, adorned with towers and domes, which the people call the Ghost Church or the Mist Church. It does not … Read more
Ilot de Kemb
Geoportail - Ilot de Kemb

[Stamullin (Meath / Irlande)]
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 19/03/26.
Themes:

A Great repertory of Irish folk-lore is the Dinnsheanchus, which professes to account for the origin of names applied to various celebrated places in Ireland. Doubtless it furnishes a record of the most ancient traditions still preserved. It usually asserts, that the compiler never found it difficult to solve the … Read more

The Legend of the Origin of the Name of the River Oillbine (Delvin)

[Stamullin (Meath / Irlande)]
By O'Hanlon, John in 1896 (2 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 19/03/26.
Themes:

A Great repertory of Irish folk-lore is the Dinnsheanchus, which professes to account for the origin of names applied to various celebrated places in Ireland. Doubtless it furnishes a record of the most ancient traditions still preserved. It usually asserts, that the compiler never found it difficult to solve the … Read more

Conon Old Burial Ground
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[Conon Bridge (Highland Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 24/02/26.
Themes:

“The Conan is as bonny a river as we hae in a’ the north country. There’s mony a sweet sunny spot on its banks, an’ mony a time an’ aft hae I waded through its shallows, whan a boy, to set my little scautling-line for the trouts an’ the eels, … Read more

The Legend of the Prophecy of the Kelpie of the River Conon

[Conon Bridge (Highland Council / Royaume-Uni)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (3 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 24/02/26.
Themes:

“The Conan is as bonny a river as we hae in a’ the north country. There’s mony a sweet sunny spot on its banks, an’ mony a time an’ aft hae I waded through its shallows, whan a boy, to set my little scautling-line for the trouts an’ the eels, … Read more
Conon Old Burial Ground
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the Young Bagpiper of County Tipperary
- the Young Bagpiper of County Tipperary
[Ballycahill (Tipperary / Irlande)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (11 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 15/01/26.
Themes:

There lived not long since, on the borders of the county Tipperary, a decent honest couple, whose names were Mick Flanigan and Judy Muldoon. These poor people were blessed, as the saying is, with four children, all boys: three of them were as fine, stout, healthy, good-looking children as ever … Read more
the Young Bagpiper of County Tipperary
- the Young Bagpiper of County Tipperary

The Legend of the Young Bagpiper of County Tipperary

[Ballycahill (Tipperary / Irlande)]
By Gibbings, W.W. in 1889 (11 minutes) added by Fabien
Published on 15/01/26.
Themes:

There lived not long since, on the borders of the county Tipperary, a decent honest couple, whose names were Mick Flanigan and Judy Muldoon. These poor people were blessed, as the saying is, with four children, all boys: three of them were as fine, stout, healthy, good-looking children as ever … Read more