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Peter, Starlight and the big ditch.
Glossary
- Banish:
1. To punish a person by ordering them to leave a place or country, to be sent a long way away
2. To drive away doubts or fears
- Banquet:
A lavish feast or dinner, usually held as a celebration - Banshee:
Wailing female spirit or ghost - Baptism:
Christian religious naming ceremony, involving sprinkling with or dipping a person in water as a sign of purity and to receive them into the church. - Baron:
1. A member of the lowest rank of noblemen
2. A powerful owner of industry or business
- Barrow (long barrow, round barrow):
A mound of earth over a prehistoric grave. In myths barrows are often associated with fairies and spirits. - Beadle:
An official with ceremonial duties in a church, college or city. - Beer seller:
A person who sells beer. - Black dogs:
Large fearsome dogs often described as being as big as a calf with either a single red eye or glowing red eyes often associated with roads, graveyards or ancient sites. In some myths, they are bringers of bad fortune or guardians of treasure. - Blockade:
Surrounding a town or city or port etc to stop or obstruct people or goods coming in or out. - Bonfire:
Large open-air fire to celebrate an event. - Boundary:
A limit or a line, in myths this often refers to the edge between two worlds. - Brewer:
Someone who makes beer. - Broomstick:
Handle of a broom thought to have been ridden through the air by witches. - Burgess:
Old term relating to a member of parliament for a borough, town or university. - Burial grounds:
Cemetery or ancient site where the dead were buried. |
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