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Image of Addlebrough (Cairn(s)) by fitzcoraldo

Addlebrough from the cup marked rock at the Dovestones

fitzcoraldo Jan 18, 2006

Addlebrough from Stoney Raise cairn

fitzcoraldo Jan 18, 2006

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fitzcoraldo Nov 29, 2007

Addleborough. Tradition tells of a giant who was once travelling with a chest of gold on his back from Skipton Castle to Pendragon ; while crossing Addleborough he felt weary, and his burden slipped, but recovering himself he cried
’ Spite of either God or man,
To Pendragon Castle thou shalt gang ! ‘
when it fell from his shoulders, sank into the earth, and the stones rose over it. There the chest remained, and still remains, only to be recovered by the fortunate mortal to whom the fairy may appear in the form of a hen or an ape. He has then but to stretch forth his arm, seize the chest, and drag it out, in silence if he can, at all events without swearing, or he will fail as did that unfortunate wight, who uttering an oath in the moment of success, lost his hold of the treasure, and saw the fairy no more as long as he lived.

A Month in Yorkshire.
By Walter WHITE.
London
1858.

Taken from
PUBLICATIONS OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY
COUNTY FOLK-LORE
XLV/ 1899.

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Rhiannon Mar 19, 2007

Addleborough. Concerning Addleborough Hill, where there are remains of a Druidical circle, it is asserted with perhaps more reason than rhyme --
“Druid, Roman, Scandinavia,
Stone raise on Addleboro’.”

Taken from an article called ‘Yorkshire Rhymes and Proverbs’ by Mr William Andrews, in Old Yorkshire v1 pp263-69, and reprinted in
Additions to “Yorkshire Local Rhymes and Sayings”
E. G.
The Folk-Lore Journal, Vol. 1, No. 5. (May, 1883), pp. 164-165.

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Rhiannon Mar 19, 2007

Vandalism at Addleborough. – Will the editor of “N. & Q.” give further publicity to the following by finding a place for it in his columns? The fame of such crimes should be eternal:-
“So we sat and talked, and afterwards scrambled up the rocks to the summit {of Addleborough}. Here is, or rather was, a Druid circle of flat stones; but my companion screamed with vexation on discovering that three or four of the largest stones had been taken away, and were nowhere to be seen. The removal must have been recent, for the places where they lay were still sharply defined in the grass, and the maze of roots which had been covered for ages was still unbleached. And so an ancient monument must e destroyed either out of wanton mischief, or to be broken up for the repair of a fence! Whoever were the perpetrators, I say,
“’Oh, be their tombs as lead to lead.’”
--A Month in Yorkshire, by Walter White, 1858, p245.
K.P.D.E.

From Notes and Queries, p158, September 4th, 1858.