The most famous legends in Cheshire
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- Canute's SandKnutsford · FreeA Danish king's blessing is still poured onto the streets in coloured sand.
- Holly Holy DayNantwich · FreeEach January, Nantwich pins on holly and fights its Civil War battle again.
- The Farmer's Wife ChestLower Peover · FreeLift the lid with one arm and you may marry a farmer.
- The Midsummer GiantsChester · FreeA family of giants has walked Chester's streets since Tudor times.
- The Wild Horse of AntrobusAntrobus · FreeThe dead walk the pubs each November, led by a wild horse.
- Walking DayWarrington · FreeA town's oldest summer march nearly ended, until the community took it back.
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- The Grinning CatGrappenhall · FreeDid a grinning stone cat on a village church inspire Lewis Carroll?
- The Wizard of the EdgeAlderley Edge · FreeA farmer sold his white mare to a stranger and saw an army asleep under the hill.
- Richard II's Lost TreasureBeeston · Pay to get inA deposed king's gold is said to lie at the bottom of the deepest well.
- The Bear and the BibleCongleton · FreeDid a Cheshire town really trade its Bible for a dancing bear?
- The Cheshire ProphetOver, Winsford · FreeA simple ploughboy foretold a king's victory, and his own death by starving.
- The Childe of HaleHale · FreeA gentle giant who slept with his feet out of the window.
- The Last Jester's GraveGawsworth · FreeEngland's last jester lies alone in the woods, still telling jokes in stone.
- The Mermaid's BellRostherne · FreeA bell rolled three times into the mere, and a mermaid still rings it.
- The Murdered BrideCongleton · FreeWas this a grave for murdered lovers, or a place where people were married?
- The Nun's GraveWhitegate · FreeA nun who nursed an abbot lies under a stone cross, or so a novel claimed.
- The Old Man O'MowMow Cop · FreeA stone giant sits in the quarry, watching over two counties.
- The Double SunsetBosley · FreeThe sun sets twice behind one hill on midsummer evening.