TY - BOOK ID - 149879113 TI - Curious Tales from West Yorkshire. PY - 2013 SN - 0750952717 PB - New York : The History Press, DB - UniCat KW - Folklore -- England -- West Yorkshire. KW - West Yorkshire (England) -- Anecdotes. KW - West Yorkshire (England) -- History. KW - West Yorkshire (England) -- Social life and customs. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:149879113 AB - This is a charming compendium of historical oddities, curious customs and strange events from across West Yorkshire. Laid out in an easy to use A-Z format, it explores a vast range of subjects, from folklore and legends to Yorkshire's strangest buildings, artefacts and memorials (including a drinker's tomb made from a beer barrel). Here also are some of Yorkshire's most eccentric characters and famous former inhabitants, and the stories behind some of the oddest events that have occurred in the county - and perhaps even in the whole of the British Isles. With countless Civil War curiositi ER -