Whisht! Lads: North East Folklore

Johnny Reed's Cat with Dave Silk

Whisht! Lads: North East Folklore

Show Notes

Listen to storyteller, Dave Silk, share the north east folklore tale, ’Johnny Reed’s Cat’, in a Bywell graveyard.

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