# Ghosts, Folklore & Superstitions of Hessle Road

Six reported ghost stories and ten local traditions. Haunting accounts are witness claims; they do not establish a supernatural cause. Customs varied between families and crews.

[Ghost stories](https://hessleroad.com/ghost-stories.html)

[Fishing superstitions and local folklore](https://hessleroad.com/fishing-superstitions.html)

- [The Old Ropery](https://hessleroad.com/ghost-stories.html#old-ropery) — Reported haunting
- [The raining-soot disturbance](https://hessleroad.com/ghost-stories.html#raining-soot) — Reported disturbance
- [The Alexandra’s haunted reputation](https://hessleroad.com/ghost-stories.html#alexandra) — Published local claim
- [The Wellington Lane ghost scare](https://hessleroad.com/ghost-stories.html#wellington-lane) — Historical newspaper story
- [The cellar presence at the Whittington & Cat](https://hessleroad.com/ghost-stories.html#whittington-cat) — Reported pub haunting
- [A haunting said to follow its witness](https://hessleroad.com/ghost-stories.html#redbourne-street) — Personal reported experience
- [Never wash on sailing day](https://hessleroad.com/fishing-superstitions.html#sailing-day-washing) — Remembered custom
- [Never ask when he is going back](https://hessleroad.com/fishing-superstitions.html#asking-about-sailing) — Remembered taboo
- [The farewell wave](https://hessleroad.com/fishing-superstitions.html#farewell-wave) — Fishing superstition
- [The forbidden colour green](https://hessleroad.com/fishing-superstitions.html#unlucky-green) — Fishing superstition
- [The animals you mustn’t name](https://hessleroad.com/fishing-superstitions.html#forbidden-animals) — Word taboo
- [Witches in eggshell boats](https://hessleroad.com/fishing-superstitions.html#eggshell-boats) — Maritime folk tale
- [The future in a teacup](https://hessleroad.com/fishing-superstitions.html#tea-leaf-reading) — Remembered fortune-telling
- [Messages in the coal fire](https://hessleroad.com/fishing-superstitions.html#fireside-omens) — Household omens
- [Liverpool Street’s “unluckiest address”](https://hessleroad.com/fishing-superstitions.html#liverpool-street) — History behind a nickname
- [The Monkey House pub yarn](https://hessleroad.com/fishing-superstitions.html#monkey-house) — Oral local saying