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is the Bard of Cumberland, Hedge Druid, Bard. Folk and nature lore, Druid myth, poetry, visual art | monthly tales @cumbrialakeland | Fellow @theRSAorg
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This on the theme of let me tell you the story of the 'Ginger Beast of Beckermet'. Cumbria's own mystery.

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2019-10-24

Mandrake pulling in the 15th Century from "Tacuinum Sanitatis".
It is said, the scream of the Mandrake when pulled was so ghastly that death or insanity resulted, so dogs were enlisted to do the job.

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2019-09-22

today.
September, from the Latin 'septem': 'seven', originally the seventh of ten months in the oldest known Roman calendar. The Anglo-Saxons called the month Gerstmonath: 'barley month', the crop being usually harvested.

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2019-09-01

In Cumbrian : 'bortree' is an elderflower tree.

A 'bortree stick' is carried as a charm to protect against witchcraft.

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2019-08-21

Michael Scot, 'the Wizard' (c.1175-1232), was an alchemist, astrologer, mathematician and translator.
In Cumbrian he is said to have turned to stone a coven of which became the stone circle of 'Long Meg and Her Daughters'.

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2019-08-09

In Cumbrian 'leemers' is the nut from the hazel tree

The Celts equated hazelnuts with wisdom and poetic inspiration, suggested by the similarity between the Gaelic word for the nuts, 'cno', and the word for wisdom, 'cnocach'.

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2019-05-24

The Bard of Cumberland - stories, folklore, mythology, and other strange tales from Cumberland and beyond- Ginger Beast of Beckermet

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2019-04-26

The Bard of Cumberland - stories, folklore, mythology, & other strange tales from - The Shadow Giant

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2019-04-25

The Bard of Cumberland - stories, folklore, mythology, & other strange tales from Cumbria - Bele Sheephead

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2019-02-27