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Wishing everyone a blessed Mabon

Mabon marks the balance of day and night before the darkness overtakes the light. It is also the time of the 'second harvest', usually of the fruit which has stayed on trees, ripening in the summer sun.
#AutumnEquinox

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.
#folklore

#1stSeptember 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. #history

In Cumbrian #dialect : 'birk' is the Birch tree

Brooms made of Birch twigs were commonly used to drive out the spirits of the old year and to ‘beat the bounds’ of property for protection.
#WordOfTheDay #trees #folklore #Cumbria

In Cumbrian #dialect : 'bortree' is an elderflower tree.

A 'bortree stick' is carried as a charm to protect against witchcraft.
#WordOfTheDay #trees #witches #Cumbria

Did a UFO crash near Caldbeck in 1954, giving the county it's own Roswell incident? The claim was made by eyewitnesses and looked into by UFO experts.
On 15 February 1954, thirteen-year-old Stephen Darbishire allegedly took this UFO photo near Coniston.
#Cumbria #UFO 🛸👽🛸

@keswickbootco @LakesStiles @Mollybee100 @louisdad @LissyJ24 @glocky9 @TheLakesMike @fellpics @Uistienne @ConstableChaos @Mounta1n_Mike Now this is a real nightmare ! 😱

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

Faerie folk love music, and they make music from instruments made of Elder wood. Wood from this tree will make whistles and pipes. The branches contain a soft pithy core which is easily removed to create hollow pipes of hard, easily-polished wood. #folklore #music #trees

Folklore, legends, mythology, and other strange tales from Cumberland and beyond - The Shadow Giant

#storytelling #ghosts #Ulverston #Cumbria