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In Brittany, it was said hedgehogs suckled cows. If a cow ate the grass on which a hedgehog had urinated, misfortune followed. Eating grass touched by a hedgehog ensured a painful calving. Other areas said that women became pregnant after stepping on a hedgehog. #FairyTaleTuesday
For today's #AnimalsInChurchesHour #HatsInChurches - these from the church in Quimperle, Brittany.
After being punched in the face by her wolf husband, the Breton Cinderella set off in search of him across the Blue & Red seas to Crystal Mountain; wearing out a pair of iron & a pair of steel shoes, and flying on an eagle's wing before the end of her quest. #FairyTaleTuesday
The Breton LRRH delivers a pie to grandmother who has not eaten for 7yrs. Along the way, she is assailed in turn by a hare, dog, fox & wolf; refusing each of their demands. She unwittingly throws grans' bones on the fire & drinks her blood before being devoured! #FairyTaleTuesday
Yann an aod (John o the shore) were spirits of the drowned whose bodies were unburied. If you answered its plaintive cry, it leapt half the distance between you. Answer again & it will jump half the remaining distance. Answer a third time: it will snap your neck #FairyTaleTuesday