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Happy Imbolc and St. Brigid's day - parade around a corn doll, have a ritual wash, enjoy some butter, hang your St. Brigid's crosses and generally welcome the coming of spring.

(And next week those in Ireland will have a brand new public holiday to celebrate - I'm jealous)

Been debating next episode story.

Think I'm going to do a spooky Irish one, just in time for Christmas.

So do I a) do one of the well known good ones e.g. Tadhg and the Corpse, or Abhartach

B) just browse dúchas for something completely crazy, relatively unknown and tell that?

The greatest love story not yet told?

About to start writing an episode about a tale of Cornish wrecking.

I've never seen Wreck-it Ralph so can't make any slight references based on it.

Is it worth seeing for that?

The Scottish story of Kemp Owyne is a hardcore version of The Frog Prince/Sleeping beauty.

The hero must kiss a bewitched dragon to transform it back into a woman.

There's a big risk her dragony instincts will kill him, but with her help he gets a smooch.

#FairyTaleTuesday

St. Walpurga's brothers were St. Winibald and St. Willibald. Their mother was St. Wuna.

Of Wessex.

Imagining their playground days with those names I get why they moved to Germany.

No word yet on implied go-Kart rival Saints Malpurga, Millibald etc.

The Ghillie Dhu was a good natured creature that lived in the woods by Loch an Draing in the Highlands, clad in leaves and moss.

He once rescued a girl lost in the woods, taking her home safely.

So, of course, men hunted him, but luckily they were unsuccessful
#FolkloreThursday

Some nations named after women according to Medieval Legend:

- Scotland after Scot(i)a, an Egyptian Queen
- Albion after Albina a Syrian princess and absolute badass
- Éire after Ériu, one of the Tuatha Dé who stood up to invaders
#Fairytaletuesday #InternationalWomansDay

The legend Culhwch and Olwen names c.260 members of Arthur's Court, with specific and varied super-hero powers, e.g.

- Crush mountains
- Very long beard
- Anything carried is invisible
- Can stand on one leg all day
- Drink the sea
- So ugly mistaken for demon

#MythologyMonday

Not a tale but when I was looking for images for #FairyTaleTuesday I came across this which I'd never seen before and I quite like.

"A Mermaid Feeding her Young" from the Workshop of Workshop of Giulio Romano, early 16th century.