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Preparations for the Greek-themed faerie wedding are going swimmingly.
The coconut jelly bean & ouzo punch is bound to be particularly popular but surely one cheese & onion pie will prove to be insufficient?
Not that anyone appears to give a toss ... 🦋
#SundayThoughts
Have a sensational Sunday you lot 🌥️
(art: 'Bat Rider' by Paulina Cassidy)
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In Sweden & parts of Finland, a mini-Halloween takes place on either the Thurs or Sat before Easter. Little girls dress up in rags & old clothes, too-big skirts & shawls & go door to door with a copper kettle looking for treats, in homage to the Easter Witch 🧙♀️
#FolkloreThursday
Male tortoiseshell cats are rare (only about 1 in 3000 are male) but if you do happen across one & you're blighted with warts there is an old wives tale that you can cure the warts if you rub them with the tail of a male tortoiseshell during the month of May.
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During some rare research I've just found out that a 'bugger' (a word I use on a regular basis) is in fact a goblinesque faerie that dwells in the astral world & is very dangerous to humans.
I'd been under the impression that it was just like a bloody nuisance.
#FolkloreThursday
Sacred pagan plant Misteltoe was considered so sacred that it had to be cut with a golden sickle.
Holly and other evergreens were also respected in the belief that, in winter, they provided refuge for woodland spirits until other trees regained their leaves.
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