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#FairyTaleTuesday #pussywillow
How the Pussy Willow attained its name.

#MythologyMonday
In British folklore on Cuckoo's Day April 28th it is said to be a sign of prosperity & abundance when you hear a Cuckoo first and turnover coins in your pocket at the same time.

#FairyTaleTuesday #StPatricksDay 🍀
The Leprechaun is over 1000 yrs old, there was a ‘sighting’ in 1989 by a pub landlord called P.J O’Hare in Carlingford, County Louth. O’Hare says he heard screams from a well & found the remains of a Leprechaun which is on display in his pub.

@FairyTale_Tues @fairytaleflash Looking forward to it! 🍀🤗

#medievalmonday 🐇
When 15th century Medieval Rabbits grow weary of being hunted, they become hunters 🐰🐇🐰

#FairyTaleTuesday 💘 🧚
On February 14th - 15th the ancient Romans also celebrated Lupercalia revering Lupercus also known as Faunus meaning “The Wild One.” It's kin
Fauna meaning “Good Goddess."was the 'keeper of Mysteries,'
Fauna's initiates were women.

🎨 Herbert Dawson

#FairyTaleTuesday
The Hippogriff was a winged horse that had the claws and head of an eagle. It was an elusive creature that had the ability to fly at very high altitudes for very long distances. The hippogriff was the only known relative to the Griffin.

#LegendaryWednesday
During #Hogmanay (New Year's Eve)
Scots have a custom called, The Saining of the House. Once the house was clean, the woman of the house would carry around a smoking Juniper branch. #Saining cleanses the home of negative energy or evil spirits of plague.

#legendarywednesday
Tuatha de Dannan were considered supernatural, angelic-like beings who came to Ireland and encountered two groups that they successfully overcame. Epic battles were waged to defeat both the Firbolgs and the Fomorians.

#SuperstitionSat
The mandrake was linked with myths and magic, being one of the ingredients of the witches’ ‘flying ointments’ in the Middle Ages. In ancient legends, when the plant was uprooted it would scream, killing anyone who heard it.