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#LegendaryWednesday
In Irish folklore, Tír Na nÓg, is a paradise and supernatural realm of everlasting youth, beauty, health, abundance, and joy.

#Folktaletuesday #DayoftheDead
In Irish lore, Donn "the dark one" is an ancestor of the Gaels is called the Lord of the Dead. Donn dwells in Tech Duinn the "house of the dark one"where the souls of the dead gather. He is said to be a phantom horseman riding a white horse.

#Fairytaletuesday #gothtober #vampire
Celtic Vampire-lore Scottish Baobhan Sith means “fairy woman” who appears as a red-head beauty with a flowing Green gown that covers her deer hooves in place of feet. This deadly night creature drinks human 'blood' and sleeps during the day

#FairyTaleTuesday
In Irish folklore the banshee modern Irish bean sí, is defined as "woman of the fairy mound" or "fairy woman" who heralds the death of a family member, by shrieking, or keening. Her name is linked to the tumuli that dot rural Ireland & harbors dead spirits

#MythologyMonday
#31DaysOfHaunting
In the 1800s Pennsylvanians tied red scarves onto mannequins to scare crows away from their crops. They named their new type of scarecrow, “Bogeyman.”
- Old Pennsylvania Folklore.

#ShakespeareSunday
Double, double toil and trouble;

Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Fillet of a fenny snake,

In the cauldron boil and bake;

Eye of newt and toe of frog,

Wool of bat and tongue of dog,

- MacBeth Act IV, Scene 1

#SwampSunday
Jenny Greenteeth or Ginny Greenteeth is a figure in Lancashire folklore is described as a nasty water hag with green, skin, long hair & sharp, teeth. Jenny hides beneath duckweed in ponds, she would try to drown folks dragging them into the water then eats them.

#SuperstitionSat
The Ghost light is a common ritual in Shakespeare theatre it originated from the curse of the Macbeth play, the ghost light is kept on in empty theaters to appease the ghosts.

#legendarywednesday
Crystal balls & Aztec mirrors were used for scrying.
During the Victorian era from 1837-1901 Crystallomancy was popular. Crystal gazing worked best when the Sun was at its most northern decline. The Crystal ball would become cloudy right before a vision.

#wyrdwednesday
Celtic Vampire-lore Scottish Baobhan Sith means “fairy woman”who appears as a red-head beauty with a flowing Green gown that covers her deer hooves, in-place of feet. This deadly night creature drinks human 'blood' and sleeps in the day.