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In Finland the northern lights are known as 'fox fires'. This is because it is believed that the beautiful flashing colours are created by foxes dashing through the night sky and causing sparks to fly from their bushy tails. #FolkloreSunday

An English tale tells of a greedy baker's daughter who only used a tiny bit of dough when baking for the poor. The bread grew into a huge loaf! She let out a 'Hoo Hoo' in surprise and was turned into an owl as a warning to others to be generous to the poor. #FolkloreThursday

In Scotland Brownies are household spirits who help with tasks about the home. But never gift a set of clothes to a Brownie or they will leave forever, calling gleefully: 'Gie brownie coat, gie brownie sark, Ye'll get nae mair 'o brownie's work!' #FolkloreThursday

Carpenters in Wales said that they often heard the tolaeth or death-sound before they were asked to make a coffin. They would hear the of sawing wood, banging of nails or turning of screws as a ghastly echo of coffin-making in portent of the coming task. #FolkloreThursday

Churn-Milk Peg is a traditional British hag who sat in nut trees smoking her pipe and waiting for kids to come and pick unripe nuts. When a child reached for a nut she would pinch them and chide 'Smoke! smoke a wooden pipe! Getting nuts before they’re ripe!' #folklorethursday

In Lithuanian lore mushrooms were thought to be the fingers of Velnias, the Baltic god of death, reaching up from the Underworld and offering his fungi fingers as food for the poor. #FolkloreThursday

In Welsh mythology, Rhiannon was Queen of Dyfed. She was linked to a horse goddess and had three magical birds which could "wake the dead and lull the living to sleep". #FolkloreThursday

In Greek mythology Minthe was a beautiful nymph beloved by Hades. When Minthe claimed she was better than Hades' wife, Persephone, the goddess got her revenge by changing her into a mint plant. A trace of her loveliness still lingers in the plant's scent. #FolkloreThursday

If the first butterfly of the season you see is white it will be a rainy summer. If the first is dark there will be many thunderstorms and if the first butterfly you see is yellow then it will be a summer full of sunshine. #FolkloreThursday

In Germany it was said that mice were created by witches who fashioned them from scraps of cloth. #FolkloreThursday