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In Norwegian folktale lily of the valley was created by the spring goddess who wished to brighten up the dark days of early spring. She took pieces of her green dress to fashion stalks and leaves then dotted them with snow to create the bright white flowers. #FolkloreThursday

In England children are warned never to bring dandelions into the house because if you do they will cause you to wet the bed. As if in confirmation of their urine-inducing powers in France they are known as pis-en-lit which translates as 'wet the bed'! #FolkloreThursday

For the rural poor coffins were made by the local carpenter. They often worked over night to ensure the coffin was ready for the morning. In the fens it was unlucky to be make a coffin at night as it was said to disturb the souls at rest in the churchyard. #FolkloreThursday

In Wales it was believed that a child born on the day the first cuckoo call of the season is heard will be lucky for their whole life. #FolkloreThursday

Across England it was thought very bad luck to harm a robin. The hand of someone who had killed a robin would always shake. If you broke a robin’s egg you would soon find your own crockery broken. If you broke a robin's wing your own arm would soon also break. #FolkloreThursday

In the fens people would tap an iron plough with a hammer to predict the coming winter. If it gave out a dull boom then sleet and snow were expected. If it gave a ringing sound then frost was coming. #FolkloreThursday

In the fens a mother would never suckle her child during a thunderstorm as it was thought to taint her milk with brimstone and sulphur. #FolkloreThursday

Churn-milk Peg is the English guardian of unripe nuts. She sits, smoking her pipe, inside nut thickets. If a child tries to pluck a nut before it's ready she pinches the offender and chides: ‘Smoke! Smoke a wooden pipe! Getting nuts before they’re ripe!’ #FolkloreThursday

In Wales it was thought that whirlwinds were caused by eagles flapping their wings over the mountains. #FolkloreThursday

In a Norwegian folktale lily of the valley was created by the spring goddess who wished to brighten up the dark days of early spring. To do so she took pieces of her green dress to fashion the stalks and dotted them with snow to create the bright white flowers. #FolkloreThursday