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For my favourite mythological character is Fionn mac Cumhaill because my ancestor's brother, Adam Ferguson (1723-1816), was directly involved in the great Ossianic Revival.

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At Hogmanay, or Scottish New Year, a preferably tall, dark haired man bearing gifts of coal, silver coins, black buns, salt or whisky, is invited over the threshold as “First-Footer” to bring good luck for the coming year.

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In the story of 'The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne' a tragic love traingle plays itself out culminating in the death of Gráinne's lover during the hunt for the Benbulbin Boar. image: Elena Albanese

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recounts that if the holly used for the decoration of a house at Yuletide is smooth, then the wife of the household will head it for the coming year, but if prickly, the husband will rule the roost!

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John Duncan's critically acclaimed 1914 depiction of 'The Children of Lir', an episode in Irish Mythology in which a group of divine children are transformed into swans.

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For a 1st Cent. Roman fresco recovered from Vesuvian ash at Stabiae on the Bay of Naples Pic: mharrsch

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The hero Fionn mac Cumhaill's annual battle with Aillen each Samhain is symbolic of a ritual initiation centred around the destructive power of fire!

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The Sussex Serpent is a well documented local dragon that supposedly haunts St. Leonards Forest.

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For this week's I present a mezzotint of “Cupid Fighting with a Satyr” attributed to Jan van Somer c1680 brother of Paul van Somer II , but not a relative of Paul van Somer , James I's court painter.

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Uncategorized flint object consisting of a leaf-shaped bifacial knife or an unfinished arrowhead preform of probable Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date. Pic: Somerset County Council

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