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Folklore, History, Art & Magick. Founder & host of #FolkloreSunday.

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Narcissus Poeticus is the last daffodil to flower, well into March. It features in Greek legend, as Narcissus was turned into the white daffodil by Nemesis, & is also the flower that Persephone was gathering when she was abducted by Pluto.
Img: Cicely Barker

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“Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie...” Walter Crane’s for his children’s book, Song of Sixpence, published in 1909.
begins on 4th March.

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2019-03-04

“Traveller, traveller, tramping by
To the seaport where the big ships lie..”
The Traveller’s Joy (of the Clematis family) is an English flower, & is so named as it was a welcome sight to travellers both setting out from & returning home.
Img & vs: Cicely Barker

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2019-02-28

The periwinkle is the “sorcerers’ violet” in France. Its 5 petals are linked to the pentacle & it can be used as a protective amulet. The vines embrace & are thus linked to fidelity. To Culpepper it was an aphrodisiac, being grown by Venus.
Img: Cicely Barker

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2019-02-21

“When I was at home I was in a better place.”
As You Like It, Act 2, Sc 4

The Traveller’s Joy Flower Fairy, by Cicely Barker, 1920s.
This English flower (of the Clematis family) is so named as it was a welcome sight to travellers both setting out & returning.

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There is a legend that upon his execution, miraculously restored his gaolers’s blind daughter’s sight. He gave her a letter & upon opening it she saw a beautiful yellow crocus, henceforth a symbol of
Img: Cicely Barker

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2019-02-15

Oh those cherubs! Sewing up broken hearts, hot air ballooning! There wasn’t much they wouldn’t do to convey the message. The arrival of the Penny Black stamp in 1840 meant greetings were available to all.

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In old lore Bride, the Princess of Summer, is enslaved by the Cailleach, hag goddess of winter. Bride is given snowdrops by kindly Father Winter, which she shows to the hag, who is enraged to see her reign is coming to an end.
Illust: Cicely Barker

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