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Eyebright is used to treat almost all eye ailments. Lore tells how the linnet first used eyebright to clear the sight of its young, & then gave the knowledge to humans. A few drops on the eyelids will bring prophetic dreams in sleep & reveal that which is hidden. #FolkloreSunday

Circe the Sorceress with her magical texts, & a guest whom she has turned into a leopard. #MythologyMonday
Image: John William Waterhouse, c.1911

Wishing everybody a fabulous #BankHolidayWeekend!

Nymphs Dancing to Pan’s Flute, by Joseph Tomanek, c.1920. #NewMoon #FaustianFriday #AugustBankHoliday #weekend #art

Venus-ruled mallow is used in love potions. Combine a mallow root with a rose quartz, 9 rose petals, & 2 ash juniper berries, & anoint with rose water to attract love. Conversely, a salve made from mallow leaves & rosemary oil can protect against black magic. #FairyTaleTuesday

“When daisies pied and violets blue
And lady-smocks all silver-white
And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight..”

Love’s Labour’s Lost
#ShakespeareSunday #FolkloreSunday
Image: The Lady’s-Smock Flower Fairy by Cicely Mary Barker

The Celtic tree month of Hazel goes from 5th Aug to 1st Sep. Hazel is the tree of knowledge, wisdom & poetic inspiration, & its nuts bring prophetic power. It is good for magical wands & dowsing for water & ley lines, as it holds the secrets of the earth. #FolkloreThursday

Catskin is an English Cinderella tale. A young girl runs away wearing a coat of cat’s fur. She ends up toiling in a castle kitchen, but by her own cat-like ingenuity & magic, (no fairy godmother), goes to a series of balls in sumptuous gowns, & marries a lord. #FairytaleTuesday

The cats of #BeatrixPotter, born 28 July 1866. Here we have Miss Moppet, Tom Kitten & his sisters, & wicked Simpkin from the Tailor of Gloucester. #BookChatWeekly #FolkloreThursday #Caturday

“Summer afternoon - summer afternoon ...the most beautiful words in the English language.” Henry James
#BookWormSat

Image: Hornet & Wild Rose by Tirzah Garwood, 1950. @TownerGallery

“A brave vessel,
Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her,
Dash’d all to pieces.”
Miranda, The Tempest, Act 1, Sc 2
#BookChatWeekly #FolkloreThursday
Image: John William Waterhouse, 1916