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Wishing you all a wonderful #WinterSolstice🌛

The illustration below shows Dr William Price.

He was a vegetarian nudist and druid who believed in free love and herbal remedies 🌿

He is best known as a pioneer of modern cremation 🔥

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Peter Capaldi in a previous life 📚

It is unlucky to uproot Periwinkle from a grave 🌱

The dead will appear to the person who takes it and his dreams for the next twelve months will be very wretched and miserable 💀

#FolkloreThursday #Wales #History

It was believed that the Taff Whirlpool was frequented by a lovely lady, who lured people whilst bathing 🌪

Youths were known to swim towards her, attracted by her beauty. They were then sucked into the vortex, and their bodies could never be found 💀

#FolkloreThursday #Wales

It is unlucky to uproot Periwinkle from a grave 🌱

The dead will appear to the person who takes it and his dreams for the next twelve months will be very wretched and miserable.

#FolkloreThursday #Wales #History

It is unlucky to uproot Periwinkle from a grave, for the dead, will appear to the person who takes it, and his dreams for the next twelve months will be very wretched and miserable.

#FolkloreThursday #Wales #History

St Stephen's Day in Wales 🌿

St Stephen's Day (Boxing Day) saw the custom of 'Holming.' This was the act of beating a person with Holly..

The last person to awake on this day would be beaten with branches of Holly and named 'Tapster.'

#Wales #BoxingDay

As the night draws in remember the miners and volunteers who worked deep into the night to save the children at Aberfan.

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This switch of horse hair was found in 1921 pegged behind the door of a house in Laugharne. It is said to be a charm against witches. #HairyArchives #Wales #History https://t.co/enloFXAiU6