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The #Mermaid of #Galloway loved to sit on a rock by a deep pool in the mouth of Dalbeattie Burn.
But a devout woman upset by the 'heathenish visitant' pushed the rock into the water.
The next morning her only child was found dead in its cradle.

#folklore
Image: Syquia Mansion

“I am certain that the water, the water of the seas and of lakes and of mist and rain, has all but made the #Irish after its image. Images form themselves in our minds perpetually as if they were reflected in some pool.“ -
#WBYeats

Image: Amelia Jane Murray

“We gave ourselves up in old times to #mythology, and saw the Gods everywhere. We talked to them face to face, and the stories of that communion are so many they outnumber all the like stories of all the rest of Europe.” - #WBYeats

#Ireland
Image: Arthur John Black

During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the custom of New Year gifts for the sovereign reached extravagant heights:

sums of money
costly ornaments for the queen’s person
caskets studded with precious stones
looking glasses
embroidered mantles
fans
silk stockings

#Tudor #England

The Wassail Bowl

Families assemble around a bowl of spiced ale, decorated with ribbons.
They toast each other with 'wass hael' = 'to your health', an ancient Saxon phrase.

Hence the bowl is called the Wassail or Wassel-bowl.

On #ChristmasEve in former days, the small people, or #spriggans, would meet at the bottom of the deepest #Cornish mines, and celebrate #MidnightMass.

Note to the producers of #Poldark: You missed a trick there. :)

#folklore
Image: #brianfroud

Five facts about #Urisks:
1. Large lubberly creatures found in Scotland.
2. Their race sprang from a union between fairies and mortals.
3. Can be spotted in the evening as a large grey form on a rock.
4. Of solitary habits.
5. Likes waterfalls.

Image: @AndrewSkilleter
#folklore

“Of old the merry elves were seen
Pacing with printless feet the dewy green.”

Image: William Blake

@tillymary Hi Emma, the painting is “The Fairy Funeral” by Czech painter Maximilian Pirner. Did you spot the fairy harpist? Isn’t she adorable? Great bum!

Welsh fairies often appear in the form of a funeral with a bier and a black cloth. This is a common sighting for (past all dispute) the fairies infallibly foreknow the time of Men's death.