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The #Boggart:
Troublesome house-spirit with misplaced sense of humour found chiefly in the north of #England.
Haunts farms and lonely houses and plays all sorts of mean tricks on the inhabitants.

Image: @brianfroud
#folklore

Black Doideag of Mull is a #witch famous for her many evils. Tradition claims she caused the destruction of the Spanish Armada.
#Scots #folklore

A #Fairy Poem from 1780

“At eve, the primrose path along,
The milkmaid shortens with a song
Her solitary way;
She sees the fairies with their queen
Trip hand-in-hand the circled green,
And hears them raise, at times unseen,
The ear-enchanting lay.”
By Rev. John Logan

The #ghosts of #Cornish #giants:

#Spriggans are small ugly malicious #fairies found in the wilder parts of Cornwall.
They are the ghosts of giants.
Never try to dig for their treasure, for you'll be terrified by swirling, screaming figures.

#folklore

Four Articles of Faith concerning #faeries:
the sallowness of their skin
their dislike of iron
their dwelling underground
their deep-rooted objection of the green sward being broken up by the plough

#folklorethursday
Image: Brian Froud
Source: Celtic Folklore, 1901

A #Sussex Serpent:
In 1614 a 'strange and monstrous' dragon was reported in St Leonard's Forest near #Horsham slaughtering both men and cattle with its strong and violent poison.
(Today is #StLeonardsDay)

The night after the Battle of #Hastings, a peasant and his wife were stripping the dead.
A bright light shone over a pile of corpses.
A man’s arm rose up, wearing a gold ring. “I am the King”
The peasants took him home.
Harold became a hermit at Canterbury.

(From a #13thC saga)

How to notify #bees of their owner's death:
Strike the hives three times with the iron doorkey saying
'The Master is dead'.

Image: Rima Staines @tilsamka #beelore

Never say 'rabbits' at sea - it's bad luck!
Instead refer to them as 'long-ears', 'furry things' or 'bob-tailed bastards.
#superstition

We are now in the DOG DAYS or worm-month when #Sirius the Dog Star rises with the sun. (3rd July - 11th August)
#folklore