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#FairyTaleTuesday the feisty sisters in Snow White and Rose Red save a huge bear & give him shelter during the winter, & intervene several times to help an ungrateful dwarf. And of course eventually the rescued bear turns out to be a handsome Prince. Illustrations by Gordon Laite

#FolkloreThursday Tonight is Walpurgis night when the powers of witchcraft are strong, so time to retell the Myth of Circe, the original sorceress & witch. She had power to turn men into pigs & a love rival into a sea monster. So beware who you annoy tonight! Art: JW Waterhouse

#FolkloreThursday Myths swirl around Queen Elfrida. King Edgar murdered her husband to wed her. On Edgar's death his son Edward succeeded but she used witchcraft to lure him to Corfe Castle & poison him, making her baby son King. She died at Wherwell nunnery, famed for its dragon

#FolkloreThursday #Valentines2019 Want to know who to marry? Write potential names on pieces of paper, wrap each in clay & drop into water. The name that surfaces first is the one. Want someone to fall in love with you? Draw water from nine wells (yes nine) & give them to drink

#FolkloreThursday The rose is a magical flower. A special ink for writing charms and spells can be made with rosewater. Rosa Gallica may have sprung from roses growing around the tomb of the Fair Rosamund, mistress of Henry II, allegedly murdered by his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine

#FolkloreThursday the midwinter ghost story pre-dates the modern Christmas, with short days & long nights this was always a time when the dead feel close. But was the Victorian love of Christmas ghost stories helped by the flicker of new gaslights giving off hallucinogenic CO2?

#FolkloreThursday Lavinia Fenton gained fame as Polly Peachum.The Duke of Bolton installed her as his mistress in Hackwood Park alongside his wife & later married her. She still haunts Spring Wood there. On warm evenings you can smell her perfume & hear the swish of her silk gown

#FolkloreThursday #WorldAnimalDay In Jewish tradition Lilith was Adam's first wife. A witch & a vampire "her enchanted hair was the first gold" She took the form of a large black cat to steal young children. Was she the origin of the myth that cats steal the breath of babies?

#FolkloreThursday Witches are know for stealing milk from cows. In British folklore they turn themselves into hares to do this, in Belarus they become magpies. Or they employ strange devices to obtain milk, @Pitt_Rivers has a Witch's ladder somehow used for this nefarious act

#folklorethursday Dickens' Ghost of Christmas Present (John Leech) echoes ancient pagan midwinter traditions pre-dating modern Santa Claus