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Tradition accuses the magpie of not wearing full mourning at the Crucifixion. In Scotland it was considered such an evil bird that it was said to carry a drop of the Devil’s blood under its tongue...🩸#folklorethursday

Horses are often credited with the power to see ghosts, and sweat and shy when troubled by spirits. They were once thought to be vulnerable to the Evil Eye, and their owners protected them with brasses made in spirit-repelling shapes, such as the sun or moon #folklorethursday

Bogies, goblins and bug-a-boos are often hostile to mortal folk. Northumberland’s Hedley Kow, Durham’s Picktree Brag and the Buggane of the Isle of Man play shape-shifting tricks; they have been known to change gold into silver to taunt their victims #FairyTaleTuesday

@ElliottBlackwe3 The last one looks like heaven!

Witches have long been believed to be a hazard on British coasts. One Shetland witch said that when she wanted to wreck a ship, she stood on her head and said, “Sweery, sweery, linkum-loo! Do to them as I now do!”

#WitchWednesday

🎨’Sea Witch’ by Tiffany Toland-Scott

Some fairies are murderous, such as the Redcaps who are said to haunt the Border peel towers. They try to redye their caps in human blood...#SuperstitionSat #scaryfairies

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