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If you wash sheets on Holy Thursday you will be laid out in those sheets as a corpse before the next Holy Thursday comes...

Yorkshire Folk-Lore (1909)

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2022-04-02

🌸🍀🌸To dream of violets foretells good fortune and a change for the better in the dreamer's life.

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Christmas rose was considered a protective plant, able to drive away evil spirits

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Tsubaki blooms are associated with death and oddities in Japan, and are forbidden from hospitals. When a tsubaki tree is a century old, it manifests a spirit, often a seductive young woman, whose breath alone can shapeshift a human.

🖼: M. Meyer

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While Narcissus gave his name to naecissus flowers, they are themselves sacred to Persephone and spring: when stolen by Hades, she was picking them, and when returning along the Styx to the world above, they grew: they are signs of her return.

🖼: W. Crane

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In England it’s thought the lily of the valley’s scent attracts nightingales, helping them find their mates. Less pleasantly, if someone gives you the flower, they must plant it for you or your family will suffer a death before year’s end
🎨Shodo Kawarazaki

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White lilies symbolise peace, chastity, grace and grief. In ancient times brides wore garlands of lilies in their hair, as a lucky charm for a pure and fruitful marriage. Symbolic of the souls of the recently dead and a sign of peace, they are seen at funerals.

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Springtime by Hovhannes Mkrtich Zardarian, 1956

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In Transylvania, the weather on a day you pick will predict your future. This is according to a myth of old lady Dochia who journeyed to take her sheep up in the mountains at first sight of spring. When she started her journey, she had nine coats on. 1/3

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There are often more toads around in Spring but if you're in Japan you should beware of ogama, giant toad created when toads reach 1000 years old. They live deep in the forests & the larger they grow, the more dangerous they become.

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In Japanese mythology, Uzume is the goddess of Spring, the dawn, revelry, happiness and the arts. It was her provocative dancing, and the laughter of onlookers, that lured the sun goddess Amaterasu from the cave where she was hiding after...

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Daffodils, harbingers of Spring and bearers of good cheer, symbolise truth, honesty, faith and forgiveness. It is said to be unlucky should you step on a daffodil. When giving daffodils, it is best to present them as a bouquet, never ever give a single daffodil.

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In medieval times people believed cuckoos brought Spring with them, a signal for farmers to sow barley to ensure a good crop. Regarded as omens of good fortune, a wish made upon hearing the call of the first cuckoo of Spring is said to come true.

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While primarily a patron of goldsmiths, St. Eloy is also associated with farriers. Legend says he was having trouble shoeing a particularly difficult horse, so he simply popped the horse's leg off, put on the shoe, and then reattached it.

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In Tennin are a type of divine spiritual being found in the Buddhist tradition. One type of Tennin appear as extraordinarily beautiful women known as Tennyo. They live in the Buddhist heaven and are servants of the emperor of heaven and...

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2022-03-12

In a tavern at the now 'Angel Yard' in Kendal, 1745, the apparition of an angel brandishing a sword appeared and saved a child from the marauding Jacobite army.


artist: unknown

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A 1604 Witchcraft Act in England made working w/spirits a capital offense. It referenced ‘familiars,’ believed to be a witch’s demonic companion, who taught the witch magic & shape-shifted to be used as spies for the witch.

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2022-03-05

According to Otta F. Swire, in the there was a belief that the best remedy to cure leprosy was to make a pilgrimage to and spend several days in the city eating fish and shellfish from the estuary.

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2022-03-05

Having Bridesmaids in matching dresses comes from the superstition that a bride may be taken away by evil spirits/ scorned lovers on her wedding day. Having ten bridesmaids in similar attire would trick the ill-intended until the vows were over!
🖼️ Both Anonymous

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