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People used to believe in the Easter Hare before the Easter Rabbit, and children left out nests to get Easter eggs. Good children got eggs, but bad children didn't. More Easter lore ➡ https://t.co/76WmNjwa8c [public domain image]

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2021-04-01

Baobhan sith, an unseelie wight from Celtic folklore. Likes to lure young men into the forest to dance with her, and when they're exhausted, drain their blood...

Revisiting my old watercolour illustrations made me want to try a digital one!

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2021-04-01


The pinning of spiritual medals on a baby’s vest, pram or crib is a time-honoured tradition for many Catholic families. The medal is a reminder that God sends guardian angels to protect his children & keep them safe from danger.
🎨Frances Brundage

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2021-04-01

Dongzhi (Winter Arrives) is an East Asian winter solstice festival, of which there are regional variations. Families get together to eat dumplings & tangyuan, drink rice wine, & gather in clan tombs to offer food & drink to their ancestors' spirits.

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2021-04-01

The Zamba Zaraa is a hedgehog-like animal, said to live in the Gobi Desert, that inflates like a pufferfish when it feels threatened. Art by for the upcoming book https://t.co/dbxMzxQvc3

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2021-03-26

Originally made as a farming device by an Engineer as an apology to humanity, the Chopper was repurposed as an assault vehicle that is often used by the Brutes to cut through enemy obstacles!

To learn more visit Halopedia here: https://t.co/CsQUrl5IPG

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2021-03-26

Blackburn 1869 - local man George Hindle is held accused of breaking windows in the Union Buildings, but as they kept on being broken whilst he was in jail it was said it could only be the work of boggarts & the court had no choice but to pronounce this as so!

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2021-03-25

Mexico is the only revolutionary state in the Western hemisphere that outlawed slavery from its beginning and it stayed that way. This is a central cause of the Texan Revolution: white and Tejano settlers wanted the right to own slaves and Mexico refused.

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2021-03-25

Illustrations by Arthur Rackham for ‘Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens’ by JM Barrie. Published in by Hodder and Stoughton, 1912.

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2021-03-25

The sweet, shiny black berries of the Deadly Nightshade contain Atropine, which causes rapid heartbeat, hallucinations and seizures when eaten.

In Scotland it was believed that walking over Deadly Nightshade plants would make you see the ghosts of dead people.

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2021-03-25

On my lockdown walk in south London is a garden dedicated to talented local artist Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973).

Famous for her flower fairy artworks, she used costumed children as models and depicted accurate plants supplied by Kew Gardens.

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2021-03-25

The Dragon of Mordiford  was said to reside just outside the Herefordshire  village of Mordiford, at the confluence of the River Lugg and the River Wye.
From early life, the green dragon, was said to have loved a small girl named Maud who resided in Mordiford

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2021-03-25

found in the coastal waters of the River Legend tells of sailor John Robinson being seduced by the siren’s seductive charms & of her giving him a ring on parting. He died 5 days after their encounter.
🎨JWW

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2021-03-25

On my local lockdown walk in south London is a garden dedicated to the amazingly talented artist Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973).

Famous for her flower fairy artworks, she used costumed children as models and depicted accurate plants supplied by Kew Gardens.

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2021-03-25

On my local lockdown walk in south London is a garden dedicated to talented artist Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973).

Famous for her flower fairy artworks, she used costumed children as models and depicted accurate plants supplied by Kew Gardens.

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2021-03-25

In the myths of many Native American tribes, thunder is caused by the flapping wings of the enormous thunderbirds. Thunderbirds were believed to be large enough to carry whales in their talons. Some myths claim they also control lightning, rain & hail.

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2021-03-25

White Buffalo Calf Woman is a sacred figure to the Lakota people. She appeared to them during a famine, bestowed a holy ceremonial pipe, & taught them the Seven Sacred Rites to maintain balance among humans, the natural world, & the wider universe.

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2021-03-25

this is my Mefiti volcano goddess - from Italy for a picture book I'm working on. In Italiano, spero. Imprarando. Etc. More volcano lore to share.

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2021-03-20

Clergyman Samuel Roffey Maitland, Lambeth Palace Librarian, travelled through Europe in around 1830. He captured clothing of that period in his watercolour paintings. Some images are identified as Breslau - today [MS 1945, p. 9]

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2021-03-19