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Practising witchcraft in Great Britain was decriminalised in 1951 when the 1735 Witchcraft Act was repealed. The 1735 act made it an offence subject to imprisonment, whereas the previous Acts of 1563 (Scotland) & 1603 (England) had enforced the death penalty.

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💘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💘Dydd Santes Dwynwen Hapus! Happy St Dwynwen's Day!
The Welsh Valentine's Day is celebrated on the 25th January, with the tradition of gifting your loved one with a beautifully ornate Welsh Love Spoon, carved from a single piece of wood.

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2023-01-26

Japanese trickster animals can be trusted to be animals, and their instincts betray their true form often. Tanuki will do anything for sake and good food; even a diligent kitsune might fall prey to fried mice, like Keizōbō the Postman.

🖼: M Meyer

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2023-01-26


LEPRECHAUN🇮🇪
..Ireland's tricksters first emerged in the 8th Century. Famous for being cobblers "leath brogan" ..the shoemaker..their profession earns them, their iconic pots of gold..🥾

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2023-01-25

- Floating time on magical Tir na nÓg Island is found in legends of Celtic people. The time flows slower there than in the land of mortals.
"One year on earth equals one minute in Tir na nÓg". It's a prominent quality of this realm...
https://t.co/w6WlJ1zejR

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2023-01-19

Myths about Tor - that it is hollow underneath & home to a Fairy King (Gwyn ap Nudd) or a dragon.
Some also believe that the Holy Grail is buried there

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🖼️: Janice MacDougall

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2023-01-11

In Italian lore, Jan.6th brings La Befana, aka the Christmas On the eve of children await her visit. As she flies around on her broomstick once a year, swooping down chimneys to bring children gifts, much like Santa Claus.

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2023-01-05

“Snow Scene with Children Playing” by Theodore Wendel (1857-1932)

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2023-01-05

❄️The Snow Queen and Kai
Illustration by Rudolf Koivu

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2023-01-05

Ancient Irish tells us that burying a potato outside on ensures & fortune, especially from the Fae. But don't ever strain your potatoes over the threshold of a Faerie door, for it will bring eternal bad luck!#LegendaryWednesday

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2022-12-29


During (New Year's Eve)
Scots have a custom called, The Saining of the House. Once the house was clean, the woman of the house would carry around a smoking Juniper branch. cleanses the home of negative energy or evil spirits of plague.

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2022-12-28

Merry Christmas, Thanks to you for hosting 2022...always fun and fascinating, always something new to discover.

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2022-12-22

Cernunnos, the Horned God

the dualistic god of two-fold aspects:
day & night
light & dark;
summer solstice & winter solstice

the god of wild places, animals, the Underworld




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2022-12-21

The Spindle Berry, a winter beauty, is known as Robins’ Bread, as the guards it from other birds. The berry’s name from the Greek is Euonymus, which is said to mean “lucky”, an irony because, although alluring, the red berries are poisonous to humans.

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2022-12-14


Tuatha de Dannan were considered supernatural, angelic-like beings who came to Ireland and encountered two groups that they successfully overcame. Epic battles were waged to defeat both the Firbolgs and the Fomorians.

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2022-12-07

⏳🌹⌛️"Silence and dust.
Green light and red roses.
A place quietly slipped from the grip of time, and preserved unnoticed, in an amber cottage."

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2022-11-30

🍄🍏🍄If you find yourself in the land of Faerie, never accept any food or drink - no matter how tempting it may appear - or you will never leave. But if you offend them by refusing their generosity within the mortal world, you will be cursed.

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2022-11-23

The candy cane dates back to 1670, when the choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany offered sugar sticks to child singers to keep them quiet during the Living Creche ceremony. In honor of the occasion, he bent the candies into shepherds' crooks.

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2022-11-23

in Sagittarius, 23 November 17:57 EST, 22:57 GMT. A new moon means new beginnings, & in fiery, mutable Sag it is the time to create them, with a sense of adventure, optimism & honesty, as we head towards the next full moon.

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2022-11-22

- Norse trolls were not famous for being associated with fashion, but they loved to steal anything they could get their hands on.
Old Scandinavian legends tell trolls often visited cemeteries and stole grave clothes. https://t.co/hzj19VzRyD

🎨 John Bauer

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2022-11-16