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🌺❤️‍🩹🌺In C.S. Lewis' The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Aslan's return to Narnia breaks the spell of the hundred-year Winter - Peter is gifted a sword and shield, Susan, a bow, arrows and a horn, and Lucy, a dagger and a crystal phial of healing cordial.

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2023-03-08

First recorded performance of 1 March 1662, Lincoln's Inn Fields by the Duke's Company. Had certainly been performed by 1597 when the first quarto was published, but there are no surviving records before 1660.

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2023-03-02

Spring fairy for from Ruth Sanderson's World of Fairies 🧚‍♀️ ✨️

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2023-03-01

💫Thank you all for your loner tweets! They were great!💫We will announce next week's theme by Monday. Follow us & we will follow back.💫 See you  

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2023-02-16

💫Join us for Where the theme is loners! Give us your lone wolf legends, your daring rouge legends, your mysterious singles, & independent deities. Give us your   &

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2023-02-14

Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) didn’t think much of the justice system (his caricatures of King Louis-Philippe landed him in jail for 6 months). His lawyers always look full of their own importance and up to no good.

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2023-02-01

Practising witchcraft in Great Britain was decriminalised in 1951 when the 1735 Witchcraft Act was repealed.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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2023-02-01

💘🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💘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

- Askeladden ( 'Ash Lad') is a charming trickster & the youngest of all brothers & the least resourceful figure. This little boy can handle most difficult situations and surprisingly wins when everyone else fails.
https://t.co/zn6Rf18LEN

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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

https://t.co/ECkebCxU1N
 
🖼️: 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

💫Join us for Where the theme is winter activities! Give us your ice rink legends, your winter sports, your snowy downhill legends, & winter game deities. Give us your   &

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2023-01-03

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

💫Thank you all for your winter tweets! They were great!💫We will announce next week's theme by Monday. Have a great holiday! Follow us & we will follow back.💫 See you  

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2022-12-22