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Ireland is redhead land, but they were always suspect. It was said a redheaded woman could bring bad luck to a ship, or seeing one on market day meant no sales. As a redhead, that’s tough luck for me. My family is Irish, so I take it in stride. 😂🍀

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2021-03-14

Your weekly Wunderkammer safety advice

To prevent your selkie spouse from pining for the sea and wander the coastline, singing heart-wrenching laments, don't steal his or her seal skins!

Thank you. Spit thrice, touch cold iron and be safe.

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2021-03-06

Beware the Sirin! Later she became associated with a bird of paradise as she lives close to heaven. Only the lucky faithful and true of heart would notice her, only the happy could hear her song. More Lubok!

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2021-03-06

Beware of harvesting your fields on a hot day. Lady Midday will emerge from whirling dust clouds in the form of an old hag, a lovely woman, or a young girl, carrying a scythe. If you can't answer her riddles, she'll kill you by beheading or heat stroke.

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2021-03-06

The Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele tests the generosity of humans by shapeshifting into an old beggar woman or a beautiful young hitchhiker. Those kind enough to help a stranger are rewarded, while those who aren't get their homes or possessions destroyed.

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2021-03-06

In Galicia it's said that two or more crows walking together announce not only the death of someone, but also the number of priests who will officiate at the burial...

Another omen of death is that the owl sings like the rooster 🦉🐓

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2021-02-20

We’ve always loved wise owls. Perhaps because they look like sages, or ask “who,” or that the Greek goddess of wisdom, Athena, always had an owl perched on her shoulder. So when Milne & Shepard created “Owl” in the Pooh books, he was instantly loved. 🦉❤️

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2021-02-20

In both China and Japan the goose is linked with the moon. It was common for the family of a bride to give a goose as a gift to the groom.

Art: 'White-fronted Goose' & 'White Fronted Goose & Full Moon' - Ohara Koson.

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2021-02-20

Guernsey lore: when you see the 1st cuckoo of the year put a stone on your head & run. Mark where the stone falls off. Come back the next day. You'll find money under the stone. (If lazy, when you hear the 1st cuckoo turn over money in your pocket for good luck)

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2021-02-13

Your weekly Wunderkammer safety advice - Candlemas special

Don't let a candle burn down to the socket of the candlestick. That means certain doom for a sailor out at sea.

Thank you. Spit thrice, touch cold iron and be safe.

🖼️ J.M.W. Turner "Shipwreck" 1810

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2021-01-30

🌿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌿A Scottish charm to protect newborn babies from Witchcraft was to take a green Ash twig, put one end in the fire till the sap bubbled out then collect, cool and mix with a little honey before giving a spoonful to the baby.

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2021-01-23

🌿🦄🌿For I'm giving a mention to the magical stepping stones that get me through the week...






And for a daily dose of re-enchantment💚

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2021-01-23

theme of home remedies 🌿
A local recipe for that nasty cough:
1lb onions
1lb black treacle
Peel & cut the onions into small pieces. Pour the treacle over and allow to stand for 48 hours. Then strain & bottle.
A dessert spoonful taken if desired 🤢

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2021-01-16

Chinese snuff bottles with lucky bat decorations. In China bats were associated with auspiciousness & good fortune flying into one’s life. A bat hanging motionlessly upsidedown was a symbol of longevity.

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2021-01-09

🌟🍀🌟It was believed to be very disrespectful - and therefore unlucky - to point at a star.

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2020-12-19

That's it for today's session! A heartfelt 'thank you' to all who gave a little bit of their time to participate this year 🐈‍⬛ Next week (19/12) will be the last of 2020, before a Solstice and a conjunction, with optional theme of

🌒NIGHT, LIGHT & SKY🌘

🐾

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2020-12-13

At Hogmanay, or Scottish New Year, a preferably tall, dark haired man bearing gifts of coal, silver coins, black buns, salt or whisky, is invited over the threshold as “First-Footer” to bring good luck for the coming year.

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2020-12-05

According to a compendium of Ozark superstitions—killing a goose in the fall & examining its breastbone gives clues about the winter to come. If the bone is thin & more transparent, the weather will be mild; if the bone is thick, the weather will be severe.

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2020-12-05

It was once said in Brittany that if a girl cooked an oak apple in the waters of a fountain whose source watered a cemetery, she would be imbued with the ancient wisdom of the fairies of old.

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2020-11-28