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'Beholding with amazement in the midst of those gleaming waves a siren’s face, that enchanted all hearts, he fell desperately in love with such wonderful beauty'💘A classic love story of a Prince that saves a maiden trapped in tall tower https://t.co/WMTip0CN2q

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A popular ingredient in a love tonic in Mexico is "toloache", also knows as Devil's Snare and Devil's Trumpet: Datura Stramonium.
"Le dieron toloache," (someone gave him/her toloache), is an old saying in Mexico when seeing a person infatuated with someone else

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In Greek mythology, Eurydice was the wife of Orpheus, who loved her dearly, and tried to bring her back from the dead with his enchanting music.

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Kissing Friday (2 days after Ash Wednesday) was when English schoolboys were entitled to demand a kiss from schoolgirls without fear of punishment or rejection. If the girl refused, the boy was allowed to pinch her on the bottom.
I went to an all boys school 😭

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2020-02-13

FAIRY LOVERS Theodore von Holst illustrates 'A Walpurgis Night's Dream' depicting the night time antics of a fairy couple in love, 1833; John Anster Fitzgerald imagines his Fairy lovers in a bird's nest watching a white mouse, 1860.

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2020-02-12

That's a wrap on another too-good-to-be-missed 🧜‍♀️

Today's theme was traditional + "Once upon a time" and all that good stuff! This is signing off, wishing you all an epic week of rising action. Until next time!

Paul Bransom c 1921

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2020-02-06

The near Slingsby ate so many travellers that the locals had to divert the road away from it. Eventually a knight slayed the dragon with the help of his dog. The knight was mortally wounded. There's no record of what happened to the dog.

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Oisin fell in love with a faery, Niamh. After spending three years in Tir na n’Og, he got homesick. She gave him a horse to ride home and told him not to set foot on the ground. 300 years had passed, and when he fell off his horse, they all caught up to him.

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2020-02-07

A little out of the ordinary for me but I like it! Based on the musical Hadestown, itself based on the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice. Appropriate as it's y

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2020-02-07

In Olde English folklore, Bluebells were said to ring when the fairies needed to gather, but if a human heard, it was said to be their death knell, and so its said to be unlucky to walk on a bed of bluebells, because it will anger the fairies resting there.

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Some In Japanese folklore, the Iso onna are Siren-like vampires that sit by the sea waiting for fishermen. They appear as beautiful women in need. They drain the blood of their victims through their hair, which always appears wet. https://t.co/9nDHUyI8nB

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2020-02-06

Our time together has come to an end, This is Crystal signing off. will jump on at 6:30 GMT to share more of your traditional stories and tales for See you soon! (Image: Rackham)

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"When the Forge is cold and the Glory is dark and the Wood is dust, perhaps the Wolf Divided will rest, but only until it can devour itself."

the 16th Hour is a God-from-Blood, the Wolf Divided, who unmakes, who unmakes, who unmakes...

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2020-02-07

Some of the best-known Romanian tales can be found in a Romanian-English-French edition: https://t.co/nGJbm5pbZF

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2020-02-07

Ignis fatuus, the 'will o the wisp', once more commonly seen, often in oak woods, were also known as corpse candles. They were spirits, and could lead you into a bog. Natural gas, Now a rare phenomenon, due to vastly increased agriculture, drainage & irrigation.

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Raised by wild coyotes, Pecos Bill could use a rattlesnake to lasso a cyclone. He rode a horse called Widow-Maker, and his favorite food was dynamite. Naturally, he met his paramour, Slue-Foot Sue, while she was riding a giant catfish down the Rio Grande.

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The Panchatantra or The Five Treatises is a collection of interconnected animal fables for children. It's earliest version in Sanskrit dates to 200 BCE and the stories have seeped into the culture of almost every country in the world.

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