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The Forest Godesses, Vâlve or Charmstresses were said to hold power over herbs, magic flowers, thermal springs, winds, mountains and forests, where they lived among themselves, speaking a language no one understood.


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2022-05-13

My favorite food safety tip: Never eat blackberries after Michaelmas (September 29) because on that night the Devil urinates on them all. (When St. Michael expelled the Devil from heaven, he landed in a blackberry bush. He's carried the grudge ever since.)

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2022-05-12


Laka is the Hawaiian Goddess of fertility, the forest, and all vegetation. She is credited with inventing the Hula, or artful storytelling though dance. Hula dancers offer prayers, and wear sacred Ti leaves to ward off evil, attract good, and to honour Laka.

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And clinging, twisting, up I creep,
And climb towards the sky…

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2022-05-12

The student team of Blackdog Games from have been doing a stellar job creating a video card game for . Look at this lovely artwork!

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2022-05-12


White lilies symbolise peace, chastity, grace and grief. In ancient times brides wore garlands of lilies in their hair, as a lucky charm for a pure and fruitful marriage. Symbolic of the souls of the recently dead and a sign of peace, they are seen at funerals.

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It was said that if you added a sprig of rosemary to a barrel of beer it would stop you from getting drunk. Additionally eating from a spoon made from rosemary wood was supposed to give flavour to even the blandest of dishes.

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The herb basil was said to be the only effective antidote to the poison of the dreadful Basilisk, hence its name.

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Dragon boat racing is said to have begun on the Eastern shores of the Dongting Lake as a search for the body of poet, Qu Yuan, 1st author of Chinese verse. The dragon-king is said to live at the bottom of this lake.

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2022-05-12

In Irish tradition speedwell was regarded as a good luck charm. Often found along verges or byways, it was sewn into clothing to give protection from accidents, especially on journeys when “speed well” possibly meant “godspeed” or “safe journey.”#FolkloreThursday Img: CMB

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Wormwood is said to have sprung up in the track of the serpent as it left Eden...

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2022-05-06

At the center of many Filipino myths is the Bakunawa, a dragon-like being whose movements inspire Filipino spiritual calendars. With a single horn, it takes on different roles in different regions, causing eclipses to the Cebuano and Bicolano via eating the moon

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2022-05-06

The meager carp is a symbol of hope and perseverance in Japan: if a carp can leap all the way up a waterfall, it is said that the gods will turn it into a dragon, a blessing for their hard work. May we all have such perseverance in the days ahead.

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In Greece, to welcome & honour Maia, goddess of Spring and eldest of the seven Pleiades, floral wreaths are hung on doors on Protomagia (1 May). They remain until 24 June when they are gathered and burned in bonfires

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2022-05-05

🪶🍀🪶First Cuckoo call lore...
Count the notes to find out how many years before you marry - or how many years you have left to live!
Good fortune if you hear it when standing on soft ground, bad if on hard.
Lying in bed = illness.
Coins in pocket = prosperity.

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Cuckoos are seen as harbingers of spring. In Wales it was believed that a child born on the day the first cuckoo call of the season is heard will be lucky for their whole life.

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Welsh goddess of spring Blodeuwedd (Flower Face) so called because magicians, Math & Gwydion, made her from flowers. Later, they turned her into an owl for being unfaithful to her husband. A sombre symbol of the fleetingness & fragility of love, beauty & spring

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From my homeland - The Persian manticore, similar to the Greek chimera and Egyptian sphinx, has the body of a lion, the head of a human, the wings of a dragon or bat, and the venomous tail of a scorpion.

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In Scottish and Irish folklore, the 'bodach' is a trickster, depicted as either a faerie or a hobgoblin. He comes down the chimney to kidnap naughty children; used as a cautionary tale to frighten children into good behaviour.


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