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- Greek Mythology: Cassandra – the Gift and the Curse of Apollo - https://t.co/7yvoYZNYDG

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2020-01-16

The Tailor of Gloucester by was based on a true incident.
A tailor was making a suit for the new mayor. He returned to his shop to find the suit finished save for one buttonhole. He encouraged the belief that it was fairy - or mouse -

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"I'm a four loom weaver, as many a man knows,
I've nowt to eat an' I, ve worn out mi clothes
Mi clogs are both brocken, an' stockings I've none.
Thee'd hardly gi' us tuppence for all I've getten on."

from the old folk song "Four-loom Weaver"

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2020-01-16

Many think the dudge-whammet repairer of Winchett Dale has the most pointless occupation, as these green bellows-like creatures apparently serve no real purpose whatsoever. However, to those who really know, his 'job' is a tradition - and valued for that alone.

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2020-01-16

Hexenritt [Witches’ Ride] (c. 1875) by Carl Spitzweg (Germany, 1808-1885).

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symbolise wealth attained through hard work. They belong to Hera, the Mother Goddess of the & are therefore linked to the sign of Cancer, also known for its love of hard work. is the ambrosia of the Goddess, & symbolises richness & abundance.

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2020-01-16

a day late as per usual. has more alliteration anyways. I was thinking about how one explanation for banshees screaming was the call of barn owls and then this happened.

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2020-01-11

Today I came across a lovely medieval mention of the White Horse at Uffington: "Near the town Abinton [Abingdon] there is a mountain and an image of a horse on it and it is white. And although grass and flowers grow all around it, nothing grows on it" 1/2

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2020-01-10

Find out how the hedgehog ended up with spines and what makes him scuttle so fast 🦔 Discover how pigs saved a prince from leprosy 🐷 Find out why the wealthy lord was so intent on capturing the black fox 🦊 Read more here: https://t.co/1fkJ9jRjIE

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2020-01-09

In China an image of the Kitchen God Zao Jun is kept near the stove. Just before Chinese New Year he reports back to heaven about the household. Families smear his lips with honey so he will only say sweet things.

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2020-01-09


This year, Plough Monday falls on Jan 13, the first Monday after Epiphany, though if it was after Twelfth Night, maybe it should have been last Monday?
Traditionally the beginning of the Agricultural year.

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2020-01-09

At the conclusion of Yule, in the new year, folks shared a toast of Wassail. In England (and at my house) this form of mulled wine was also served in other places in various forms. Scots call it "hot pint" and it is used in a toast to prosperity.

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2020-01-09

Starting to see a few green shoots in the Devon hedgerows and flower beds! 🍃

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2020-01-09

Have you missed us? returns this Thursday with the theme of and (Image via wikimedia commons)

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2020-01-06

Drekavac: From South Slavic mythology, this creature appears at night, especially during the 12 days of Christmas. Coming from the souls of sinful men (or unbaptised children), it predicts death or cattle disease.

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2020-01-03

Peter Nicolai Arbo's 'Wild Hunt of Odin', an artist's impression of the legendary Wild Hunt which took place during the Zwölften or Twelve Nights at the turning of the year!

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2020-01-02

Illustrations for from THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, humorous tales & poems written by Richard Harris Barham (pen name Thomas Ingoldby)based on actual legends & myths. Compiled into books published from 1840 & illustrated by John Leech, A. Rackham + more

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