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According to folklore, evil spirits would appear on the summer solstice. To ward off evil spirits, people would wear protective garlands of herbs and flowers. One of the most powerful of these plants was known as ‘chase devil’ or St. John’s Wort

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2020-06-20

Superstitions do come true!

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2020-06-06

Here's Harris and Grog! It's for the June 2nd prompt of !!
They're based off of some of the tower Ravens from the tower of London. I decided to make them in charge of magical defense due to their superstitions! Grog is a runaway (both IRL and in OC form) and is trans!!!

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2020-06-03

Some fairies are murderous, such as the Redcaps who are said to haunt the Border peel towers. They try to redye their caps in human blood...#SuperstitionSat

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2020-05-30

Your weekly Wunderkammer safety advice, special

The sluagh are the host of restless dead turned fae. They return from the West to haunt you. When you smell decay, close your western windows!

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

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2020-05-30

My new book out now from

Traditions, customs and superstitions relating to Knitting, Spinning Weaving - Bees - Blacksmiths - Milling and Baking - Beer and Brewing

Hardback: https://t.co/KBPVnzXcrS

Kindle: https://t.co/rHLlTICdSv

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2020-05-22

Hello! Our game is a life sim adventure with Fable spirit, set in a huge land where proverbs and superstitions are all true, and everybody ages and dies.

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2020-05-22

The Flying Dutchman is a legendary ghost ship that can never make port and is doomed to sail the oceans forever.The myth is likely to have originated from the 17th-century golden age of the Dutch East India Company. The sight of this ship is a portent of doom.

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2020-05-16

Well, it's Saturday... again!

And this week's optional theme as chosen by YOU is
⛵ THE SEA 🌊

Thus sharing all your superstitions with the hashtag from now until late!

Good luck, mateys!

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2020-05-16

The albatross as a superstitious relic is referenced in Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. It is considered unlucky to kill an albatross; in the poem the narrator kills the bird and his fellow sailors force him to wear the dead bird around his neck.

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2020-05-09

Malam Satu Suro

Eve of Satu Suro, is the first day of the Javanese calendar year in the month of Suro, it has numerous associations in Javanese folk tales and superstitions. The prevalent theme of most superstitions is the danger of going out from home.

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2020-04-25

'Last night the sun went pale to bed,
The moon in halos hid her head.'
This is from Superstitions of the Irish Country People, by Padraic O'Farrell. It is said to be a portent of a change in the weather.

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2020-04-25

Some people still associate black cats with silly superstitions. Black cats are statistically less likely to be adopted, too. But black cats are just as cuddly and cute as any cat 💙 Let’s show black cats some love!

This comic is my entry for ’s ⭐️ with Hannah

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2020-04-09

The Superstitions are finally done! I've been working on this painting all month and thanks to and I got 'er done today. Friends who give you honest feedback is so important, even if that feedback is "you're not done yet."

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2020-03-31

My new forthcoming book is now available for signed and personally dedicated pre-order from

https://t.co/KBPVnAeNQs

"Telling the Bees" examines the customs, superstitions and stories woven into some of the world's oldest trades: woolwork, bees, blacksmiths, brewing and milling

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2020-02-29

Dice Superstitions & Cleansing Rituals is a new zine coming to C2E2 and ECCC! 24 pages from cover to back, full color, filled with all the weird things TTRPG players do with dice to make them roll higher.

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2020-02-04

May all your superstitions haunt you today 🖤



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2019-12-13

Christmas is coming! Check out this post by about Christmas superstitions! 👻

https://t.co/vrs78eMD01

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2019-11-27