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In old German lore:
The shy little #snowdrop once did the snow a great kindness by offering up its colour when all the brighter flowers had sneeringly refused. In return the snow protected the snowdrop from all the harshness of winter. Illust: Cicely Barker #FolkloreThursday
CLOVER and other three-leaved plants were once considered #Spring gifts from the FAIRIES to protect us and bring luck.
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Art: Cicely Mary Barker circa 1930
I thought I'd uncovered a hidden fairy arsenal in the backyard, but it seems the previous human occupants probably buried rusty nails and bits of metal in their flower garden because they thought it would turn pigment-impaired hydrangeas blue.
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The Mari Lwyd, the "Gray Mare," Welsh winter custom; a hooded horse's skull carried on a pole, accompanied by stock character as its handlers. It wins entry to houses & pubs by outsinging their owners, whereupon it can come in, making merry & running rampant.
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Pro tip: if your lover gets murdered by your evil older brother, don't forget to bury his decapitated head in a potted jasmine plant so the perfume kills your brother in vengeance #FolkloreThursday
(photo: justine babcock)
It is important to have Faerie sanctuaries in your #Garden. They are said to provide the essential link between the energy of the sun and plants. Leave a corner of your garden wild & uncultivated for them. Garden Faeries enjoy tiny gifts of glittering treasures. #FolkloreThursday
The #Garden Gnome is a helpful member of the fae. They love small buried treasures & provide protection over minerals underground. They bring good luck to any garden. But the best part is, when the sun goes down, Gnomes come alive at night to work in the garden! #FolkloreThursday
Some gardening lore for #FolkloreThursday: a child who eats primroses will see a fairy. And, a primrose fed with bull's blood will have red flowers. Roll on Spring, so we can try both of these! (Image: Elizabeth Gordon c.1910)
Don't buy Lily-of-the-Valley for your garden. If you want it to thrive, you should steal some bulbs from someone else's garden. Yours will then multiply until you have enough for another person to steal some #folklorethursday
Garden or ornamental hermits were once hired to live in purpose-built hermitages, follies, or grottoes on the estates of wealthy 18th century land-owners. They were dressed up like druids & consulted for esoteric advice or viewed for entertainment. #Gardenlore #folklorethursday
It's #FolkloreThursday , and this week's theme is #trees and forests (yess!!), so here are some cropped details from Ruadh!
This piece was inspired by the lore surrounding #fairy food, and the dangers of accepting it ~ a single berry, and the captive would be trapped forever
In Olde Irish mythology, the Merrow, also known as the "Sea-Wanderers" are a kind of aquatic human who live their lives in the cold, briny deep. #FolkloreThursday
Stand under an elder on Midsummer's Eve and you might just catch a glimpse of the Fairy Queen. Don't fall asleep though, or her attendants will carry you off! #FolkloreThursday
Yggdrasil is a mythical #tree that connects the nine worlds in Norse cosmology,
a sacred ash tree that is center to the cosmos. The branches of Yggdrasil extend into the heavens, and its three roots that extend far away into other locations. @FolkloreThurs #FolkloreThursday
A kodama (木魅 - 木=tree; 魂=soul) is a Japanese spirit who dwells in trees. The sound of a tree crashing in the woods & the strange echoes that sound in mountains & valleys are said to be kodama. Cutting down a tree which houses a kodama brings great misfortune #folklorethursday
Caught in the Spider's Web from Little Folks Magazine (c.1920s). Illustration by D. Newsome. #FolkloreThursday #spiders #imps
This week's #FolkloreThursday theme is the folklore of #trees and forests! Share your tree related lore this Thursday!
The protection their innocence engendered was thought to extend to the whole ship, so sailors thought it good luck to travel with children.
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Vladimir Kush's Departure of the Winged Ship
According to sailors, this rhyme supposedly sung by #JennyGreenteeth, #waterspirit of #Lancashire #Shropshire & #Cheshire: Come into the water, love Dance beneath the waves Where dwell the bones of sailor lads Inside my saffron cave #folklore #FolkloreThursday