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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
#FolkloreThursday, here are some of my creatures for my book #FaeriesoftheFaultlines
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
Hercynian Forest, the dark and dense woodlands of Germania #FolkloreThursday #trees
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
A Germanic legend states will-o'-the-wisp are the souls of unbaptized children; to free them, one need only throw a handful of consecrated ground at the fiery orbs.
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Will-o'-wisp by Ilyich at Deviant Art
THE CHILDREN OF LIR. A jealous stepmother turns her 4 stepchildren into swans. They spend their 900 year childhood as swans on 3 lakes in #Ireland, they were left with beautiful singing voices. The spell is broken by a church bell. #FolkloreThursday
Partial stanza from a poem by Tennyson, mentioning feral children
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Painting: The 1001 nights of Snowfall by James Jean
#FolkloreThursday The Opie Collection of Children's Literature, housed by the @bodleianlibs is a wonderful historical resource of childhood folklore, charting nursery rhymes, childhood games, songs and fairytales. More information at: https://t.co/oHCQ25ezcw
Haven’t shared much lately.
1. Still battling the flu.
2. New book out in a couple of months, and if I share too much here, there’s less incentive for you all to buy it 😉
But here’s a little taste of what to expect this spring. 😉
#FolkloreThursday #dragon