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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 #FolkloreThursday
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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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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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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Flower Fairy Babies..
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Starting to see a few green shoots in the Devon hedgerows and flower beds! 🍃 #DevonHour #folklorethursday
“First jobs suck..”
Mar and I were talking about what some of our OC’s first jobs. Loretta got her first job at a Hooters restaurant. She wasn’t too happy with it since they only hired her because of her looks.
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Have you missed us? #FolkloreThursday returns this Thursday with the theme of #NewYear, #beginnings and #freshstarts! (Image via wikimedia commons)
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. #FolkloreThursday
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! #FolkloreThursday @FolkloreThurs @folklorepod @DeeDeeChainey @IcySedgwick @WillowWinsham @TheSacredIsle
Illustrations for #ghoststories 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 #FolkloreThursday
⛄️Merry Christmas!🎄🎁
Loretta and Larry in their last minute Christmas shopping alongside her loyal nutcrackers!
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#FolkloreThursday In the Ozarks in older times, people believed on Christmas Eve that all animals could talk. It was also said that cows and oxen would kneel
The rebellion has ended, and the tyrant king Leopold is overthrown by his brother, King Lav, a gentle and enlightened monarch, versed in the sciences as well as the nuances of politics.
Read more about the Lav Rebellion on our Discord: https://t.co/OQdBU4KV6B
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My little Lorette, she has something very valuable to protect 🖤
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And the answer to this week's #FolkloreThursday #riddle by Jonathan Swift is:
❄️Snow ❄️
Winners:
@_schaduwmens 🥇🏆
@Tamlin517 🥈🏆
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