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Mummers go door-to-door in costume; calling on their friends and neighbours. The earliest record of Mummering in Newfoundland dates back to 1819. https://t.co/rSgUN5lRo4 Etchings by Canadian artist David Blackwood.

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"Nibble, nibble, like a mouse,
Who is nibbling at my house?"

The witch house in the "Hansel and Gretel" is made of bread, cake and sugar, whereas the house of the russian witch Baba Yaga is askew and stands on chicken legs.

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European plant folklore says that the plants that grow naturally near your home are the ones that nature spirits have determined are the ones you should eat to improve your health issues. "Let food by thy medicine and medicine be thy food."

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Thanks ! here for the next two hours of home, hearth and household themed (Image: Cinderella by Herman Vogel)

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Good morning here to kick off today's theme: hearth and the household!
[Img: 19th century engraving of Homunculus from Goethe's Faust]

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During some rare research I've just found out that a 'bugger' (a word I use on a regular basis) is in fact a goblinesque faerie that dwells in the astral world & is very dangerous to humans.
I'd been under the impression that it was just like a bloody nuisance.

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Ravens are common characters in mythology worldwide, ranging from symbols of bad luck to trickster characters & creator deities. by Jemima Blackburn for "Birds from Moidart and elsewhere" (1895): https://t.co/LdRDCh11ES

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“The swans settled close by her.” 1922 by children’s in The Wild Swans and Other Stories (1922), reprinted in By a Woman’s Hand: Illustrators of the Golden Age.

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If anyone wants to hire me for a project involving a lot of things burning, I'm now very confident I can deliver.

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16th century dining, included baking live birds in a pie as a form of entremet; hoping they would fly out singing. The famous points towards the close of monasteries by Henry VIII & ends with the maid's nose being stolen... like a demon stealing her soul?

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🌿Trees and forests are deeply rooted in our psyche, and spread their branches over myth, legend, folklore & fairytale. The forests that will always have a place in my heart are Mirkwood, Sherwood, and the timeless glades of Ryhope.

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"Ring Around the Rosie" a rhyme amid great speculation. Originally children danced in a circle & curtsied to a center rose tree/child. It was later associated with the Great Plague, ie: Rosie rashes & posies to ward off the smell of disease...& we all fall down!

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Today is and let's appreciate the many giant monsters from the world's various folklore and mythologies that helped inspired today's kaiju from Dragon's to the Hydra and many, many others.

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The 'Child Ballads' are 305 traditional ballads from England and Scotland, anthologized by Francis James Child during the 19th century.

Illustration by Arthur Rackham of Child Ballad 26, "The Twa Corbies"

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Paula Rego's illustrations really capture the creepy, ominous tones that children's nursery rhymes invoke for me. Growing up with these images really shaped me as an artist - Baa Baa black sheep, Little miss muffet and Hey Diddle Diddle

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Froggie Went a-Courtin’, a 16th century Scottish ballad possibly about queen Mary Stuart became a for Woody Guthrie, Burl Ives & others.

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Good afternoon This is here now for another two fun-filled hours of children's and sayings!
[Image: "The Twa Corbies", an illustration of 26.]

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