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In Cumbrian dialect, 'black-kites' is bramble

"to mouse in the bramble patch:
come, let us dine on autumn fayre"
~ SGR

the first crop of juicy black fruit belongs to the faeries (and mice)


art: Mary McAndrew

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2022-09-20

Giant's Cave, Penrith is associated with two giants called Tarquin and Isir who lived on a diet of human flesh. A practice which lost its appeal when Sir Lancelot slew Tarquin in battle.

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2022-09-17

Fabulous by our very own

explore birth and rebirth; contain elements of Celtic, Greek and Egyptian mythology


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2022-09-07

Saw these dogs at the fair and they look like just the horniest idiots who all share the same cumbrian cell and can’t stop touching each other

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2022-09-04

"derived from a circumstance which happened about 200 years ago, almost too ridiculous to be credited” ~ village of Renwick

a weasel is immune to the stare of a Cockatrice, but only the branch of a rowan tree can kill it!

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2022-09-02

The September's edition of is out now

it includes my monthly article on Cumbrian folklore

this month, the dwarf in Cumbrian folklore


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2022-08-27

The September's edition of is out now

It includes the monthly article on Cumbrian folklore by

This month, dwarves in Cumbrian folklore
https://t.co/0oJPFRmk9V


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2022-08-25

Alone on the beach - oil painting by Mark Pearce

Our Summer exhibition is open every day until 7 Sept 10.30 - 4.30 Artist on duty today is Marion Bradley

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2022-08-23

Cyclamen - watercolour by Jenifer Moore

Our Summer exhibition is open every day until 7 Sept 10.30 - 4.30 Grasmere Hall

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2022-08-18

In the  of the Anglo Scottish Borders, the "Broon Man of the Moors and Mountains" is solitary dwarf who serves as the guardian of wild animals. His dress is the colour of winter bracken and he sports red frizzled hair.


art: Amanda Moffet

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2022-08-17

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2022-08-16

Been to exhibition at Grasmere yet?

It includes a painting by local folklorist and artist entitled, "may this universe not deceive you"; gouache and ink on paper

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2022-08-07

In my adopted Cumbrian dialect, 'fellin-girse' is green hellebore

it was grown on Cumbrian farms as a cure for numerous livestock ailments
in folk magic it's also used to call forth demons and curse enemies


art: Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl

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2022-08-06