# japanesefolklore yokai ukiyoe cumbria mythologymonday

Never kick fungi, or you will have bad luck for seven years.

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2023-03-18

The children of witches are known as 'holdikens'. They often take the shape of butterflies, bees or moths and are used by the witches to torment livestock.

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2023-02-27

In Hampshire it's said that swan eggs will only hatch during a thunderstorm.

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2023-02-06

In a hososhi is a government official who has special magical powers which allow it to see in all four directions and punish evil. The concept originated from China where is was known as fangxiang.

🎨1. Matthew Meyer
2. Nakajima Soyo, 1928

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2023-01-28

It is certain to rain if a black snail crosses your path.

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2023-01-27

This ukiyo-e print depicts Xiwangmu, the Chinese goddess of immortality, also called the Queen Mother of the West. Her attendant holds a dish of peaches, which are symbols of immortality.

🎨'Seiobo - Queen of the West' - Takeuchi Keishu, 1907
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2022-12-27

Never kick fungi or you will have bad luck for seven years.

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2022-12-16

Eachy, from the Old English meaning water-sprite or hippopotamus, is a large being of "gruesome and slimy appearance" seen to emerge from water. Reported at Windermere in 1873 and Bassenthwaite Lake as late as 1973

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2022-11-21

In Devonshire carrying a potato in your pocket was considered a reliable cure for toothache.

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2022-11-09

In chochin obake (lantern ghost) is a paper or silk lantern that has transformed into a after many years of service. It has one or two eyes and a long tongue protruding from a split in the lantern that forms a mouth.

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2022-11-07

An autumn with an abundance of haws on the hawthorns supposedly indicates a harsh winter to come. In Scotland they say: 'A Haw year, a snaw year.'

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2022-11-07

Dock leaves have long been considered the antidote for nettle stings as attested by this rhyme:
Nettle in, dock out,
Dock rub nettle out.

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2022-08-21

The following rhyme comes from Essex:
When the moon is at the full,
Mushrooms you may freely pull ;
But when the moon is on the wane
Wait ere you think to pluck again.

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2022-08-10

It was said that if violets flourished in the autumn then a plague was sure to strike in the coming year.

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2022-08-08

It is said in Yorkshire to be unlucky to bring any green plant into your house after sunset.

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2022-07-19

In Worcestershire it is said that a robin looking into the room is a sign of good luck.

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2022-07-12