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Black Cats are lucky to have aboard a ship. Stories of misfortune following a cat's mistreatment are found throughout old newspapers. Some say their reputation came from eating rats, others that they warded off evil spirits (Alchemy England image) #FolkloreThursday #BlackCat

🐶In #Lunesdale #folklore old lady's cow strayed over #river Lune, feared lost. #Devil said wd build a bridge in exchange for first soul to cross. Bridge built, woman then threw a bun across the bridge & her dog ran to retrieve it. Devil swore & vanished!👿#folklorethursday 🏞️

Thanks everyone! Willow Winsham heading off for a snack now, but handing over to Shanon Sinn for the last hour of today's #FolkloreThursday! (Image: Jan Steen, via wikimedia commons)

Greetings #FolkloreThursday 🐉 Huge thanks to Willow Winsham for organizing another great FT reunion and for hosting the last session! I'm Shanon Sinn and I will be with you for the next one hour. Our theme today is food lore and feasts🍻 🍗🍎 img. 1930 Otto Kubel

KFC is the traditional Japanese Christmas feast, result of a marketing campaign said to have been inspired when the manager of Japan's first outlet heard an American complaining about missing their holiday turkey and having to have chicken as the next best thing #folklorethursday

In Japan, the tea ceremony, or chanoyu, is both art and ritual. Rooted in Zen philosophy, every gesture and tool carry meaning, transforming a simple act into a meditative experience of mindfulness and connection. #FolkloreThursday 🎨Kanō Osanobu

Characotel is a cursed being in Guatemala folklore who spies on people, often in animal form. She steals spirits of the sick and brings them to the cemetery for the Dueno of Death to eat. In exchange, he gives her the bones of the dead... the Characotel's food #folklorethursday

In Irish lore we mark a cross on our soda bread before cooking. It wards off the devil and allows the fairies in the bread to escape and bring you good luck...! #FolkloreThursday

#FolkloreThursday In Russia wasting bread was considered a great sin, so it was believed that after you passed away all the bread you wasted during your life will be weighed. If it weighs more than you do then you will be damned to Hell 🍞⚖️🔥

Look what arrived in the mail today, @BenTheEpicure! Can't wait to dive into this! #FolkloreThursday

That's a wrap on an epic #folklorethursday 🐉 Today's theme was food and feasts. A buffet of folklore, too good to miss! This is Shanon Sinn signing off, wishing you a wonderful week! And be sure to find us on Bsky if you're making the move. Until next time! 1913 Arthur Rackham

#FolkloreThursday was brought to you today by The Folklore Centre, Todmorden @BenTheEpicure Amanda Edmiston Myth Crafts Historium Unearthia Willow Winsham and Shanon Sinn. Thanks for a fabulous folklore-filled day! (Image: Valentine Cameron Prinsep)

ANNOUNCEMENT! The next hosted #FolkloreThursday on 19th December will take place on Bluesky! Follow us there at @folklorethursday for a day of festive folklore fun! (Image: Nova Scotia Archives)

Just a reminder to come over to Bluesky this Thursday (19th) for our hosted #FolkloreThursday! (Please note, posts to the hashtag on X will not be shared on the 19th, though do feel free to continue to use the hashtag here!)

Join us over on Bluesky 23rd January for the first hosted #FolkloreThursday of 2025! Our theme is the folkore of birth, beginnings, and all things new! (Image: (Image: Botticelli, The Birth of Venus)

Hello #FolkloreThursday! From now on we'll mostly be active over at bsky.app including the monthly hosted hashtag day. We hope to see you there! bsky.app/profile/folklo…

Come rain or shine, our hosts are sharing your #weather themed folklore over on Bluesky today - come and join us! #FolkloreThursday

Join us tomorrow on Bluesky (13th March) for the next hosted #FolkloreThursday! To celebrate publication day of 'The Story of Witches' by Willow Winsham the theme for the day will be the folklore of witches! bsky.app/profile/folklo…

ANNOUNCEMENT! We're on another new platform, Spatial.io, and... The 1st #FolkloreThursdayVRSocial is TOMORROW! Join the #FolkloreThursday crew at The Cultural Futures Hub, 8 May 1-2pm BST, for an online folklore social! Do come for a chat! Info: eventbrite.co.uk/e/folklorethur…