I've never before seen oak apple galls that looked quite so much like apples!🌿🍎🌿
In medieval times these galls were used to make ink & in #folklore they were used to predict the weather of the year ahead.
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Legend tells that a piece of sky falling to earth caught a spark from a star as it passed. From the place in the grass where the sky landed a tiny blue flower grew, the star's spark shining brightly at its centre. The star whispered to it 'forget-me-not' #FolkloreThursday #nature

🥕🌓🫛Gardening lore says that vegetables thrive best if those grown below ground are planted during a waning moon, and those that fruit or flower above ground are planted on a waxing moon.
#FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

The Brolaghan or Old Boneless was a fairy spirit found across Ireland. A rare creature as being made of mist and fog, it would wander close to towns and cities thriving on the smoke from the chimneys... #FolkloreThursday #DailySpooklore Grim Art
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One of two medieval green men at St. Martin’s Church, Thompson in Norfolk. #FolkloreThursday 📸 My own.

The new ‘An Cailleach’ mural. This magnificent work of art by Vera Bugatti ART is the latest addition to the DRAWDA Urban Art Trail. The painting captures An Cailleach, the divine mother goddess associated with the creation of the landscape.
📷: Jenny Callanan
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Between 1633 & 1651, Giulia Tofano & her network made & sold a poison called Aqua Tofano. It contained lead, arsenic & belladonna & was sold to carefully chosen clients in the guise of a cosmetic. In this way over 600 husbands were murdered. #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday

It's #FolkloreThursday ! (The Egg Dance, Pieter Brueghel the Younger)

The lychgate or resurrection gate is a nexus of English folklore. It's wraith way terminus, border post of the Empire of the Dead. Lyke-wake dirges leak from it to echo across time. Church grims sit in its cover to growl at untoward boneyard visitors. –  #CLNolan #FolkloreThursday

White Horse of Windermere

when harm is about to befall the neighbourhood around the Lake, it's said that a ghostly white horse will be seen walking on the water from shore to shore

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The menhir of La Roche Pointue in Guitté (Côtes-d’Armor) is made from craggy quartzite rock, stands over 4m tall and was probably part of the complex of Lampouy in Médréac. There is a tradition that it marks the grave of a Roman general. #FolkloreThursday .

Join Chandra on an epic adventure across India as she battles against evil forces and fights to protect the people she loves. With danger lurking at every turn, can she harness the power of the Golden Trishula in time?

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The White Horse on Mormond Hill in Aberdeenshire.

According to a local saying, if you turn round three times in the horse’s stony eye, your wish will be granted!

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New T-Shirt in development... Johnny Skinwalker! #FolkloreThursday

The Pedlar of Swaffham had a dream that if he stood on London Bridge he would 'hear joyful news'.
Thus, off he went on a journey that ultimately led him to discover a hidden treasure which he used to fund the restoration of St Peter & St Paul church in Swaffham.
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Stories, jests & donkey tales of the beloved Persian folk hero
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Honestly, I've no idea what King Arthur thinks he's playing at here but it's always HANDLE FIRST, never the blade!! The Lady of the Lake is asking for trouble.
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#FolkloreThursday ; Cetea (sea monsters) were commonly feared by Mediterranean sailors, so pirates often named their ships Cetus or Megakētēs to invoke fear in those they encountered. The pictures are modern examples carried over from the tradition.