Released across the UK and Ireland today, #Glenrothan directed by Brian Cox and starring him and @alancumming.bsky.social along with an amazingly talented cast (and me)! This was on a location shoot in Glasgow and it was tremendous fun!
“This is a perfect, hearty, oat-y bread with a lovely ginger flavor. It’s delicious and moist when fresh, but still excellent toasted and buttered the next day”
The History in the Making website shares F. Marian McNeill’s recipe for Broonie
#foodhistory
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In 2025, @birlinn.bsky.social published a new edition of F. Marian McNeill’s A SCOTS KITCHEN, edited & introduced by Catherine Brown & illustrated by Iain McIntosh
#cookbook #folklore
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“Florence Marian McNeill had curated and created a book that had become an iconic, cultural bequest at a personal family level”
Amanda Edmiston @botanicafabula.bsky.social explores the legacy of F. Marian McNeill’s classic #cookbook THE SCOTS KITCHEN
💙📚
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Florence Marian McNeill (1885–1973) was born #OTD, 26 March. A notable figure in Scotland’s #C20 literary renaissance, she wrote on politics, #food & #folklore – including THE SILVER BOUGH, a 4-volume study of Scottish festivals & folk-belief
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An illustration of Thumbelina on a lily pad with her back to the viewer. She is hunched over and could be crying. Beneath the water there are carp fish swimming. Above the water there are flowers and a butterfly nearby.
That's the end of an epic #FolkloreThursday 🤩
Today's theme was "Spring, Rebirth, and Renewal.”
This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your last host today! Wishing you a happy Spring Equinox and new moon ✨
1872 Eleanor Boyle
This single working mom was Europe's first professional woman writer.
Medieval author, Christine de Pisan, was one of the earliest feminist writers. Known for her literary and religious commentary, she was also an advocate for women's equality.
Picture of an apple tree from my garden zoomed on a single apple covered with rain drops.
#FolkloreThursday
In most parts of what is now the Czech Republic there was a custom of "tree shouting". The ritual happened before dawn and people were striking trees with a stick or wooden spoon while loudly shouting. This was to awake the trees at the end of winter and ensure a good harvest.
A small, woven basket tucked full of spring veggies (lettuces and radish) rests on the grass.
The old saying "one for the rook and one for the crow, one to die and one to grow" meant that being generous with your seeding was wise as it offered more chance of germination, especially since planting near the surface of the earth meant seeds could be disturbed or nibbled up. #FolkloreThursday
Early image of a Cuckoo by Dionisio Minaggio, 1618
In British folklore, April 14th is traditionally k/as "Cuckoo Day" (also St Tiburtius's Day) as it signals the arrival of the first cuckoo which marks the beginning of Spring and the expectation of warmer weather that will follow 😎
#FolkloreThursday 🎨 Dionisio Minaggio, 1618
Gorgeous choice of picture! Have a lovely day 💚🌱✨
Hello #FolkloreThursday and thank you to @botanicafabula.bsky.social for the last hour of lore. This is @mythcrafts.bsky.social here for the next hour of birth and renewal lore as we welcome spring.
Img: Frederic Leighton - The Return of Persephone
Huge thanks to everyone for sharing your beautiful #folklorethursday thoughts on Spring, Rebirth and new beginnings...this is @botanicafabula.bsky.social off to see if I can spot the first Dandelions and handing over to the magical @mythcrafts.bsky.social for the next hour!
You can catch my online herbal storytelling session talking about the herblore and this particular chapter with @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social on May 6th details and booking: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
@folklorethursday.bsky.social 😊🌱✨💚📚
A new book full of new beginnings my author copy of Collected Curiosities arrived this week,at one point I joked there was a baby, a spring herb or a cradle in every chapter because there was a baby sat on me while I wrote🌱#folklorethursday friends may enjoy😊 www.botanicafabula.co.uk/collected-cu...
Good morning, huge thanks to @willowwinsham.bsky.social for the last hour of #folklorethursday exploring the lore of Spring rebirth and renewal, this is @botanicafabula.bsky.social just coming in from gathering new nettle tips here to guest host until 12, looking forward to sharing your posts💚✨🌱
Purple and blue spring flowers in green grass.
That's it from me! @willowwinsham.bsky.social handing over to @botanicafabula.bsky.social for the next hour of spring, rebirth and renewal #FolkloreThursday! (Image: Terry Lucas)
Really looking forward to it💚🌱✨
Green grass interspersed with small white flowers. The lower part of a brown tree trunk to the right and sun shining in the distance.
The theme for this week’s hosted #FolkloreThursday is the folklore of Spring, rebirth and renewal in celebration of the #SpringEquinox!
Our hosts will share your posts to the hashtag at these times GMT:
9am-1pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
(Image: Larisa Koshkina)
Wow! The #FolkloreThursday hashtag day FAQs were first posted on the website TEN YEARS (and two weeks) ago!
How time flies!
We've just updated them: folklorethursday.com/faq/
A secret chapter from the Time Traveller’s Herbal has been revealed on Substack…
#timetravellersherbal @verbenabooks.bsky.social
Postcard showing two figures under water with diving helmets and oxygen tanks with a giant squid-like creature to the side. One person is attacking the creature with a spear.
Today's #FolkloreThursday was brought to you by:
@willowwinsham.bsky.social
@botanicafabula.bsky.social
@mythcrafts.bsky.social
@crystalponti.bsky.social
@shanonsinn.bsky.social
Thanks to all for a fabulous day, and we'll see you all next month!
A scary dragon-like monster (called the Leviathan) swims on the surface of the water with water bubbling around it. Its eyes look evil and angry and its mouth is open showing a lot of sharp teeth. There is a very small amount of sky at the top of the image, showing a horizon that is far away.
That's the end of an epic #FolkloreThursday 🦈
Today's theme was "Water Spirits & Shape-Shifters: Creatures of Lakes, Rivers and Seas”
This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your very last host today! Wishing you a happy Lunar New Year 🌙
1908 Arthur Rackham
River merrow: salmon tailed merfolk, seaweed lore and the history of a loric beach dwelling wulver coil through my next book Collected Curiosities which is now available to preorder www.botanicafabula.co.uk/collected-cu... #folklorethursday friends may well enjoy😊✨🌿📚🐺🌊
“Nature Holds the Answers”
Ya don’t say
Hello #FolkloreThursday and thank you to @botanicafabula.bsky.social for hosting the last hour of watery folklore- this is @mythcrafts.bsky.social here for the next hour fishing for your tasty folklore tidbits!
Img: Siren statuette from The Met
Back to the mill for me 😂 albeit a magical one on the banks of a 'healing' river, this is @botanicafabula.bsky.social saying thanks for the water lore on today's #folklorethursday, handing over to @mythcrafts.bsky.social for the next hour 🌊💚✨
Pic the Old Mill at Killin on the River Dochart Scotland.
Every year the stones given by StFillan to the Old Mill at Killin are washed in the falls on the river Dochart and rebedded in river wrack, shaped like body parts they are said to have the power to heal, you can find out more on my website www.botanicafabula.co.uk/heritage-arc... #folklorethursday
Completely understandable 🤣I’d have done the same! Lovely to see you too😊
Hello #folklorethursday friends~huge thanks @willowwinsham.bsky.social 🌊
This is @botanicafabula.bsky.social here to host til 12~stepping in from the banks of Loch Tay~named after Scottish river deity Tatha the silent one, the Loch created by the feet of An Cailleach as she strode across the land💫