Thank you! I love the Peddlar's story and I'm also fascinated by the Old London Bridge so it was a great opportunity to make a painting of it. There's a model of the bridge in a church close to the Thames , in the City. I really need to go and see it...

I love that! I have a similar memory from when they mentioned the village of Eyam on Blue Peter ( I grew up not to far away). Something about it being on the TV made me feel good!!

In Ireland, Phooka is a goblin-like being. A bringer of both of good and bad fortune. A shapeshifter able to take the form of a cat or hare in: "Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin; an Encyclopedia of World Folklore" by Stephen G. Rae https://folklorepress.co.uk/ #bookologythursday #folklore

In Ireland, Phooka is a goblin-like being. A bringer of both of good and bad fortune. A shapeshifter able to take the form of a cat or hare

in: "Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin; an Encyclopedia of World Folklore" by Stephen G. Rae
folklorepress.co.uk

#bookologythursday #folklore

Was there another secret book? Secret Mountain?

This took me back! I read this book to bits as a child

The Peddlar of Swaffham travels to old London Bridge and waits three days to find his fortune. The journey is successful- but not in a way you might expect #WyrdWednesday #Norfolk #britishfolklore

Wow!

Painting of a green woman emerging from foliage of, Broom, Oak and Meadowsweet flowers - flowers becoming Blodeuedd

Poster for the Being Woman group of artists exhibition

Painting of three young women, dressed in white , against a dawn light sky, stood on a hill with Baskets of flowers. Bees and blossom are in the foreground

If you find yourself in Norwich over the next few weeks please get yourself along to Mandells Gallery on Elm Hill. The Being Woman Show is well worth a visit and I'd love for you to see my paintings in the show
#norfolkartists #folklore #Mabinogi #britishfolklore #Norwich

The Dauntless Girl by Suzanne Breeze

The Dauntless Girl, from the Norfolk tale of Mary - fearlessly she goes into the "dead house" and retrieves a skull bone, has dealings with ghosts and is , in all aspects, Dauntless #mythologymonday #norfolkfolklore

A threatening and creepy tree I don't like at all, which speaks out of its bellybutton and is advancing towards me in tiny tree steps which it thinks I haven't noticed, and repeatedly asking me why I will not "Come inside where it is warm, for a nice treat."

THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.

You will find the all-important captions to each photo in the alt text.

Artwork by Suzanne Breeze -inspired by The Wee Free Men and British Folklore #britishfolklore #discworld #terrypratchett

Jenny Greenteeth is about to get a wallop from Tiffany Aching for showing up, with menaces, in Tiffany's river
#folklorethursday #jennygreenteeth

Thank you 🤩

Wonderful!! I love this story😀

Theodor Kittelsen: The Water Sprite.A dark, misty pond with lily pads, reflecting trees, and a large creature with glowing blue eyes partially submerged, creating ripples in the water.

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The period of time between February 1st and May 1st is a part of the year where power is in flux between Brigid and the Cailleach. Brigid will prevail - with her sunshine and her blooming hedgerows but when exactly that happens is decided between two goddesses

#Cailleach #britishfolklore #brigid

A view looking down on a group of families surrounding a lit bonfire. Almost all the illumination in the picture comes from the bonfire and the contrast is warm and striking

Other work of the Ladybird artists

‘Bonfire Night’ (1951)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt

This book brought on a hallucination of a wolf in my bedroom, as a small child, when I was feverish from scarlet fever. Just seeing the cover was a shock 🤯

I took a photo of this one too - turns out he's a variation🤔🙃

I spotted this moth in my garden this week. Hadn't seen one before. Turns out it's a boxwoodmoth. Him and his friends have pretty much destroyed my garden in just one season. As you can imagine I have complex feelings about him
#norfolkmoth #mothuk #natureinmygarden #boxwoodmoth

You can see this painting, entitled 'Solstice' at #designermakers21 in #dissnorfolk this Thursday, Friday and Saturday
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#norfolkuk #folklore #seasonalpractises #wheeloftheyear #britishfolklore #naturemagic #magicalprocession #sunworship

I'm looking forward to it!!

Ooh, I'm putting this on my list of things to listen to as soon as possible!🔥🔥

There's just one more day to see "Kate Crackernuts Has a Prince to Rescue " plus other paintings at Craftco, Southwold

#folklore #scottishfolklore #katecrackernuts #womeninfolklore #beingwoman2025

I love this! 🦀❤️💟

Slightly brighter than my Spoonbill print… I’ve made this one to take to Wells-next-the-Sea for the carnival next month. My sister Niki Willows Prints and I are having a print stall there on the Buttlands on 3 & 5 August😊

#wellsnextthesea #northnorfolk #crab #carnival

I'm excited to be exhibiting at The Bell Gallery again this summer as part of the Black Shuck Festival. Here's my painting of the Pedlar of Swaffham making his way to Old London Bridge.
#blackshuckfestival #bungaysuffolk
#eastanglianfolklore #norfolkfolklore
#pedlarofswaffham #londoninfolklore

I'm looking forward to seeing it😁😁

Blodeuwedd - from the Welsh stories of the Mabinogion

If you find yourself in Norfolk or Suffolk in the UK during the rest of April please check out the Being Woman art show at Diss Corn Hall gallery. Sixteen female artists all making work about women. My paintings are all folklore related - stories from the British Isles

#folklore #norfolkfolk