Hellebore no. 15 - The Green Issue, with bluebells and daisies
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Nature sprites, magical blooms, holy and unholy trees, wild men of the woods, numinous forests, dying-and-reviving deities.
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sorting through boxes of old photos this afternoon & found this fabulous picture of my mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother. The eldest - Rebecca - was born in 1841.
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"I recall the inhabitants of Llangollen, Denbighshire, ascending Dinas Bran on Easter Day to greet the rising of the sun with three somersaults."
An account of Easter Sunrise from Rev. John Williams of Glanmor ⛪
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Hellebore 15: The Green Issue showing a mysterious woman communing with the woods. Cover photograph by Lorenza Dapra with design by Sam Freeman
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Artwork of a dog (probably Black Shuck) haunting a snowy landscape near a church. A man is hiding his face.
According to a Flemish folktale, the murderer of a woman was doomed to appear as a ghost dog after he died. It's said his eyes looked like lanterns. The dog jumped on people and forced them to carry him to the place where he had committed the crime.
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A recent article (Archaelogia Cambrensis 2022) connects Ffynnon Sarah with two other Sarah wells at Derwen and Caerwys - one theory is that they were re-named as such as they became landmarks on a traditional Welsh Romani travelling route across the area.
Historic records suggest there was a Ffynnon Fair, St Mary's Well at Nannerch, Flints, associated with the parish church dedicated to Mary. The location of the well seems to be lost - but Ffynnon Sarah is a strong spring, connected by footpath to the church. Surely a candidate for the lost Ff Fair
First hedgehog of the year caught snooping around the garden last night
Loving working to the sound of Claudia Barton's stunning new album about the symbiotic relationship between the cinnabar moth & ragwort. "Tincture of ragwort is effective against conspiracy theories Rumours & rheumatism!" Shame about the horses though
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Delighted to see the resuscitation of the Gothic Society - a truly memorable group of which I was a member for almost all of its life. I'm sure in its new on-line guise it can make many new friends. gothrevisit.uk/about-this-r...
Delighted to see the resuscitation of the Gothic Society - a truly memorable group of which I was a member for almost all of its life. I'm sure in its new on-line guise it can make many new friends. gothrevisit.uk/about-this-r...
Walking the route of the old railway track that ran to Holywell, Flintshire. This is the location of At Winefride's Halt - the station that served the well
I'm sometimes amazed that it's 10 years now since I stopped writing my Gothic Heroine blog. I still think that one day I should go back to it but how did I ever have the time. Just rereading the Christmas 2011 book recommendations!
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The Millennium Cross on the site of the old Capel St Ffraid - Trearddur Bay. St Brigid's Cross at its centre. Sunny but wild with storm Bram this afternoon.
Strange times - I don't ever remember seeing this rhododendron flowering in December before. West Cheshire.
Escaping a cold house to the glorious warm quite of Gladstone's Library, Hawarden to write up my talk on the wells of Ynys Cybi today.
Lovely - Ynys Mon!
Preparing to talk about about the traditions of the wells of Ynys Cybi / Holy Island in Holyhead next month
Samhain blessings to you all
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A little medieval character I found lurking in St Mary's church Nercwys yesterday
Visiting the fascinating colourful Hundertwasser Haus in Vienna this afternoon
Just picked up a copy of Alice Vernon's Ghosted for my weekend reading. Dark nights and autumn coming on quickly now.
Cover of Hellebore: The Mirror Issue, showing a woman with eyes closed and her reflections in two mirrors, both with open eyes
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Call them corpse roads, coffin lanes, funeral walks. Call them procession paths, lych lines, wraith ways. Just as long as you remember they are the arterial routes of the dead. The long cicatrix of grief carved into the land. – Dr. Michael Benn, 1981
At the Silver Well, a petrifying well, in West Cheshire this morning
Gorgeous morning walking along the River Weaver in West Cheshire this morning in search of the Silver Well, a petrifying well near Kingsley.
Malbury parish council has a budget for padlocks for St. Edwold's holy well. They've decided people immersing themselves for reasons of healing or wild baptism is too dangerous to be permitted. Such is the strength of folklore they have to replace a lock every couple of days. #FolkloreThursday
Artwork of a woman in a brown robe with a veil and angel wings. A halo. She's flying. Dark, cloudy background.
Today is the feast day of Christina the Astonishing. During her funeral she levitated through the church. The priest ordered her to come down. She explained that she had been to heaven, purgatory, and hell. She continued to live many years and avoided people as she could smell their sins.
Fantastic programme. I love the work you're doing. Makes me long to get over on to Ynys Mon for a few evenings come the autumn. Diolch
The well was restored in the 2010s but has been allowed to deteriorate again, probably now fenced off from the coastal path.