#HappyGoodFriday !🐰🥚✝️
On Good Friday in old England: bake hot cross buns—they never mould & protect your home from fire & ills.

Skip with long ropes for luck & harvests. 🥐

No digging iron tools in the earth! ⛏️

Hang the bread for protection. 🥐✝️
#EnglishFolklore

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Boggarts in Folklore: Facts and Fearsome Legends Uncover the mysteries of boggarts, unsettling figures in folklore that wreak havoc on everyday life and domestic tranquility.

Boggarts are mischievous and malevolent creatures from British and Northern European folklore, often linked to domestic disruptions. #boggarts #englishfolklore connectparanormal.net/2026/03/01/b...

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The image is of Jack in the Green from a modern May Day celebration in Hastings, England.
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The Reverend Abraham Fleming penned in 1577, the description of Black Shuck in his brochure termed, ‘A Straunge and Terrible Wunder.’ (Old English)

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#MythologyMonday: Meet Black Shuck, East Anglia’s ghostly hound! 🐾👻 This fiery-eyed beast haunts Norfolk and Suffolk roads, often seen as a death omen. In 1577, it famously burst into a Bungay church—scorch marks are said to remain to this day! #BlackShuck #EnglishFolklore

Image from the Errol Flynn version of "Robin Hood"
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When it comes to a typical witchy tale Black Annie fits the bill youtu.be/Qx54_sBeonY?... #BlackAnnis #EnglishFolklore

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Wild man/woodwose, black dog/wolf, Essex Serpent, snails, lucky shoe, superstitious horse skull and He-Man’s sword. All my favourite things. #eastanglia #folklore #superstitions #blackshuck #magic #wildman #englishfolklore #blackdog #paintingonpaper #essexhistory #suffolkhistory

For more left field content and rabbit hole nonsense, you know what to do.

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Black Annis: From English folklore, a terrifying hag with long claws and a taste for human flesh, said to dwell in a cave and snatch children. A dark, cautionary tale for those who stray too far. 🧙‍♀️ #BlackAnnis #EnglishFolklore #ChildSnatcher #DarkMythology #FolkHorror

A Journey into Witchcraft Beliefs The history of witchcraft is complex, and often raises more questions than it answers. We asked Professor Diane Purkiss to take us inside the minds of ordinary people and intellectuals in medieval and...

Attended a talk last night by Professor Diane Purkiss, her incisive and acerbic style has got me feeling all witchy. www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/histor...
#Witches #Feminism #EnglishFolklore

A letter to Robin Hood concerning The Largest Upward Transfer of Wealth in American History Dear Robin Hood, It has been some time since we last communicated. Come to think of it, we may never have exchanged greetings, until now. Greetings from the modern era, one marked by many of the sa…

Robin Hood, where are you now? take-note.ca/2025/05/24/a... #robinhood #englishfolklore #wealthtransfer #bigbeautifulbill

Image is a photo of traditional English witch bottles
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A photo of Cole Mere in Shropshire from 2015, looking suitably moody. Ginny Greenteeth Mind your footing at the lakeshore It’s almost as if it’s deliberately slippery One flailing move and you’re Just close enough to touch Her hair, duckweed floating in the wet Limp, innocent-looking, lurking A silent flash of her wet pebble eyes Stinking emerald arms of plaited rope rise Mandolin teeth a bare grin to slice and dice Fish hook claws open to snag and grab And in the time it takes a trout To nab a mayfly You’re gone

A Poem a Day, Day 125: Ginny Greenteeth.

#poem #poetry #englishfolklore #freeverse #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry

youtube.com/watch?v=pnkH... brilliant song that fuses #Christianity & #EnglishFolklore

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The image is of Jack in the Green from a modern May Day celebration in Hastings, England.
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Myth and Folkery: Jackie Oates, John Spiers and the gothic glory of macabre lacemakers Songs and squeezeboxes, craft and... corpses?

Just blogged about last night’s Jackie Oates and John Spiers concert in Cheltenham - including a surprising amount of deals with death and worm-riddled corpses!

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Well here's something really, really nice; Signed Limited editions and/or first editions of Arthur Machen

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National Folklore Survey for England

Check out the National Folklore Survey for England. It looks like it will be inclusive and far reaching work. @folklorepod.bsky.social - I saw your name pop up as a collaborator!: www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk #folklore #englishfolklore #britishfolklore #folkloresurvey

Often portrayed as a giant or monster who haunts lonely roads and shadowy paths, Jack-in-Irons is a figure of English folklore. #Giants #englishfolklore connectparanormal.link/post/7760086...

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