a tangle of green ferns.
As well as banishing snakes and lizards, St Patrick reputedly cursed the fern so that it would never flower...!
#StPatricksDay #Folklore #GothSpring 🎨Katherine Young Beck
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Botanical illustration of the cursed crow-foot by Jacob Sturm that depicts its bright yellow flowers, seeds, roots and leaves.
The cursed crow-foot is a bright flower that can be found near bogs and marshes. Dangerous to both animals and humans, its toxin is known for causing aggression in bees and killing them. In folk-medicine, it's used against pain and for healing wounds.
#SwampSunday #thesevenofwands #GothSpring
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Weird red fungus which has a texture like an octopus' skin and is poking up like clenched fingers from a white mushroom puff ball on the forest floor.
Mushrooms were said to be the fingers of the Lithuanian god Velnias, reaching up from the underworld to feed the poor... #GothSpring 📷Bernard Spragg
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Let the spookiness prevail! #GothSpring 🧛🏻♀️🍷
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a woman shrouded in black complete with black veil clutches a gold bag and steps into the open door of a waiting black carriage.
In Wales traditionally Ash Wednesday was a solemn day often passed in silence avoiding conflicts and potential bad luck... #WyrdWednesday #GothSpring
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Sad-faced downcast bride, flowers drooping by her side.
A Cornish rhyme: Marry in Lent, live to repent... #GothSpring 🎨Ferrier
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Two large grey rats nibbling at what appears to be a half coconut shell.
Traditionally spinning was not done at Shrovetide as it was thought the yarn would turn out greasy and anything it made would be eaten by rats and mice. In Brittany all the village cats gathered on Shrove Tuesday to howl and wail... #GothSpring #FairytaleTuesday
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Thin warty grey fungi pointing upwards resembling fingers poking up from the mossy earth.
This #GothSpring I'm going to walk in the forest until I find Xylaria polymorpha - Dead Man's Fingers...
Photo credit 📷Stephen Iles
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One day at a time 🖤 then we can start using #gothspring feed haha 🖤
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