This is the logo for the Happy Garden Podcast with Mollie and Darren. There is a carton version of Mollie on the left (long blond hair and wearing headphones), a cartoon fairy in the middle and a cartoon Darren on the right (brown beard and wearing glasses).

I might have gone off a bit on the fairies at the end of the garden... 🧚 But if you're into garden folklore, this episode of The Happy Garden Podcast might just be for you! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

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The image is of the covers of the four best selling books in the category of Magic and Alchemy on Amazon. My book Household Lore is at number 4!

The fourth best seller in Magic and Alchemy on Amazon? Ding dong!

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Just spent a delightful hour with Mollie Green recording The Happy Garden Podcast! We covered folklore from acorns, to fairies to cabbages. Not to mention plantable aphrodisiacs... Should be out in a couple of weeks! #HouseholdLore #Folklore #podsky #booksky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

This is a Mongolian Mary, a bloody Mary with a sheep's eye in it. The picture is a cup filled with dark liquid with a sheep's eye floating in the centre with a sprig of celery poking out the top. Great for hangovers, so it's said.

Just had a lovely chat with Katie Tyler on BBC Radio South about Twelvetide, New Year's Day traditions and some rather revolting hangover cures! #HouseholdLore #EverydayFolklore #Folklore #WatkinsWisdom

Pic by the wonderful Juraski Piliskine for Household Lore. You'll find it on p.151.

Today's folklore is all about sprouts, demons and farting! And me about to being on Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 at 10am! Merry Christmas! #HouseholdLore #Folklore #BBCWomansHour

Household Lore Christmas Edition Tonight at midnight, be sure to throw open all your windows and doors to let out any evil spirits inhabiting your home. Then should you be the first person to go out of the house on Christmas Morning, remember to welcome in the Spirit of Christmas before you leave. #HouseholdLore Liza Frank with an image of the book, Household Lore bottom left.

"A magical little book" "A delight to read" "The wisdom shines brightly" "I loved it!" "Slightly-naughty" "I delightfully irreverent compendium" "Entertaining and charming" "This is a masterly anthology of our rituals and lore" "A rich cornucopia of information" "It will really make you think twice before feeding roasted mice to children" In the middle is a picture of a tablet and a mobile phone with the cover of the book, Household Lore by Liza Frank on it, and the actual book on the righthand side.

With one more sleep to go, today's Christmas folklore is all about tonight's thresholds and spirits, goodbyes and welcomes. Oh and don't forget to leave a carrot out for Rudolph! 🦌🛷🎅 🎄https://watkinspublishinglinks.com/householdlore #HouseholdLore #Folklore #ChristmasEve #Booksky #Witchsky

Household Lore Christmas Edition Should you have time tomorrow morning(!), bake some bread. It’s said that bread baked on Christmas Eve morning has magical medicinal properties, especially good for all things bowel. Which might come in handy after all those mince pies... #HouseholdLore Liza Frank A mince pie is to the bottom left and an image of my new book Household Lore is to the bottom right.

Household Lore “The book is wry and written with a sparkly, affectionate sense of humour, the wisdom shines brightly and the stories serve to make household chores a lot more interesting” ~The Green Parent Magazine #HouseholdLore Image of a stack of books Image of my new book, Household Lore, bottom left.

"A magical little book" "A delight to read" "The wisdom shines brightly" "I loved it!" "Slightly-naughty" "I delightfully irreverent compendium" "Entertaining and charming" "This is a masterly anthology of our rituals and lore" "A rich cornucopia of information" "It will really make you think twice before feeding roasted mice to children" In the middle is a picture of a tablet and a mobile phone with the cover of the book, Household Lore by Liza Frank on it, and the actual book on the righthand side.

More #Christmas #folklore! This time for tomorrow morning. If you need any other remedies for the stomach, be sure to check out the Kitchen & Dining Room chapters of Household Lore! Could come in very handy after one too many sprouts🎄 #HouseholdLore #Booksky watkinspublishinglinks.com/householdlore

10 Top Christmas Folklore Tips | Household Lore Here are my top ten household folklore tips for Christmas to get both you and your house ready for the festive season!

"I would LOVE some more Christmas #folklore and yet another plug for your new book Household Lore!" said absolutely no-one. So I listened and here is a blog with 10 folklore-y things for you to do this Christmas! And a plug! For my new book! #HouseholdLore liza-frank.com/10-top-chris... #Booksky 🎄🎁📚

Household Lore Christmas Edition It’s that time of year when whipping out your duster is strongly advised. For it is said the ghosts of our ancestors will make a festive visit to run a spectral finger along our surfaces and judge our housekeeping skills. (Just leave a cobweb or two in case of emergencies) #HouseholdLore Liza Frank with an image of the book Household Lore on the bottom right.

Household Lore “Liza's book is a delightfully irreverent compendium of domestic folklore and legend, and it will really make you think twice before feeding roasted mice to children." ~ James Shakeshaft & Alasdair Beckett-King (Loremen Podcast) #Household Lore, an elf with a long beard and pointy red cap and a tablet, mobile with the front cover of Household Lore on them, plus an image of the book.

"A magical little book" "A delight to read" "The wisdom shines brightly" "I loved it!" "Slightly-naughty" "I delightfully irreverent compendium" "Entertaining and charming" "This is a masterly anthology of our rituals and lore" "A rich cornucopia of information" "It will really make you think twice before feeding roasted mice to children" In the middle is a picture of a tablet and a mobile phone with the cover of the book, Household Lore by Liza Frank on it, and the actual book on the righthand side.

Whether it's a ploy to get you to tidy up, or the spirits are really among us, you would do well to heed today's #Christmas #folklore... Also there's still time to buy my marvellous new book on the folklore lurking in your home! #householdLore #Booksky watkinspublishinglinks.com/householdlore 🏡📚🎁👻

Household Lore Christmas/ Solstice/ Yule Edition Should you be raising a glass or three to the shortest day tonight, here are some hangover cures you might like to know about: Deep fried canaries Eels and bitter almonds Wiping your armpits with lemon slices Drinking a teaspoon of powdered corpse Chewing on a dried bull’s penis Crushed woodlice Boiled tripe on waking Burying yourself up to the neck in damp river sand, #HouseholdLore Liza Frank With an image of the book bottom left and Christmas decorations and drinks around the frame.

"A magical little book" "A delight to read" "The wisdom shines brightly" "I loved it!" "Slightly-naughty" "I delightfully irreverent compendium" "Entertaining and charming" "This is a masterly anthology of our rituals and lore" "A rich cornucopia of information" "It will really make you think twice before feeding roasted mice to children" In the middle is a picture of a tablet and a mobile phone with the cover of the book, Household Lore by Liza Frank on it, and the actual book on the righthand side.

It's the #solstice! It's #Yule! It's four more sleeps til #Christmas! And if you're in the mood for a bit of boozy celebration, you may be in need of something for the aftermath... BTW #HouseholdLore really does make for an impressive gift! watkinspublishinglinks.com/householdlore #booksky #folklore

Household Lore Christmas Edition Should you be entertaining this Christmas and your silverware is looking less than lustrous, don’t panic! All you need is some potato water. Just drop your cutlery into water used to boil your spuds and they’ll shine up a treat! Just might take an hour or two... #HouseholdLore Liza Frank. In the top left corner is leaves and berries, in the bottom left, there are three potatoes and bottom right is an image of the book Household Lore.

Household Lore "A magical little book, both beautiful and fascinating, I loved it!" ~ Eleanor Morton, Writer and Comedian. Top right is some leaves and berries. Running along the bottom third of the frame is a pine spray with lights and bottom right is an image of the book Household Lore. #HouseholdLore Liza Frank

A picture of a tablet and a mobile phone with the cover of the book, Household Lore by Liza Frank on it, and the actual book on the righthand side, all three wrapped up in a black ribbon with a bow. Text reads: A Great Gift. Now available in Hardback, ebook and Audiobook format!

Ah, my favourite folklore demonstration! Tried and tested - potato vs tarnish is once again folklore for the win! Seven sleeps to go...🎄🥔 watkinspublishinglinks.com/householdlore
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Household Lore: Thresholds and Protection Magic – Kindred Spirit Magazine

Feeling beleaguered from magical interference on these cold, dark winter nights? Well here is a handy home protection guide for all things horseshoe, Plutarch and First Footing... 🎄#Folklore #HouseholdLore #FolkloreThursday #WatkinsWisdom #Witchsky #Booksky #gift kindredspirit.co.uk/2025/11/16/h...

Household Lore Christmas Edition Today marks the start of Saturnalia, the ancient Roman festival that celebrated the god Saturn and ends on 25 December with Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, or the Birthday of the Unconquerable Sun. If you want to do as the Roman’s did, decorate your home with bay leaves said to attract success (and keep your partner faithful). #HouseholdLore Liza Frank, with a small picture of the book bottom right.

Household Lore Full of her trademark stealth teaching and impeccable research, Liza Frank’s slightly-naughty and irrepressible humour shines through on every page. ~ Mark Norman, Creator of the Folklore Podcast and Founder of the Folklore Library and Archive #HouseholdLore Liza Frank with a small picture of the book on the bottom right.

A picture of a table and a mobile phone with the cover of the book, Household Lore by Liza Frank on it, and the actual book on the righthand side, all three wrapped up in a black ribbon with a bow. Text reads: A Great Gift. Now available in Hardback, ebook and Audiobook format!

Today's #Christmas #folklore 🎄 is all about Saturnalia, a Christmas precursor courtesy of ancient Rome, that falls today. Once just a day festival, it eventually extended to a week of carousing! #HouseholdLore #WatkinsWisdom #Booksky #Witchsky #BookChatWeekly watkinspublishinglinks.com/householdlore

Household Lore Christmas Edition If you wish to predict what the coming year has in store, each of the Twelve Days of Christmas is said to be a bellwether for its corresponding month, i.e. the 1st day = Jan, the 2nd Feb and so on. Common divinatory techniques include bibliomancy, tarot, the weather and your dreams. For example, a happy dream might foretell a good month, but a crappy one...😬 Just remember to write everything down! #HouseholdLore Liza Frank. With the book in the bottom right hand corner.

Household Lore "Household Lore is a delight to read. It should be the family bible for all supernaturally synched folk!" ~ Johnny Mains, Editor and Author. #Household Lore Liza Frank. With a small image of the book bottom right hand corner.

A picture of a tablet, mobile and book all tied up with a jaunty black ribbon. On the front of the tablet and mobile is the front cover of the book Household Lore by Liza Frank. Text reads: A Great Gift. Now available in Hardback, eBook and Audiobook format!

Today's #Christmas #folklore is all about forward planning. Before everything kicks off proper, start preparing what your Twelvetide divinations are to be & how you will record them...🎄https://watkinspublishinglinks.com/householdlore #HouseholdLore #WatkinsWisdom #Booksky #Witchsky #BookChatWeekly

Household Lore Christmas Tradition. Many say you shouldn’t bring evergreens into the home before Christmas Eve. But if you’ve already snuck in the mistletoe, secreting a freshly plucked sprig under your pillow will help you dream of your future (plus it’s a good evil spirit repellent). #HouseholdLore Liza Frank. Plus there is a small copy of the book at the bottom.

Household Lore “Household Lore is a delightful exploration of the folklore hidden in your home. Entertaining and charming, it is a rich cornucopia of useful information.” ~ Jenifer Toksvig, Author and Playwright. #Household Lore Liza Frank and a small version of the book on the right hand side.

A wonderful gift. Now available in Hardback, eBook and Audiobook format - Household Lore. The picture is of a tablet with the front cover, a phone with the front cover and the book with the front cover - a spooky looking house - all tied up with a ribbon.

More Christmas #folklore, this time about greenery! BTW, decorating your home with evergreens is a remnant of ancient Roman Saturnalian folklore (amongst others). As is present giving, time off, excess and being very merry!🎄 #HouseholdLore #WatkinsWisdom #Booksky #Witchsky #BookChatWeekly #Christmas

Household Lore Christmas Edition. If making a wreath for your front door, make sure it contains rosemary to protect your home from any grumpy ghosts that might be lurking. Liza Frank. Behind the writing are stars and a wreath (admittedly without rosemary!).

Household Lore. "I thought my house was just a standard semi till I read this book. Now I know it's a labyrinth of wonder" OJ Borg, BBC Radio 2. Liza Frank. Between the title and first line of the quote is a branch of holly.

A great gift. Now available in Hardback, eBook and Audiobook format - Household Lore. The picture is of a tablet with the front cover, a phone with the front cover and the book with the front cover - a spooky looking house - all tied up with a ribbon.

As we're now on the approach, I thought a little bit of practical Christmas folklore was in order. Today, it's what to include in your Christmas wreath...🎄🌿☃️🎁 #HouseholdLore #WatkinsWisdom #Folklore #Christmas #Booksky #Witchsky #Herbsky #FolkloreSunday #BookChatWeekly

The sign outside Broadcasting House - The British Broadcasting Corporation.

Inside the Woman's Hour studio - there is a big screen with Woman's Hour on it.

From the POV of the producers and studio managers, looking into the recording studio. Nuala and Anita are doing a social media promo.

Nuala McGovern, Liza Frank and Anita Rani.

Had a cracking time talking about Christmas folklore and traditions at Broadcasting House today while recording the Christmas Day episode of Woman's Hour!

Never has a sphincter been so clenched though...
#HouseholdLore #Christmas #WatkinsWisdom #BBCRadio4 #WomansHour

And on to my second radio interview of the day, this time over Facetime with BBC Radio Wales! Just broken a nail. Not taking that as a sign and have disposed of it properly so Vanatühi, an Estonian demon,won't make it into a hat of invisibility... #HouseholdLore #Folklore #Christmas

The front entrance to BBC Radio Sussex.

About to go on BBC Radio Sussex to talk about Christmas folklore around the house! #HouseholdLore #Christmas #Folklore

A collection of stuff for my folklore talk at Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction on Thursday 4 December at 6pm. Left going clockwise - a box of pencils, a pot of thyme, a pot of parsley, an onion, a potato, two silver pieces of cutlery and some plastic knives on a chopping board.

Just a few bits and pieces I'm getting together for tomorrow's talk about household folklore at the Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction at 6pm (4 Dec). Come for the folklore, stay for the quiz! 🐁 🐀🏡 #WyrdWednesday #Folklore #HouseholdLore @chiunipress.bsky.social

I'm just about to chat with the lovely Robert Elms on BBC Radio London about all things Household Lore! Wish me luck, the bronchitis is still lingering...!
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OUT NOW! Household Lore is available in Hardback, eBook and Audiobook format! There is a tablet and a mobile showing the cover of Household Lore and a copy of the hardback.

That feeling when your new book has just come out but then you have to change your email signature & all the banners on your socials & website from pre-order to OUT NOW and you're still a bit fragile from all the celebrations🎉 #HouseholdLore #Booksky #BookologyThursday #FolkloreThursday #WritersLife

And so to the answers! Do make sure you've checked out the questions first, otherwise spoilers. I'm now off to celebrate Publication Day and Martinalia with some sausage, mash and wine! 🍇 #HouseholdLore is now on sale!🎉

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And so to the answers! Do make sure you've checked out the questions first, otherwise spoilers. I'm now off to celebrate Publication Day and Martinalia with some sausage, mash and wine! 🍇 #HouseholdLore is now on sale!🎉

#WatkinsWisdom #Folklore #PublicationDay #Quiz #Booksky #Witchsky #Martinalia

The Great Household Lore Publication Day Quiz. Question Ten: The Library Which volume of Homer’s Iliad is said to cure a fever if tucked beneath your pillow and slept on?

And finally Question Ten of the Great #HouseholdLore Publication Day Quiz! The Library. Bonus folklore: Should you suffer from silverfish, secrete some cedar shavings onto your shelves to repel them 📚 Answers up next!

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The Great Household Lore Publication Day Quiz. Question Nine: Of Gardens and Gardnening Which tree is said to have a liking for uprooting itself nightly so it can look through your bedroom window to see if you’re getting up to any naughtiness in there?

Q. Nine of the Great #HouseholdLore Publication Day Quiz! Of Gardens and Gardening. Bonus folklore: Should you be cursed, it's said that agrimony will not only break the hex, but fling the curse back on the hexer 🌱

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And finally Question Ten of the Great #HouseholdLore Publication Day Quiz! The Library. Bonus folklore: Should you suffer from silverfish, secrete some cedar shavings onto your shelves to repel them 📚 Answers up next!

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Q. Nine of the Great #HouseholdLore Publication Day Quiz! Of Gardens and Gardening. Bonus folklore: Should you be cursed, it's said that agrimony will not only break the hex, but fling the curse back on the hexer 🌱

#WatkinsWisdom #Folklore #PublicationDay #Quiz #Booksky #Witchsky #Gardening

Q. Nine of the Great #HouseholdLore Publication Day Quiz! Of Gardens and Gardening. Bonus folklore: Should you be cursed, it's said that agrimony will not only break the hex, but fling the curse back on the hexer 🌱

#WatkinsWisdom #Folklore #PublicationDay #Quiz #Booksky #Witchsky #Gardening

Q. Eight of the Great #HouseholdLore Publication Day Quiz! Of Basements and Cellars. Bonus folklore: Should you encounter any fleeing rats in your crawlspace, you are advised to flee also, as rats don't just leave sinking ships! 🐀 #WatkinsWisdom #Folklore #Booksky #Witchsky #PublicationDay #Quiz