🖤 #FolkyFriday: Mother Shipton, Yorkshire’s mystic born in a stormy cave, wove weather into her prophecies! 🌩️ Her rhymes foretold floods & chaos, echoing #SwithinsDay vibes. ⚡️ #weatherlore #MotherShipton 🧙‍♀️
🎨Oil painting of Mother Shipton, circa 1830. Collection at The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate.

🌬️ #FolkyFriday: Meet the Tempestarii, medieval storm witches who conjured tempests & sold storms to sky pirates! Mother Shipton, born in a thunderstorm, wove weather into her prophecies. #SwithinsDay! #Weatherlore #WeatherMagic 🧙

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Cloud Chasers and Rain Makers, it's time for an all-new #FolkyFriday! 🖤

Our theme today is "Weather Folklore and Tempestarii" ahead of #SwithinsDay!

From Mother Shipton, Zeus and Thor to old rhymes and beyond, post related lore, art and customs tagged #FolkyFriday for shares from 10am-8pm BST!

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Tribe! Thank you for your suitably 'Well Dressed' #FolkyFriday posts this week - they were great! 🖤

Next Friday, 11/7, our theme will be "Weather Folklore and Tempestarii" ahead of #SwithinsDay on the 15th!

Post related customs, art and lore tagged #FolkyFriday for sharing then from 10am-8pm BST!