Photo of a figure in an ancient Celtic styled folk costume with a deer skull on a stick at the top of a cone of fabric around the body. They are standing in a grassy field with a forested hill in the background

We welcome the start of spring with open arms.

#celtic #spring #WitchSky #PhotoSky #FootpathFriday #FolkyFriday
My mari lwyd inspired folk costume

Friday
#FallFriday
#FashionFriday
#FaustianFriday
#FeatheredFriday
#FerrousFriday
#FictionFriday
#FindsFriday
#FingerpostFriday
#FishFriday
#FlowersOnFriday
#FolkyFriday
#FollowFriday or #FF
#FontsOnFriday
#FootpathFriday
#FootwearFriday
#ForestFriday
#FossilFriday

5/ More suggested hashtags to join on a Friday

#FlowersOnFriday
#FlowerboxFriday
#FoxgloveFriday

#FungiFriday 

#FollowFriday or #FF

#FolkyFriday 

#PhantomsFriday

#PhobiaFriday

#FaustianFriday

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🌊🌟🌊'Evening Star Over the Sea' - by Evelyn De Morgan.
#MythologyMonday #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

Sweetly SInging Around Thy Bed - Warwick Goble by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble Please look in my shop for more work by Warwick Goble

Old Irish #folklore says that a child born on #GoodFriday and baptized on #Easter could cure tapeworm by putting a worm in the baby's hand during baptism and letting it die. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3473... #FolkloreSunday #art #vintage #illustration #mythology #fairytale #FolkyFriday

Leonardo da Vinci was whispered to keep a mirror beside his sketchbooks not for drawing but for summoning visions. Some claimed his backwards writing was a code, others said it was a charm to keep his muses from fleeing. #FolkyFriday #FridayFeeling

5/ More suggested hashtags to join on a Friday

#FlowersOnFriday
#FlowerboxFriday
#FoxgloveFriday

#FungiFriday 

#FollowFriday or #FF

#FolkyFriday 

#PhantomsFriday

#PhobiaFriday

#FaustianFriday

5 of 9  #FridayHashtags

🕊️✝️🕊️On #GoodFriday Blacksmiths would often refuse to shoe horses or undertake any work involving hammer and nails, out of respect for the Crucifixion.
#FolkyFriday #Easter #FolkloreSunday

Cornish Holy Wells: The Story of Dolly Dunking A peculiar custom, once forgotten, Dolly dunking is a Cornish tradition where young girls would take their dolls to blessed in holy wells on Good Friday. A custom documented since the 1800's.

A peculiar custom, once forgotten, Dolly dunking is a Cornish tradition where young girls would take their dolls to blessed in holy wells on Good Friday. This custom has been documented since the 1800's. #folkyfriday #cornwall #folklore #goodfriday

Friday
#FallFriday
#FashionFriday
#FaustianFriday
#FeatheredFriday
#FerrousFriday
#FictionFriday
#FindsFriday
#FingerpostFriday
#FishFriday
#FlowersOnFriday
#FolkyFriday
#FollowFriday or #FF
#FontsOnFriday
#FootpathFriday
#FootwearFriday
#ForestFriday
#FossilFriday

When You Come Back Down;
by Nickle Creek
open.spotify.com/track/1xVBmH...

#Bluegrass
#FLYDAY
#TRIPPING
#GoingAway
#FolkyFriday
#NewGrass

Don't Think Twice....
#MorningMUSIC
#FolkyFriday

open.spotify.com/track/2WOjLF...

A painting on paper of a man's face with hair, beard, moustache and eyebrows formed from leaves.

To celebrate the arrival of spring, I have put some new paintings inspired by the Green Man on my Etsy shop. Check them out here: www.etsy.com/shop/Sunsand...
#Art #Spring #GreenMan #Folklore #FolkyFriday

5/ More suggested hashtags to join on a Friday

#FlowersOnFriday
#FlowerboxFriday
#FoxgloveFriday

#FungiFriday 

#FollowFriday or #FF

#FolkyFriday 

#PhantomsFriday

#PhobiaFriday

#FaustianFriday

5 of 8  #FridayHashtags

Friday
#FallFriday
#FashionFriday
#FaustianFriday
#FeatheredFriday
#FerrousFriday
#FictionFriday
#FindsFriday
#FingerpostFriday
#FishFriday
#FlowersOnFriday
#FolkyFriday
#FollowFriday or #FF
#FontsOnFriday
#FootpathFriday
#FootwearFriday
#ForestFriday
#FossilFriday

🌿🪦🌿An old Welsh superstition warned against uprooting Periwinkle flowers growing on a grave - the desecrater risked being haunted by the spirit of the buried person, or plagued by terrifying dreams every night.
#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

Reposting for #folkyfriday
#folklore

Friday
#FallFriday
#FashionFriday
#FaustianFriday
#FeatheredFriday
#FerrousFriday
#FictionFriday
#FindsFriday
#FingerpostFriday
#FishFriday
#FlowersOnFriday
#FolkyFriday
#FollowFriday or #FF
#FontsOnFriday
#FootpathFriday
#FootwearFriday
#ForestFriday
#FossilFriday

5/ More suggested hashtags to join on a Friday

#FlowersOnFriday
#FlowerboxFriday
#FoxgloveFriday

#FungiFriday 

#FollowFriday or #FF

#FolkyFriday 

#PhantomsFriday

#PhobiaFriday

#FaustianFriday

5 of 8  #FridayHashtags

🌺🏹🌺Maid Marion - Queen of the May💚
#LegendaryWednesday #WyrdWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

🍀⛅️🍀Though Fridays and the number 13 have historically been considered ominous, there's no record before the 19th century of #Friday13th being especially unlucky - it seems to be a relatively modern conjunction without a backstory, so don't worry!
#FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

A young woman in peasant clothes knits as her cow grazes nearby.

The titular Little Red Cow not only helps the heroine of this tale escape, provides her beautiful gowns, and cooks the Sunday lunch, but she’s also an enchanted princess! #AnotherCinderella #folkyfriday #FolkloreThursday #donkeyskin #folkloreandfairytales #notdisneyprincess 🎨Jean-Francois Millet

A watercolour painting of a man with beard and hair of green leaves.

During my recent stay in Brittany, I started a new series of paintings inspired by the Green Man. #FolkyFriday

5/ More suggested hashtags to join on a Friday

#FlowersOnFriday
#FlowerboxFriday
#FoxgloveFriday

#FungiFriday 

#FollowFriday or #FF

#FolkyFriday 

#PhantomsFriday

#PhobiaFriday

#FaustianFriday

5 of 8  #FridayHashtags

Friday
#FallFriday
#FashionFriday
#FaustianFriday
#FeatheredFriday
#FerrousFriday
#FictionFriday
#FindsFriday
#FingerpostFriday
#FishFriday
#FlowersOnFriday
#FolkyFriday
#FollowFriday or #FF
#FontsOnFriday
#FootpathFriday
#FootwearFriday
#ForestFriday
#FossilFriday

In Italy, Friday the 17th is unlucky, likely because 17 is XVII in Roman numerals. Rearranged, it spells vixi, a Latin word meaning "I have lived," which implies death is imminent. Also, in the Bible, the Great Flood happened on the 17th day of the 2nd month. [8/8] #FolkyFriday

Philip II of Macedon—18th King of Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great—was believed to have offended the 12 gods of Olympus by erecting a statue of himself next to statues of them, bringing the total to 13. He was assassinated immediately after, by one of his bodyguards. [7/8] #FolkyFriday

Another reason Greeks consider Tuesday the 13th unlucky is because Constantinople, capital city of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Fourth Crusade on Tuesday the 13th in 1204, and again to the Ottoman Empire on a Tuesday in 1453. The sum of 1+4+5+3 equals 13. [6/8] #FolkyFriday

The number 12 was significant in the Ancient Greek religion, as there were 12 major gods of Olympus. There were also 12 Labors of Hercules, 12 zodiac signs, 12 months, 12 hours of day, and 12 hours of night. The number 13 was an affront to divine perfection. [5/8] #FolkyFriday

Superstition surrounding Tuesday the 13th, and Tuesday in general, is spread throughout Spanish-speaking countries. There's a Spanish saying that translates to "On Tuesday, don't get married, don't get on board (a ship or plane), and don't leave the house." [4/8] #FolkyFriday