Thanks @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social and hello #FolkloreThursday! @willowwinsham.bsky.social here for the next hour of autumn and fall themed folklore! (Image: Stanze, via Wikimedia commons.)
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@folklorethursday.bsky.socialThanks @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social and hello #FolkloreThursday! @willowwinsham.bsky.social here for the next hour of autumn and fall themed folklore! (Image: Stanze, via Wikimedia commons.)
@juergen-hubert.mementomori.social.ap.brid.gyOne autumn, the storks held court over one of their own.
#FolkloreThursday
https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Court_of_the_Storks
@folklorethursday.bsky.socialPlease share your #folklore of #autumn & #fall with us for today’s #FolkloreThursday! This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social handing over to your next host @willowwinsham.bsky.social with another important question. What naughty deed does the Devil do so blackberries can’t be picked after Sept 29th?
@talesofbritain.bsky.socialThe first #FolkloreThursday of autumn! Halloween is on the horizon, so let's explore the UK's most famous tale of witches and weirdness... MACBETH! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfS9... 🐉🏴🏴🏴📚👑🧙🏻♀️🧙🏻♀️🧙🏻♀️⚔️
@oliviaarmstrong.bsky.socialAutumn in Ireland, when swallows migrated, folk believed they were actually hibernating at the bottom of the ponds... #FolkloreThursday 🎨John Henry Lorimer
@ramblingidiot.bsky.socialThe Trickster.
If you’re looking for something for #folklorethursday how about our new Fox print?
Full of cunning and guile, the Fox pops up, all the time, in myths, fables and folktales.
@crystalponti.bsky.socialIn English folklore, Michaelmas falls on September 29, and tradition says you shouldn't pick blackberries after this date because the Devil spoils them. In some versions, he fell into a blackberry bush and returns each year to spit or urinate on the fruit. #FolkloreThursday
Art: Unknown
@wunderkammertales.eurosky.social“Those who marry in autumn will die in spring.”
(Lady Jane Wilde “Ancient legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland”, 1887)
🎨 Charles Thomas Burt “A Country Wedding" (c 1870)
@themightycaz.bsky.socialBeware the Bodach! Companion of the Cailleach! As a chill hits the air he sneaks down chimneys to torment children and the elderly. Preparing the ground for his great Mistress of Winter.
share.google/0oJjeAON7xQM...
@folkloretodmorden.bsky.socialImportant question of the day… for #FolkloreThursday folklore of autumn and fall. How to win at conkers! Think I need to start with a bigger conker…
@anniebrassey.bsky.social"Falling Leaves"
The Illustrated London News 30.10.1858.
#FolkloreThursday #Autumn #Art #History #1850s
@folklorethursday.bsky.socialWhat a beautiful morning here in Todmorden for #FolkloreThursday!
This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social with today’s theme of #folklore of #autumn and #fall.
On a recent family walk we couldn’t agree if catching a falling leaf meant good luck or making a wish- what do you say?
@venetiajane.bsky.socialWhen the first apple tree looked skyward and wished for its own star to cherish, the orchard fairy promised one if it worked hard. The tree toiled all year, and in #autumn was rewarded with stars at the heart of its fruit, to cradle the seeds of future trees. #FolkloreThursday
@stephengrae.bsky.social'The Green Man - Autumn'
woodland guardian
clothed in an autumnal hue
the turning season
bardofcumberland.com/poetry/
#FolkloreThursday #Autumn
art: Stephen G. Rae
@folklorethursday.bsky.socialToday's the day! Share your autumn and fall-themed folklore to the hashtag from 9am BST! #FolkloreThursday
@bevanthomas.bsky.socialOpora was a minor Greek goddess of fruit, the harvest, and the autumn season. Sirius (the dog star) fell in love with her, and his passion became so intense that it burned the Earth until Opora agreed to marry him. Sirius still glows every summer as a symbol of his love.
#FolkloreThursday
@folklorethursday.bsky.socialJoin us on 24th September for our autumn and fall-themed #FolkloreThursday! Our hosts will share posts made to the hashtag at the following times BST:
9am-2pm
3.30pm-4.30pm
6pm-7pm
🍂🍎🎃
(🎨John William Godward, Autumn.)
@neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy#FolkloreThursday: `#Balor lasted long in #Irish folklore, where he appears as a pirate living on #ToryIsland, off the northwest coast, and struggling against those who would steal his magical cow.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
@neu-kelte.bsky.social#FolkloreThursday: `#Balor lasted long in #Irish folklore, where he appears as a pirate living on #ToryIsland, off the northwest coast, and struggling against those who would steal his magical cow.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
@observethedate.bsky.social