Hausa folk-lore, customs, proverbs, etc. collected and transliterated with English translation and note, 1913. #EYAFolklore https://ow.ly/qRsT50ZQxVa
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@soas-speccoll.bsky.socialHausa folk-lore, customs, proverbs, etc. collected and transliterated with English translation and note, 1913. #EYAFolklore https://ow.ly/qRsT50ZQxVa
@soas-speccoll.bsky.socialIndo-Chinese gleaner; containing miscellaneous communications on the literature, history, philosophy, mythology, &c. of the Indo-Chinese nations, 1820. From the library of Robert Morrison #EYAFolklore https://ow.ly/S6GH50ZQxqT
@derbyshiredro.bsky.socialEldon Hole is a vast 55m-deep pothole, named one of the Wonders of the Peak by Thomas Hobbes in 1636. This impressive natural feature has long inspired local folklore, with stories linking it to the Devil and other mysteries beneath the earth. Would you dare explore its depths?
@uniofgalwayasc.bsky.socialSéamus Delargy's library includes a vast collection of folklore books from all over the world, including this Slovenian book of Irish Fairytales, and a children's book of Pomeranian legends photographed below!
@soas-speccoll.bsky.socialवृन्दावन शोध संस्थान में सांस्कृतिक वस्तुएँ: सचित्र पांडुलिपियाँ; Illustration showing Arjuna, Bhīṣma and Kṛṣṇa from a manuscript of Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra #EYAFolklore https://ow.ly/YHto50ZQwvl
@hartleyspecialc.bsky.socialThe nights are drawing in earlier and it is feeling rather autumnal... This rather spooky image is taken from our papers on demonology buff.ly/WEHbaNi (MS268) and depicts Dr Faustus meeting Lucifer... #EYAFolklore
@hartleyspecialc.bsky.socialIn the 1740s, a young elm tree at South Baddesley, was heard emitting agonised groans. Visitors, including the Prince and Princess of Wales, came to listen to the Hampshire Groaning Tree until the sounds ceased when a hole was drilled in the trunk to investigate the cause. #EYAFolklore
@soas-speccoll.bsky.socialMadupurekavi. A Sinhalese ballad on a legend of the healing of a Ṣēramān-rāja' s headache through worship of the goddess Pattini with dances and sacrifices. Written on palm-leaves. #EYAFolklore https://ow.ly/gSmL50ZQwa6
@derbyshiredro.bsky.socialL. du Garde Peach wrote a series of Children’s Hour radio plays in the 1930s exploring the stories behind Britain’s castles. Our latest find is his script for Hardwick Hall — a short drama blending real history with Derbyshire folklore.
@archives-unisurrey.bsky.socialFancy some morris dancing? We're seizing our sticks, handkerchiefs and ribbons with bells on to bring you these wonderful images of the student Stag Hill Morris team, taken at Guildford Cathedral in 1976.
Ref. Acc2023-39 (c) Martin Hewitt
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@rcahmwales.bsky.socialSt. Etheldreda’s Church, Hyssington, is first recorded in the 13th century.
Local legend has it that the church was terrorised by the Bull of Bagbury, which was eventually shrunk and imprisoned in a snuff box, now buried beneath the church’s entrance stone
📸RCAHMW, 2019
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@hartleyspecialc.bsky.socialThe Explore Your Archives theme for October is #EYAFolklore - the booklet 'Hants & Dorset's Folklore and Legends' was published in 1975 buff.ly/8SXXpFp - the cover shows the 'Miraculous beam' at Christchurch Priory, said to have been altered by a mysterious carpenter after it was cut too short
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.socialThe new theme for October is #EYAFolklore ✨
Make sure to tag us and use the hashtag to get involved, we can’t wait to see your fantastic folklore posts!
@soas-speccoll.bsky.socialMohammed's winged mare (buraq) from Paintings illustrating Turkish costumes (MS 60368), late C18th. #EYAFolklore
@araireland.bsky.socialThe Explore Your Archive theme for Deireadh Fómhair | October is #EYABéaloideas | #EYAFolklore
Get involved and remember to tag @araireland.bsky.social &
@exploreyourarchive.bsky.social in your posts!
