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@soas-speccoll.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 1:40 PM

वृन्दावन 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.social Oct 9, 2026, 10:45 AM

The 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.social Oct 8, 2026, 11:51 AM

In 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

Title page and frontispiece of a pamphlet 'The Hampshire Wonder, or, The Groaning Tree' 1742. The tree is shown with groups of visitors around it.

@soas-speccoll.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 10:00 AM

Madupurekavi. 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.social Oct 5, 2026, 10:50 AM

L. 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.

#EYAFolklore #1930s #drama #radio

Typed script with handwritten amendments in red ink.

@archives-unisurrey.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 9:30 AM

Fancy 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
#EYAFolklore #morrisdancing #morrisdancers

Black and white photograph of four people in morris dancing costume, holding various musical instruments, including an accordion, piccolo and a flute.

A black and white photograph of a group of women in morris dancing costumes, consisting of dark skirts and white aprons, dancing outside a brick building. The dancers are captured mid-hop, waving their handkerchiefs in the air.

A black and white photograph of morris dancers and musicians, performing in two lines with the musicians at the back, facing the camera.

A black and white photograph of a group of male morris dancers, dressed in traditional costume and holding sticks aloft.

@rcahmwales.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 7:01 AM

St. 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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#EYAFolklore

@hartleyspecialc.bsky.social Oct 2, 2026, 10:30 AM

The 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.social Oct 2, 2026, 8:03 AM

The 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!

#ExploreYourArchive

@soas-speccoll.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 10:00 AM

Mohammed's winged mare (buraq) from Paintings illustrating Turkish costumes (MS 60368), late C18th. #EYAFolklore

@araireland.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 8:05 AM

The 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!

#ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann