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According to a legend of ancient China, the Great Wall was once collapsed due to a woman's tears. Her name is Meng Jiangnv. Meng's husband was forced to build the Great Wall and died of exhaustion. So Meng cried for three nights and days until the wall totally down.#Folklore
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A Ukrainian legend tells of a kindly spider who decorated a poor family's fir tree with sparkling webs of silver. On #Christmas morning the threads had magically transformed into tinsel. To this day spider ornaments and tinsel are hung on Christmas trees to give thanks. #folklore
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My grandmother Cicely Anderson, would recount the tale of her Irish ancestor who encountered a Banshee on his way home one evening. Understanding it as an ill omen, he kissed his wife and children goodnight and was found dead in the morning. #faustianfriday #folklore #ireland
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The Poinsettia is one of the birth #flowers of December. The Aztecs revered these plants as gifts from the gods, symbols of new life. They believed the hummingbirds and butterflies that visited Poinsettias were their fallen warriors, resurrected by the gods. #Christmas #folklore
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