Old Weird Britain

@oldweirdbritain

Tasty morsels of folklore from our Ancient Isles. 4pm daily, just in time for tea. Curated by harpist, composer, filmmaker, tree-grower, Elizabeth-Jane Baldry

Dartmoor, England
Vrijeme pridruživanja: siječanj 2014.

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  1. Feb 3rd - St Blaise's Day, the patron saint of wool combers. In many English towns processions were held in honour of St Blaise and Jason of the Golden Fleece. The fete was conducted with considerable state and ceremony.

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  2. 2. velj

    The of loved to sit on a rock by a deep pool in the mouth of Dalbeattie Burn. But a devout woman upset by the 'heathenish visitant' pushed the rock into the water. The next morning her only child was found dead in its cradle. Image: Syquia Mansion

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  3. 1. velj

    My goodhearted boyfriend has started a campaign to protect this famous 5,000 year old sacred site. For the sake of all who love our ancient landscape, please share and/or sign. Thank you dear ones. via

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    February 1st is Eve. It was at one time customary in the villages bordering on the to decorate not only churches but also their homes with branches of box, and to light candles in the evening.

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  5. 1. velj

    With love to you all at . Here are some pics of our celebration last year in Wood. Candles. Cake. Swan Feathers. It was extra special in 2019 because the snow revealed the source of a spring, thereafter dedicated to holy .

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  6. 31. sij

    Thank you dear friends for your wonderful reply. Your film about the custom has nourished my soul today. presents the story beautifully.

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  7. 31. sij

    A custom: On 31st Jan stand with a bundle of green rushes on the threshold of your home. Invite holy Saint Bridget to come and lodge for the night with these words: "Brede, Brede, tar dyn thie ayms noght." Strew the rushes on the floor as a bed for the saint.

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  8. 30. sij

    There is an ancient stone preserved at Kingston-on-Thames upon which our Kings were crowned. The stone is a of sarsen, the same stone used in the building of and .

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  9. 29. sij

    The were hidden from Oliver here in this magical castle thanks to one brave noblewoman. Katherine Drummond of Moneydie audaciously smuggled them through occupied territory hidden in sacks of .

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  10. 28. sij

    A cradle must never be made of, or mended with, elder wood. For the is associated with , and to do so would give witches power over the child.

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  11. 27. sij

    How to see “We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us that they may see their own images. Thus they live for a moment with a clearer, perhaps even with a fiercer life because of our quiet.” Image:

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  12. 26. sij

    “I am certain that the water, the water of the seas and of lakes and of mist and rain, has all but made the after its image. Images form themselves in our minds perpetually as if they were reflected in some pool.“ - Image: Amelia Jane Murray

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  13. 25. sij

    “We gave ourselves up in old times to , and saw the Gods everywhere. We talked to them face to face, and the stories of that communion are so many they outnumber all the like stories of all the rest of Europe.” - Image: Arthur John Black

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  14. 24. sij

    “If we could love and hate with as good heart as the faeries do, we might grow to be long-lived like them. But until that day their untiring joys and sorrows must ever be one-half of their fascination.” - Image: Richard Doyle

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  15. 23. sij

    Maistir (stale urine) should be sprinkled on the doorposts and all about the cow byre. It keeps away the .

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  16. 22. sij

    A wise precaution Always put a silver sixpence in a gun when shooting a hare. For if the hare is a shape-shifting witch (as is often the case) the gun will backfire and kill you or cause some other grevious harm.

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  17. 21. sij

    Evil spirits can enter into human beings, and so completely gain a despotic control over them as to render them perfectly helpless. This exerts a pernicious and baneful influence on the credulous and ignorant.

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  18. 20. sij

    are sometimes enjoined to walk by way of penance. "I am thy father's spirit, Doom’d for a certain term to walk the night, And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away."

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  19. 19. sij

    loveth numbers odd. Thus in : "Thrice to thine and thrice to mine And thrice again, to make up nine. Peace! the charm's wound up." Image: Alexandre Marie Colin

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  20. 18. sij

    A few years ago a died in the village of , . She was accused of "overlooking" her neighbours' pigs. Her son, if ever betrayed into a quarrel with her, used always to say before they parted— "Mother, mother, spare my pigs." (1879)

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