Welcome to our first book review here on Folklore Favourites - Literary Lore Edition! Earlier this month, we were sent our very first book in exchange for a review. It was such a wonderful surprise! We read it amidst cosy quilts and warm brews on a stormy Summer afternoon... Thank you, Batsford Books and Willow … Continue reading Folklore Favourites – Literary Lore Edition: Treasury of Folklore Stars & Skies, by Willow Winsham
Author: Superstition Sam
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"The hearthstone should be swept and a basin of spring water left before it for fairies to wash their babies."— Kathleen Hawke Painting of family sitting in front of a cottage hearth. The eldest child tries to comb her father's hair, even though he has none. The second child washes her hands in a basin, … Continue reading #Flashlore 31
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"Burn bones and you will hear groans."— A Cornish superstition. Painting of an elderly fishwife preparing fish in the harbour. Source: Hawke, Kathleen (1973). Cornish Sayings, Superstitions and Remedies. Truran: Truro. Image: Reid, Flora Macdonald (1904). A Cornish Fishwife. Available HERE.
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