"Welsh border people gather bunches of them to purify the home. Yet this may be risky, for snowdrops are also known as Death Flowers in some counties; perhaps because they grow in churchyards." — Charles Kightly Photograph of horse riders posing in a field filled with snowdrop flowers. Source: Kightly, Charles (1987), The Perpetual Almanack … Continue reading #Flashlore 07

"She ventured forward on the light; And, vow! Tam saw an unco sight Warlocks and witches in a dance..." Tam o'Shanter by Robert Burns, telling the tale of a man who encounters a coven of witches on his way home from the pub! Painting of man fleeing on a horse from a group of witches … Continue reading #Flashlore 06

According to Portuguese superstition, nailing a horseshoe to your front door shall prevent any curses from entering your home. Source: Pedroso, Consiglieri (~1883), Tradições Populares Portuguesas. Image: Bright, Henry (1864), The Cottage Door. Available HERE.