"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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"St Swithin's Day, if thou dost rainFull forty days it will remainSt Swithin's Day, if thou be fairFor forty days, t'will rain no mair."— British ProverbToday is the feast day of St Swithin, an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester, and one of the most popular weather-lore saints in Britain. Legend says that the holy man wished … Continue reading #Flashlore 29
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"It is lucky to say 'Hares, Hares' aloud as you go to bed on the last day of the month, and to say 'Rabbits, Rabbits' as soon as you awaken the following morning." According to Kightly in The Perpetual Almanack of Folklore, there is more to the superstition we had already shared with you on … Continue reading #Flashlore 28
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