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Mary B
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I should have been a pair of ragged claws…
Reads 📚Writes 📚Haunts museums, art galleries, ancient sites, woodland and marshes. #amquerying
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Mary B @beesincampanula.bsky.social · Nov 17
If I could write words
Like leaves on an autumn forest floor,
What a bonfire my letters would make.
Spike Milligan
A path in a birch wood strewn with autumn leaves
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wunderkammertales.bsky.social
"Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality."

Jules de Gaultier

🎨 Pauhami
When your midnight snack is literally a ride through the woods on a fox—dragon-horse hybrid, you know you’ve taken ‘connecting with nature’ to a whole new level. Pauhami’s eerie masterpiece: where ‘going off the beaten path’ involves antlers, a cloak of mystery, and possibly a pact with the forest gods. Pro tip: Always pack a thermos of tea for journeys into the unknown. And maybe a sacrifice or two, just in case.
January 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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nmireland.bsky.social
Tell us the story of your traditions-

Sign up to receive updates on the latest exhibitions and events at the National Museum of Ireland.

www.museum.ie/en-ie/newsle...
A St. Brigit’s Cross made from bundled rushes is shown on the right side against a beige background. On the left, large mustard‑yellow text reads: “When was the last time you made a St. Brigit’s Cross?” A beige background with the word “museum” in large white lowercase letters at the center. At the bottom, the text “National Museum of Ireland / Newsletter” appears in bold mustard‑yellow lettering with a subtle shadow.
January 30, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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fakehistoryhunter.net
Ok who do I have to bribe with stroopwafels to get access to this place?
I promise I won't steal or even touch anything and will only be being weird and talking to the artefacts like a silly old history addict.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Treasures found on HS2 route stored in secret warehouse
Archaeological finds from the planned HS2 train line have been shown exclusively to the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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paintingsoflondon.bsky.social
'Another Rainy Night In London' by Steve Scott
stevescott.com.au
January 30, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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wunderkammertales.bsky.social
“‘Feel not after my clasping hand:
     I am but a shadow, come from the meadow
Where many lie, but no tree can stand.”

(Christina Rossetti)

🎨 Florence Harrison

#phantomsfriday
“Florence Harrison’s haunting vision of Christina Rossetti’s ‘After Death’: A grieving wife, clad in the deep blue of endless night, clutches her chair as her spectral husband—pale as a stray lamb, cold as the grave—stands just beyond her reach. His form is a whisper of what was, his return a bittersweet torment. The room, with its discarded slippers and abandoned book, is a shrine to love’s endurance and loss’s cruelty”
January 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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signemaene.com
According to a Flemish folktale, a woman was followed by a ghost while she walked home late at night. The ghost had a skull instead of a head and a white beard. Overnight, a huge tree grew in front of her door. It had to be cut down because nobody could enter or leave.

#PhantomsFriday
Art by Thomas Satterwhite Noble. A skull wearing a wreath.
January 30, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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theghostmonk.bsky.social
A clergyman was once bothered in his chamber by the #ghost of one of his host's ancestors - who had been a notorious miser. He presents the ghost with a list of subscribers to a local charity, pointing out that as a long-term resident, he ought to pay up too. This frightens it off!
#PhantomsFriday
An Irving Montagu illustration of the wily clergyman holding out his list of subscribers to the skinflint's ghost, which is wearing Tudor costume and clutching a bag of what would have been sovereigns. The ghost is hurrying away, a sour look on its face.
January 30, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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signemaene.com
Bridge in Mechelen, Louis Dewis (1872–1946).
Artwork of a bridge in Mechelen. Typical Belgian houses with stepped gables in the distance.
January 30, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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A stunning display of the aurora at the A.M. Foster Covered Bridge in Cabot, Vermont ✨
📸: @aliceyphotos
January 30, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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bwallower.bsky.social
#FindsFriday
Another very good boy: celebrated by owner on neck who is definitely not eating a Subway.
Rhyton drinking vessel from Menzies group of Apulian red-figure vase-painters 330-320 BC, before C3 BC #Roman conquest.
In National Archaeological Museum Domenico Ridola, Matera, Basilicata. 🏺
Drinking vessel in the form of the head of a black terrier-type dog, its eyes looking up and ears flattened back appealingly. Behind the head is the wide rim, in red figured ware: red image of a man holding a long, dotted object (probably a tray) and sitting on a cushion, with other figured decoration visible. A large handle is visible behind head and rim, used for drinking and keeping the rhyton stable when empty, sitting longways.
January 30, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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#phantomsfriday
Some small town ghostly malarkey. I grew up Pershore, Worcestershire.
In August 1965 3 small boys claimed to have seen a ghost in a meadow by the river. Over the next 5 nights increasing numbers of ghost hunters gathered there, reportedly 200 by the final night
A very battered black and white photograph clipped from a local paper reporting on the “ghost hunt”. A crowd of people in a dark field. In the foreground a young boy stares at the camera.
January 30, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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hookland.bsky.social
Last year we saw an increase of graffiti depictions the Wicker King. This year colleagues in the Folklore department report an uptick in Wicker King sightings. This matter needs further study. – Sophie Morley of Woden College's Graffiti Research and Formalisation Team (GRAFT), 1983
January 30, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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hookland.bsky.social
If you have ever wanted to hear me talk about the role of Forteana and folklore within Hookland in an East End pub …. April is your lucky month.
forteanlondon.bsky.social London Fortean Society @forteanlondon.bsky.social · 1d
Events at The Bell in 2026
Feb - April

Feb 24 – Stevyn Colgan – A Policeman’s Progress from Law to Lore
Mar 31 – Dr Kate Cherrell – Celebrity Séances
Apr 28 – David Southwell – The Fortean and Folklore Origins of Hookland

Web: forteanlondon.blogspot.com or newsletter: eepurl.com/hV9OAr
January 30, 2026 at 9:33 AM
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UK artist Chris Wood works with coloured glass to create prism-like mazes and mandalas, installed vertically #womensart
Circular wall mounted glass sculpture with rows of glass allowing light tthrough creating a rainbow coloured prism effect
January 30, 2026 at 6:56 AM
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bookwormsat.bsky.social
‘She looked around, and saw swans come flying through the air’ ~ Six Swans for Grimm's Fairy Tales, 1920, 🖼️ Elenore Abbott.

This #BookWormSat we celebrate the end of Storytelling Week with all and any literature with its foundations in an oral storytelling tradition. Join us!
Illustration of a scene from the fairy tale The Six Swans. The illustration features a young woman wearing a flowing purple dress. She is reaching out towards several large white swans surrounding her.
January 30, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'Running Iris' linocut by Australian printmaker Rachel Newling #WomensArt
Print featuring a plant with dark green speared leaves and blue and yellow flowers against a white background
January 30, 2026 at 6:49 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Sculpture of a giant blue rooster by the German artist Katharina Fritsch, unveiled in London's Trafalgar Square on the Forth plinth in 2013 #WomensArt
Photo of a large blue rooster statue on a plinth overlooking a square with fountains and colum, the area is filled with people
January 30, 2026 at 6:53 AM
beesincampanula.bsky.social
Lindisfarne has an interesting variation of the Shuck. Here, the spectral hound takes the form of a white dog, said to be seen around the ruins of the priory and the castle. Locals claim that the dog jumps down from the castle steps towards people and then runs off.
#phantomsFriday
The Rainbow arch, Lindisfarne. The priory church at Lindisfarne was closely modelled on Durham Cathedral and shares many features with it, including the patterned columns. The rainbow arch' spans the church crossing and is the only vaulting rib to survive. Lindisfarne was the only 'cell' of Durham to have had such a magnificent church built, probably because of its connection with St Cuthbert.
January 30, 2026 at 6:55 AM
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A #Roman bronze medicine box, with a sliding lid and separate compartments to store medical substances like herbs and mineral products.
Found in Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, dating 2nd/3rd century AD.
On display at Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt.

📷 me

🏺 #archaeology
A close-up of an metal box with a sliding lid, which is partially open. Inside, there are a two small compartments with a hinged metal flap, one of the is open. The box has a worn and corroded appearance with visible scratches and patina. It is displayed in a show case.
January 29, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Pigeons are often underrated. Today, this pigeon was watching me as I looked through my kitchen window. He was waiting for food.

#UKWildlife #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #EyeContact #Irridescent #Pigeon #NaturePhotography #Sonyalpha
The intense and focused stare of a pigeon awaiting food.
January 29, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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hookland.bsky.social
Goodnight from Crowhythe Museum of Curiosities, where the stuffed weasels are yet again attempting to remove the velvet waistcoats imposed upon them. Goodnight from Alfie Bray, wondering if it’s too late an hour to ring the local curse-breakers. Goodnight from Hookland.
January 29, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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Repost for #PhantomsFriday
January 23, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Just a reminder that it's #PhantomsFriday again tomorrow (don't it come round quick?). All posts on #ghosts - words, art, #folklore, publications, haunted sites and popular culture all welcome.
January 29, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Book cover art, 1905 by Margaret Neilson Armstrong, US artist, designer, illustrator, author known for her Art Nouveau style #WomensArt
Book cover with five Art Nouveau style white flowers on stems surrounding the title text against a light purple background
January 29, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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hookland.bsky.social
I've heard people who were never Children of The Hum say pylons were portals to us. That's a bit wrong. Transmission towers were our temporary temples. It was the whole of The Hum that was gateway to the electric ley of the land. – Signal-catcher Rose, ex=Pylon Person #VOH
January 29, 2026 at 11:57 AM