Karen - Wall Flower Studio
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Bookish #gardening Crone - likes spiders & snakes 😼 #cats 🐾 #folklore #myth #amwriting 🇨🇦 Canada wallflowerstudiogarden.com
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According to Clarissa Pinkola Estés, a #Crone is the "one who sees far, looks into the spaces between the worlds, can literally see what is coming, what has been, what is now, what underlies, & what stands behind many things." 🪄 🧙♀️ #Fairytales #archetype #Witchsky
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November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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We all have an "antilibrary." You know, the stack of yet-unread books we might never read. Here is Umberto Eco's wonderful and counterintuitive take on why that unread stack might be as essential for our inner lives as the read www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/u...
Umberto Eco’s Antilibrary: Why Unread Books Are More Valuable to Our Lives than Read Ones
How to become an “antischolar” in a culture that treats knowledge as “an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order.”
www.themarginalian.org
November 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We all have an "antilibrary." You know, the stack of yet-unread books we might never read. Here is Umberto Eco's wonderful and counterintuitive take on why that unread stack might be as essential for our inner lives as the read www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/u...
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Had a mooch to the wonderful Christmas tree festival at St Mary’s church, Warwick. Below 👇 are trees in the Beauchamp chapel.
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Tree decorated by volunteers at Priory Books, the second-hand book shop at Warwickshire County Record Office.
#FolkloreSunday
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Tree decorated by volunteers at Priory Books, the second-hand book shop at Warwickshire County Record Office.
#FolkloreSunday
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Had a mooch to the wonderful Christmas tree festival at St Mary’s church, Warwick. Below 👇 are trees in the Beauchamp chapel.
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Tree decorated by volunteers at Priory Books, the second-hand book shop at Warwickshire County Record Office.
#FolkloreSunday
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Tree decorated by volunteers at Priory Books, the second-hand book shop at Warwickshire County Record Office.
#FolkloreSunday
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Holly is a #symbol of death & rebirth in both Pagan & Christian lore. ❄️ In the #Arthurian legend, Gawain (the Oak King of summer) is challenged by & fights the Green Knight, (Holly King), who is armed with a club of holly to represent winter. #FolkloreSunday #Winter #Christmas
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Holly is a #symbol of death & rebirth in both Pagan & Christian lore. ❄️ In the #Arthurian legend, Gawain (the Oak King of summer) is challenged by & fights the Green Knight, (Holly King), who is armed with a club of holly to represent winter. #FolkloreSunday #Winter #Christmas
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I remain convinced that no one has tackled Merlin as well as Mary Stewart did with her Crystal Cave / Hollow Hills / Last Enchanter trilogy, published in the 1970s. It remains a classic, and is beautifully written. #BookSky #Arthurian #Merlin
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I remain convinced that no one has tackled Merlin as well as Mary Stewart did with her Crystal Cave / Hollow Hills / Last Enchanter trilogy, published in the 1970s. It remains a classic, and is beautifully written. #BookSky #Arthurian #Merlin
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Founding Myths: Princess Scota, Goídel Glas and their Links to the Gaelic People
Founding Myths: Princess Scota, Goídel Glas and their Links to the Gaelic People
In the mythology and pseudo-history of Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man, Princess Scota and her husband Goídel Glas and their followers were the progenitors of the Gaelic people.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Founding Myths: Princess Scota, Goídel Glas and their Links to the Gaelic People
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The Middle English term elferingewort ("elf-ring"), is said to be "a ring caused by elves' dancing". Similarly, Scandinavian lore states #fairy rings are burned into the ground by the dancing elves, & we humans might want to avoid them!
🪄 #FairyTales #Folklore #art
🪄 #FairyTales #Folklore #art
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Middle English term elferingewort ("elf-ring"), is said to be "a ring caused by elves' dancing". Similarly, Scandinavian lore states #fairy rings are burned into the ground by the dancing elves, & we humans might want to avoid them!
🪄 #FairyTales #Folklore #art
🪄 #FairyTales #Folklore #art
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The legend of the White Hare (Cornish) speaks of the lost spirit of a maiden. With a broken heart & a soul which cannot rest, she appears as a white #hare, invisible to others except her faithless lover, who she follows always, haunting him until he meets his end. 🐇 #FolkloreSunday #folksky
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The legend of the White Hare (Cornish) speaks of the lost spirit of a maiden. With a broken heart & a soul which cannot rest, she appears as a white #hare, invisible to others except her faithless lover, who she follows always, haunting him until he meets his end. 🐇 #FolkloreSunday #folksky
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a light Halloween adjacent read
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dan...
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dan...
A Brief History of the 'Danse Macabre'
Skeletons have been dancing people to their graves since at least 1424.
www.atlasobscura.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
a light Halloween adjacent read
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dan...
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dan...
Holly is a #symbol of death & rebirth in both Pagan & Christian lore. ❄️ In the #Arthurian legend, Gawain (the Oak King of summer) is challenged by & fights the Green Knight, (Holly King), who is armed with a club of holly to represent winter. #FolkloreSunday #Winter #Christmas
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Holly is a #symbol of death & rebirth in both Pagan & Christian lore. ❄️ In the #Arthurian legend, Gawain (the Oak King of summer) is challenged by & fights the Green Knight, (Holly King), who is armed with a club of holly to represent winter. #FolkloreSunday #Winter #Christmas
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“Heaven was a word: hell was something he could trust.”
📖 “Brighton Rock” ~ Graham Greene, 1938
#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat
🎥#BrightonRock, 1948
2:15pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
📖 “Brighton Rock” ~ Graham Greene, 1938
#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat
🎥#BrightonRock, 1948
2:15pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“Heaven was a word: hell was something he could trust.”
📖 “Brighton Rock” ~ Graham Greene, 1938
#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat
🎥#BrightonRock, 1948
2:15pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
📖 “Brighton Rock” ~ Graham Greene, 1938
#BookchatWeekly #BookwormSat
🎥#BrightonRock, 1948
2:15pm TODAY on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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"The first Scottish appearance of the term 'fairfolks' occurs in Douglas's translation of the Aenid in 1513. The woods were for long occupied by 'nymphis & fawnys apun euery syde, Quhilk fairfolkis, or than elvys, clepyng we (which we called fair folk & elves)'"
- 'Scottish Fairy Belief'
- 'Scottish Fairy Belief'
October 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"The first Scottish appearance of the term 'fairfolks' occurs in Douglas's translation of the Aenid in 1513. The woods were for long occupied by 'nymphis & fawnys apun euery syde, Quhilk fairfolkis, or than elvys, clepyng we (which we called fair folk & elves)'"
- 'Scottish Fairy Belief'
- 'Scottish Fairy Belief'
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Fairy knots - Legend has it if you find little knots in the mane it's because the Fae are riding your pony at night, braiding little stirrups into their mane and going on celestial adventures. She did seem a little tired this morning... #folklore #folktales
November 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Fairy knots - Legend has it if you find little knots in the mane it's because the Fae are riding your pony at night, braiding little stirrups into their mane and going on celestial adventures. She did seem a little tired this morning... #folklore #folktales
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In Warwickshire snails were used in folk remedies for warts. These included rubbing the wart 9 times each way with the creature. A crueller example was where the snail was impaled to the earth with a thorn. As the snail died, so the wart faded.
#folkmedicine
#folkmedicine
November 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
In Warwickshire snails were used in folk remedies for warts. These included rubbing the wart 9 times each way with the creature. A crueller example was where the snail was impaled to the earth with a thorn. As the snail died, so the wart faded.
#folkmedicine
#folkmedicine
"Now I 'm eighteen I prefer stronger novels & books by great men & women, because these are always talked about by cultivated people, & when I go into society next winter I wish to be able to listen intelligently & know what to admire."
A Garland For Girls, ✍️ Louisa May Alcott
#BookWormSat #books
A Garland For Girls, ✍️ Louisa May Alcott
#BookWormSat #books
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"Now I 'm eighteen I prefer stronger novels & books by great men & women, because these are always talked about by cultivated people, & when I go into society next winter I wish to be able to listen intelligently & know what to admire."
A Garland For Girls, ✍️ Louisa May Alcott
#BookWormSat #books
A Garland For Girls, ✍️ Louisa May Alcott
#BookWormSat #books
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Protect yourself.
Protect others if you're able.
Protect all creatures, great and small.
Protect crumbling ruins and standing stones for elves and fairies.
Protect bogs, marshes, and misty moors for wandering witches, wayward spirits, and all of the horrors shambling in the gloom.
Protect others if you're able.
Protect all creatures, great and small.
Protect crumbling ruins and standing stones for elves and fairies.
Protect bogs, marshes, and misty moors for wandering witches, wayward spirits, and all of the horrors shambling in the gloom.
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Protect yourself.
Protect others if you're able.
Protect all creatures, great and small.
Protect crumbling ruins and standing stones for elves and fairies.
Protect bogs, marshes, and misty moors for wandering witches, wayward spirits, and all of the horrors shambling in the gloom.
Protect others if you're able.
Protect all creatures, great and small.
Protect crumbling ruins and standing stones for elves and fairies.
Protect bogs, marshes, and misty moors for wandering witches, wayward spirits, and all of the horrors shambling in the gloom.
So Rose sat in state enjoying herself very much, for the lads proceeded to dance a Highland Fling with a spirit and skill that made her clap her hands and laugh as she had not done for weeks.
- Eight Cousins, Louisa May Alcott
#BookWormSat #booksky
- Eight Cousins, Louisa May Alcott
#BookWormSat #booksky
November 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
So Rose sat in state enjoying herself very much, for the lads proceeded to dance a Highland Fling with a spirit and skill that made her clap her hands and laugh as she had not done for weeks.
- Eight Cousins, Louisa May Alcott
#BookWormSat #booksky
- Eight Cousins, Louisa May Alcott
#BookWormSat #booksky
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In the early twentieth century there were a number of sightings of a ghost on the road from Shipston to Stratford nr the gates of Alscot Park. On one occasion a man saw it walk in front of his car and thru the park wall.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
In the early twentieth century there were a number of sightings of a ghost on the road from Shipston to Stratford nr the gates of Alscot Park. On one occasion a man saw it walk in front of his car and thru the park wall.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
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In some variations of the Banshee, she is said to be the #spirit of a murdered woman. 🪦 The Scottish version, aka the Bean Nighe, is more specifically the #ghost of a woman who died during childbirth. #PhantomsFriday
🎨 The Banshee Appears, by R. Prowse (1862)
🎨 The Banshee Appears, by R. Prowse (1862)
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In some variations of the Banshee, she is said to be the #spirit of a murdered woman. 🪦 The Scottish version, aka the Bean Nighe, is more specifically the #ghost of a woman who died during childbirth. #PhantomsFriday
🎨 The Banshee Appears, by R. Prowse (1862)
🎨 The Banshee Appears, by R. Prowse (1862)
In the #fairytale 'the Boy Who Knew what the Birds Said', a young lad learns the language of the #birds & his fate. They predict he'll be forced to leave home, win a princess & return as a king. Soon after his family expels him from his home ensuring that predicted fate occurs. 🐦 #LegendaryWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
In the #fairytale 'the Boy Who Knew what the Birds Said', a young lad learns the language of the #birds & his fate. They predict he'll be forced to leave home, win a princess & return as a king. Soon after his family expels him from his home ensuring that predicted fate occurs. 🐦 #LegendaryWednesday
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My favourite piece of Warwickshire bird lore as it’s so random:
If a peacock flies to your house, a death will follow.
#LegendaryWednesday
If a peacock flies to your house, a death will follow.
#LegendaryWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
My favourite piece of Warwickshire bird lore as it’s so random:
If a peacock flies to your house, a death will follow.
#LegendaryWednesday
If a peacock flies to your house, a death will follow.
#LegendaryWednesday
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Look out Hansel & Gretel... The Witch is watching you eat her candy house. #art #Fairytales
🎨 Herman Vogel, ca 1910
🎨 Herman Vogel, ca 1910
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Look out Hansel & Gretel... The Witch is watching you eat her candy house. #art #Fairytales
🎨 Herman Vogel, ca 1910
🎨 Herman Vogel, ca 1910
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man’s ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII
#ShakespeareSunday #cold #winter
Thou art not so unkind
As man’s ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII
#ShakespeareSunday #cold #winter
a black and white drawing of four ducks swimming in a lake .
ALT: a black and white drawing of four ducks swimming in a lake .
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November 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As man’s ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII
#ShakespeareSunday #cold #winter
Thou art not so unkind
As man’s ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen,
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII
#ShakespeareSunday #cold #winter