Lizzie Bickerstaff
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Lizzie Bickerstaff
@lizziebickerstaff.bsky.social
English MA student @ University of Bristol. Part-time henge lurker. Interested in paganism, folklore and occultism through the long 19th century. 🧚🏻‍♀️
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disappeared to scramble up Dartmoor’s Tors in search of ancient cairns!
January 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
John Keats and Celticism? it’s more likely than you think!
November 29, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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this was the first weird medieval guy to ever go viral 🥰🥰
November 21, 2024 at 7:48 AM
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It had been a while since I'd seen anyone dowsing in real life. The King Stone, Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire.
November 19, 2024 at 9:32 AM
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Old English (all used today)

ac - oak
flacca - snowflake
heofon - sky (heaven)
heorot - deer (Hart)
pæþ - path
reġnboga - rainbow
treow - tree
Weald - Forest (Wald in modern German)
wudu - woodland
wuduweard - Forester (Warden)

All still recognisable
November 18, 2024 at 5:58 PM
currently researching the incredible Catherine Crowe, her occultist interests and the injust nature of her fall into canonical obscurity with help of the wonderful research by @ruthheholt.bsky.social ! Both brilliant women
November 18, 2024 at 6:05 PM