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FolkloreThursday
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#FolkloreThursday is a hashtag day for sharing folklore facts, and a website filled with articles! Founded by @deedeechainey.bsky.social & @willowwinsham.bsky.social.
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That's the end of another #FolkloreThursday 🐉

Today's theme was the "Folklore of Games and Pastimes!" This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your last host today! Wishing you a week full of fun and play 🤩

19th Century circus poster
A 19th Century colour poster shows a man with an arm upraised surrounded by cats doing various tricks and performances, such as slimbing a rope, jumping across bottle tops, and walking a tight rope. A smaller circle of the portion shows a cat ripping through the paper. By this cat is says, Les Chats Savants, which means the clever cats.
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Hello #FolkloreThursday 🐉

Thank you to Crystal @crystalponti.bsky.social for hosting before the break!

I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social your last host today for the "Folklore of Games and Pastimes" event. 1 hour left 🃏🎲

To play, use the #folklorethursday hashtag in a themed post

1920 N. Rockwell
A painting shows realistic figures, a man and a woman, sitting across from each other at a small table. There is nothing in the background though a large red circle acts as a frame. The woman has her head thrown back and the man stares intently at her with a smile on his face. Both of their hands are on a Ouija board.
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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And that’s game over for me… @crystalponti.bsky.social signing off! Thanks for playing along during this hour of #FolkloreThursday! Up next, deal yourself in with the marvelous @shanonsinn.bsky.social hosting the final session at 6:30 GMT. Don’t fold early!

Art: Carol Lew
A whimsical painting of six dogs sitting around a green poker table, each holding playing cards in their paws. The dogs wear collars and pearls, appearing serious and focused on the game. Poker chips and cards are scattered on the table, and a portrait of another dog in regal attire hangs on the red wall behind them. A lamp with a patterned shade casts warm light over the cozy, human-like scene.
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Hello, #FolkloreThursday! @crystalponti.bsky.social here to host the next hour. Our theme is games & pastimes! Think bone dice, riddles by firelight, and the curious ways people have played through the ages. Thanks to @mythcrafts.bsky.social for hosting the last session!

Art: Abraham Teniers
An 18th-century painting shows three monkeys dressed in rich, human-style clothing gathered around a game of cards. Each monkey wears a feathered hat and elaborate robe, mimicking aristocrats at play. Coins, cards, and a jug rest on the table between them, and a fourth monkey watches from behind with a glass of wine nearby. The scene is comical and satirical, highlighting human folly through animal players.
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Thank you #Folklorethursday friends for all your tweets. This is @mythcrafts.bsky.social signing off, but stick around as hosting will resume in 90 minutes from now with @crystalponti.bsky.social.
Img: Game of Senet from Tutankhamun's tomb
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Hello #FolkloreThursday and thank you to @botanicafabula.bsky.social for the last hour of Folklore fun. This is @mythcrafts.bsky.social hoping you'll come play with us for the next hour
Img Ring Around the Rosie by Edward Potthast
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Huge thanks to everyone for letting me join in with all your games and pastimes for the last hour, this is @botanicafabula.bsky.social off to see if we can catch a 'lucky' falling, last leaf of Autumn, handing over to @mythcrafts.bsky.social for the next hour of #folklorethursday
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Good morning lovely #folklorethursday friends, huge thanks to @willowwinsham.bsky.social for the last playful hour and for tagging me next! This is @botanicafabula.bsky.social now IT having come in from hunting for a four leaf clover, ready for the next hour of lore around games and pastimes!
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Thanks for the fabulous folklore, keep it coming! @willowwinsham.bsky.social handing over to the wonderful @botanicafabula.bsky.social now for more games and pastimes #FolkloreThursday! (Image: Die Schachspiele,
Moritz Retzsch)
Painting showing two figures seated either side of a chess board. An angel stands behind them, watching the game.
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Thanks @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social! @willowwinsham.bsky.social here for the next hour of Games and Pastimes themed #FolkloreThursday! (Image: FranHogan via wikimedia commons)
Black tarmac with a white hopscotch grid. Number 1 is at the top and 10 is at the bottom.
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social handing over to @willowwinsham.bsky.social for more #FolkloreThursday! Bring us your #folklore of Games and Pastimes!

Anyone remember skipping rhymes they used to recite? I’m only remember the slightly rude ones!
Wishing you a day of fun and games!
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Good morning! This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social kicking off today’s #FolkloreThursday with the theme of #folklore of Games and Pastimes.
Who played conkers as a child? Who still does? There were so many this year!
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Join us for our folklore of Games and Pastimes themed #FolkloreThursday this Thursday!
Our hosts will share your posts to the hashtag at the following times GMT:
9am-1pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
(🎨The Card Players, Theodoor Rombouts)
Painting showing two men seated at a table, each holding five playing cards in their hands and wearing a wide hat with a feather on it. On the table there is the remaining deck of cards and a discard pile.
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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That's the end of another #FolkloreThursday 🔥🎃🌙

Today's theme was folklore of Ghosts, Monsters, and All Things Spooky! This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your last host today! Wishing you the best Spooktober ever 🍁

1883 Bernard Gillam - Gambling with death
A detail from a colour magazine or newspaper illustration. A man in a top hat is smoking a cigar while seated at a table. A skeletal ghost-like figure in white robes is rolling dice from a cup and standing over the man while pointing to the table, which is shaped like a coffin.
October 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Greetings #FolkloreThursday 🎃

Huge thanks to Crystal @crystalponti.bsky.social for being our host before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social your crypt keeper for the next one hour.

Today's theme is "Ghosts, Monsters, & All Things Spooky!" 👀

1898 Josef Mandl 🌙
A 19th Century painting showing a graveyard scene at night. There are several gravestones and disorganized plots and trees. A partly open grave is in the foreground with a shovel laying across it. A luminescent-cloaked apparition is standing behind it and looking down into the ground. Though it is bright, the details of the person are not apparent.
October 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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That’s all from me, @crystalponti.bsky.social. Thanks for conjuring up such spine-tingling #FolkloreThursday posts! After a short break, @shanonsinn.bsky.social will rise from the folklore crypt to keep the chills alive. Don’t ghost us… the best scares are still to come! 🦇

Art: Rackham
An old-fashioned illustration depicts a coven of witches gathered under leafless trees at night. The witches wear pointed hats and tattered cloaks, some flying on broomsticks, while others creep across the ground with crooked postures. Black cats climb the branches and stalk the ground, adding to the eerie scene. A thin crescent moon hangs faintly in the sky above, casting a pale glow over the gathering.
October 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Hello, friends! I’m @crystalponti.bsky.social here to host #FolkloreThursday for the next hour. Huge thanks to @mythcrafts.bsky.social for guiding us into the break. Our theme is ghosts, monsters, & all things spooky. Share your favorite haunting traditions or monstrous lore. 👻🎃

🎨 Mikhail Khalin
A ghostly figure draped in white, holding a glowing candle, floats through a dark forest. Twisted black trees arch overhead, their branches streaked with hints of red, creating an eerie, haunting atmosphere. The ghost’s hollow eyes and trailing form contrast sharply against the shadowy background.
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Thank you #FolkloreThursday for sharing all your spooky lore with us, this is @mythcrafts.bsky.social signing off, but stick around for @crystalponti.bsky.social who will be back after the break @3.30 BST.

Img; The Ghost of a Flea by William Blake
October 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Hello #FolkloreThursday and thank you to @botanicafabula.bsky.social for hosting the last session! This is @mythcrafts.bsky.social for the next hour of spooky folklore. Let's see if you can scare us!!!
Img: Caspar David Friedrich: The Abbey in the Oakwood
October 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Huge thanks to everyone for a truly terrifying hour of spooky #folklorethursday stories this is @botanicafabula.bsky.social off to make a tattie bogle (that's a scarecrow or 'potato ghost') handing over to @mythcrafts.bsky.social for the next haunting hour of lore!
October 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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I have a box of protective herbs to hand~neepy heid carved+rosemary planted by the door @botanicafabula.bsky.social here to guest host today's haunting #folklorethursday the theme is ghosts, monsters and all things spooky👻 Huge thanks to @willowwinsham.bsky.social for the last hour lets get spooky!
October 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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That's me well and truly terrified! Thanks for the great lore, @willowwinsham.bsky.social handing over now to @botanicafabula.bsky.social for the next hour of spooky #FolkloreThursday!
Edwḍ Kelly, a Magician. in the Act of invoking the Spirit of a Deceased Person, from Astrology, A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences by Ebenezer Sibly. Two male figure stand before a female ghostly figure in a graveyard. A church with a square tower is in the background.
October 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Huge thanks @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social! @willowwinsham.bsky.social here for the next hour of our Ghosts, Monsters and All Things Spooky themed #FolkloreThursday!
By Gallowglass, wikimedia commons. A white ghostly figure with arms outstretched, a black gaping mouth and black eyes, standing before a brown brick wall.
October 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Bring us your Ghosts, Monsters and All Things Spooky for today's #FolkloreThursday! This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social handing over to @willowwinsham.bsky.social and wishing everyone a suitably ghoulish Spooky Season, see you on the other side, next month, after Bonfire Night!
October 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Today's the day! Our hosts will share your Ghosts, Monsters and All Things Spooky folklore posts at the following times BST:
9am-1pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
Don't forget to include the hashtag! #FolkloreThursday
Image: Paul Hermans via wikimedia commons
Three carved pumpkins in a row, the two end ones are large with a small one in between.
October 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM