In Croatia, some wheat is planted in a little bowl or saucer on either St Barbara or St Lucy's feast day, symbolizing the renewal of life in winter. On Christmas Day it is placed on the Christmas table or next to the nativity scene under the tree. #folklorethursday

🎨 Wonder

In Finland and some Scandinavian areas gifts were brought by the ‘Yule Goat’. Sometimes depicted as a decorated goat and other times human sized with a goats head.
Great costume by Nymla
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Lets open door number 5 on our pulp advent calendar...

For #TolkienTrewsday theme of lesser-known poem, I bring forth a poem about cat...titled "Cat". Tolkien wrote it in 1956 for his granddaughter, but in the legendarium, it was written by Samwise Gamgee, showing Hobbits' love toward animal lore. 🧵1/5

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📷: Patrick Tolen

ANNOUNCEMENT!
The next hosted #FolkloreThursday will be held here on Bluesky! Join us and our hosts here on 19th December for a day of festive folklore fun! (Image: Nova Scotia Archives)