Claire Slack
@mossgoblingrrl.bsky.social
Claire. Feral folklorist, museums worker & DHeritage researcher at the University of Hertfordshire exploring Pagan interactions with historic sacred sites. She/they. All views my own.
Today I did a radio interview with BBC Wiltshire about local traditions and finished off with co-leading a guided folklore and archaeology walk around West Kennet. I have no idea how I became this person but it's magnificent
May 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Today I did a radio interview with BBC Wiltshire about local traditions and finished off with co-leading a guided folklore and archaeology walk around West Kennet. I have no idea how I became this person but it's magnificent
It was an absolute dream to launch this fantastic exhibition last night at @wiltshiremuseum, having played a very small part in making it happen. Couldnt be prouder of our team and the amazing folk at Wessex Museums and the Museum of British Folklore.
April 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
It was an absolute dream to launch this fantastic exhibition last night at @wiltshiremuseum, having played a very small part in making it happen. Couldnt be prouder of our team and the amazing folk at Wessex Museums and the Museum of British Folklore.
Now the key people know, I suppose I better fess up why I've been so absent from socials these last few months. Baby mossgoblin coming September 2025.
March 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Now the key people know, I suppose I better fess up why I've been so absent from socials these last few months. Baby mossgoblin coming September 2025.
Deep in 1980s folklore journals today. We've got black dogs, dark sky omens, dubious folk cures (snail broth anyone?) and saint sightings a plenty at @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Deep in 1980s folklore journals today. We've got black dogs, dark sky omens, dubious folk cures (snail broth anyone?) and saint sightings a plenty at @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social
Happy solstice from Oliver's Castle where @martinb-archaeo.bsky.social had to pull me out of the mud when I stacked it but we caught a rather magnificent sunset.
December 21, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Happy solstice from Oliver's Castle where @martinb-archaeo.bsky.social had to pull me out of the mud when I stacked it but we caught a rather magnificent sunset.
Had a nice little adventure out with some of our team today to explore the Un/Common People exhibition at Museum & Art Swindon before it heads on to @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social. A gorgeous exhibition with some great folky objects from across Wessex (and a tiny weeny feature from yours truly)
December 17, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Had a nice little adventure out with some of our team today to explore the Un/Common People exhibition at Museum & Art Swindon before it heads on to @wiltshiremuseum.bsky.social. A gorgeous exhibition with some great folky objects from across Wessex (and a tiny weeny feature from yours truly)
Are you even in museum work if you don't casually bake historic recipes like Ancient Roman Libum on your lunch breaks? All tested for Saturnalia
December 5, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Are you even in museum work if you don't casually bake historic recipes like Ancient Roman Libum on your lunch breaks? All tested for Saturnalia
A day drinking hot chocolate with 14th century spices and doing my usual pilgrimage to see the things on King Arthurs grave
November 30, 2024 at 2:33 PM
A day drinking hot chocolate with 14th century spices and doing my usual pilgrimage to see the things on King Arthurs grave
Take me back to lazing around on long barrows instead of unpacking a thousand boxes into our new house please
November 24, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Take me back to lazing around on long barrows instead of unpacking a thousand boxes into our new house please
Take your folks to your nearest stone circle day (featuring things hidden on stones)
November 18, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Take your folks to your nearest stone circle day (featuring things hidden on stones)
I'm in the middle of moving to a new house so I feel I don't have much to say to my lovely new followers at the moment but please enjoy this little glimpse into what being an ethnographic researcher into British sacred sites looks like (minus broken boots, sheep poo covered notes and zero sleep)
November 16, 2024 at 8:58 AM
I'm in the middle of moving to a new house so I feel I don't have much to say to my lovely new followers at the moment but please enjoy this little glimpse into what being an ethnographic researcher into British sacred sites looks like (minus broken boots, sheep poo covered notes and zero sleep)
1k followers absolutely deserves a throwback to my adventure to see the Hunting of the Earl of Rone in May where I walked many, many miles with @meikle25.bsky.social and got to hang out with the fool and some other lovely people like @folklorepod.bsky.social
November 14, 2024 at 12:05 PM
1k followers absolutely deserves a throwback to my adventure to see the Hunting of the Earl of Rone in May where I walked many, many miles with @meikle25.bsky.social and got to hang out with the fool and some other lovely people like @folklorepod.bsky.social
Still 90% certain this signpost in Din Lligwy was a fae trap. Dim diolch Tylwyth Teg🧚♂️
November 13, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Still 90% certain this signpost in Din Lligwy was a fae trap. Dim diolch Tylwyth Teg🧚♂️
One whole year since I moved to this wonderful place called Wiltshire and wandered through the Avebury Manor yew hedges wondering where life would take me 🌲
November 12, 2024 at 9:57 PM
One whole year since I moved to this wonderful place called Wiltshire and wandered through the Avebury Manor yew hedges wondering where life would take me 🌲
Think I've time slipped into the early 2000s if Etnies stickers are back in the public sphere. If anyone needs me I'll be a grumpy goth teen stomping around in my Etnies and my Cradle of Filth t-shirt writing questionable rock music for the foreseeable.
November 11, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Think I've time slipped into the early 2000s if Etnies stickers are back in the public sphere. If anyone needs me I'll be a grumpy goth teen stomping around in my Etnies and my Cradle of Filth t-shirt writing questionable rock music for the foreseeable.
Is #StandingStoneSunday a thing here? A little throwback to my spring adventure in the middle of some very famous stones
November 10, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Is #StandingStoneSunday a thing here? A little throwback to my spring adventure in the middle of some very famous stones
A cute little witch hanging out on a 1911 chestnut roaster in the Wiltshire Museum collections
November 10, 2024 at 8:39 AM
A cute little witch hanging out on a 1911 chestnut roaster in the Wiltshire Museum collections
Just some little hagstones hanging from a tree on the edge of a stone circle for your Saturday morning enjoyment
November 9, 2024 at 6:01 AM
Just some little hagstones hanging from a tree on the edge of a stone circle for your Saturday morning enjoyment
I haven't posted on here for a while but as the TwitX exodus is really truly underway I am making my return with some good things found at Bryn Celli Ddu.
November 8, 2024 at 4:03 PM
I haven't posted on here for a while but as the TwitX exodus is really truly underway I am making my return with some good things found at Bryn Celli Ddu.
Another day playing out with druids for research purposes next to some exceptional old stones.
December 16, 2023 at 6:24 PM
Another day playing out with druids for research purposes next to some exceptional old stones.
Good frosty morning to everyone (but especially my new cat friend)
November 25, 2023 at 12:22 PM
Good frosty morning to everyone (but especially my new cat friend)
Spent the day wandering through yew pathways in the rain and mists to the sound of church bells. Avebury felt very Milbury today.
November 12, 2023 at 7:31 PM
Spent the day wandering through yew pathways in the rain and mists to the sound of church bells. Avebury felt very Milbury today.
We might have got absolutely soaked but Lynford Arboretum provided the mushroomy goods today 🍄
November 4, 2023 at 2:36 PM
We might have got absolutely soaked but Lynford Arboretum provided the mushroomy goods today 🍄
Bit of Black Shuck hunting in the Great Churchyard on a Friday night (spoiler: we found one)
November 3, 2023 at 5:42 PM
Bit of Black Shuck hunting in the Great Churchyard on a Friday night (spoiler: we found one)