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#fairytaletuesday #celtic: "On Novembereve", says a North Cardiganshire proverb, "there is a bogy on every stile“.
`The Scotch have even invented a special bogy the Samhanach or goblin which comes out at Samhain.`
Source: Celtic Myth & Legend, Poetry & Romance by Charles Squire

January 13, 2026 at 7:17 PM

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#fairytaletuesday #celtic: `The popular idea of the Phynnodderee is that he is a fallen Fairy, and that in appearance he is something between a man and a beast, being covered with black shaggy hair and having fiery eyes. Many stories are related by the Manx […]

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January 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM

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#fairytaletuesday #celtic: `Due to the peculiar rock formations in the area of Tullan strand, Bundoran, a series of natural "blow" or "puffing" holes exist which causes the seawater, when tidal conditions dictate, to crash through and blow water upwards. It is […]

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Flying sea fairies at The Fairy Bridges, Bundoran, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

January 13, 2026 at 4:15 PM

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#fairytaletuesday #celtic: «You will be victorious and you shall be king of all Britain. This luminary it represents you, as well as the fire dragon under the stars». `The fate of Arthur Pendragon, whose name means «dragon head» in Britton, is placed under the […]

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Dragon at Centre de l`Imaginare de Athurien at Chateau Comper, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

January 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM

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#fairytaletuesday #celtic: `Merlin has a permanent relationship with dragons: At first, through the fight of the two dragons under Vortigern's keep, Merlin reveals itself as a prophet and a seer. The red dragon appears at every crucial moment to help and guide […]

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The red and the white dragon, Centre de l`Imaginare de Athurien at Chateau Comper, photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

January 13, 2026 at 1:10 PM

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This is your personal invitation to discuss the draft of the Nua-Celtic Manifesto with me on https://zotum.net/profile/ncm.
We need #degrowth, a #donuteconomy and #systemchange to #conviviality in a #caringeconomy of #partnerism within #planetboundaries 🙏 […]

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The focus on gross domestic product should give way to an accounting of the common good, in which the unpaid charitable activities are included in a fair overall consideration (cf. Gross National Happiness, sumak kawsay, "buen vivir"). Source: The Nua-Celtic Manifesto

January 13, 2026 at 11:16 AM

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This is your personal invitation to discuss the draft of the Nua-Celtic Manifesto with me on https://zotum.net/profile/ncm.
We need #degrowth, a #donuteconomy and #systemchange to #conviviality in a #caringeconomy of #partnerism within #planetboundaries 🙏 […]

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The majority of the population must become a promoting component for the well-being of All-That-Is, away from the co-destructive disturbing factor of the natural cycles. They will move away from the growth-driving profit-orientation to the utility-value-orientation, away from the egoistic "having" to “caring and sharing”. Source: The Nua-Celtic Manifesto

January 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM

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#mythologymonday #celtic: `Brân the Blessed led an expedition to retrieve his sister from her imprisonment in Ireland. During this military expedition he suffered a fatal wound from a poisoned spear. Dying, he instructed his warriors to cut off his head and carry it back to Wales ( […]

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January 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM

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#mythologymonday #celtic: `In the time of king Bendigeidfran it was believed that Loadstones would lie on the bed of the river Llinon (presumably this refers to the Liffey) wherefore no ship or craft could pass. `Such rocks would pull nails out of any ships […]

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Bran, Edward Tegla Davies, public domain

January 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM

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#mythologymonday #celtic: `Branwen was the only one who could explain what Matholwch`s swineherds had seen: „The men of the Island of the Mighty are coming over: having heard about my punishments and my dishonour (https://jeremyblevins.com/2025/11/16/bran-the-blessed/). '
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January 12, 2026 at 4:18 PM

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#mythologymonday #celtic: `Bendigeidfran, and his host sailed towards Ireland. The ocean was not extensive back] then: he went by wading ([https://jeremyblevins.com/2025/11/16/bran-the-blessed/). There used to be nothing except two rivers called the Lli and the Archen. And after that the ocean […]

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January 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM

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#mythologymonday #celtic: `Bendigeidfran, and his host sailed towards Ireland. The ocean was not extensive [back] then: he went by wading. There used to be nothing except two rivers called the Lli and the Archen. And after that the ocean spread out, and the sea flooded the kingdoms. Then he […]

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January 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM

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#mythologymonday #celtic: `Bendigeidfran son of Llyr was the crowned king of the Island of the Mighty, and exalted with the crown of London. This 'Brân the Blessed' had never been contained within a house.
This has usually been interpreted to as a comment on […]

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Brân Fendigaidd from Branwen Ferch Llyr (Tegla) (coed ar y môr) by Edward Tegla Davies, public domain

January 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM

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#folkloresunday #celtic: `The country people say, if the blackbird and thrush sing before February they will cry before May.`
Source: Folk-Lore and Folk-Stories of Wales by Mary Trevelyan

January 11, 2026 at 7:16 PM

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#folkloresunday #celtic: `If February blows the wild goose off her nest, poultry will be scarce that year.`
Source: Folk-Lore and Folk-Stories of Wales by Mary Trevelyan

Daniel Ullrich, Threedots, Anser anser colony, cropped by1. Neu-Kelte, CC BY-SA 3.0

January 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM

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#folkloresunday #celtic: `For every song the mavis sings in February, she‘ll lament
ere Spring he over.`
Source: Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases

Blackbird in Winter, photo credit 1. Neu-Kelte

January 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM

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#folkloresunday #celtic: `In some parts of Wales the coast people say they see white hares before winter storms.`
Source: Folk-Lore and Folk-Stories of Wales by Mary Trevelyan

Hare, Butterworth and Heath, EB1911 - Fig 2, public domain

January 11, 2026 at 2:37 PM

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#folkloresunday #celtic: `In South Glamorgan, if an owl hoots in the early part of the
winter close to any small town or village it is regarded as a sign of snow.`
Source: Folk-Lore and Folk-Stories of Wales by Mary Trevelyan