Ian Taylor
@wellhopper.bsky.social
Exploring the holy wells and healing wells of North Wales - Fforio'r ffynhonnau sanctaidd a ffynhonnau iachaol Gogledd Cymru
Folklore & history / llên gwerin & hanes
More at www.wellhopper.wales
Folklore & history / llên gwerin & hanes
More at www.wellhopper.wales
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Samhain blessings to you all
✨🖤✨
#Samhain #Halloween #Witchsky #Pagan #animism
penelopetrappes.bandcamp.com/album/ternum
✨🖤✨
#Samhain #Halloween #Witchsky #Pagan #animism
penelopetrappes.bandcamp.com/album/ternum
Æternum, by Penelope Trappes
7 track album
penelopetrappes.bandcamp.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Samhain blessings to you all
✨🖤✨
#Samhain #Halloween #Witchsky #Pagan #animism
penelopetrappes.bandcamp.com/album/ternum
✨🖤✨
#Samhain #Halloween #Witchsky #Pagan #animism
penelopetrappes.bandcamp.com/album/ternum
A little medieval character I found lurking in St Mary's church Nercwys yesterday
November 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A little medieval character I found lurking in St Mary's church Nercwys yesterday
Visiting the fascinating colourful Hundertwasser Haus in Vienna this afternoon
October 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Visiting the fascinating colourful Hundertwasser Haus in Vienna this afternoon
Just picked up a copy of Alice Vernon's Ghosted for my weekend reading. Dark nights and autumn coming on quickly now.
"Ghosted: A History of Ghost Hunting and Why We Keep Looking" by Dr Alice Vernon has just been released
UK: amzn.to/4paoK8u
US: amzn.to/41QaHLo
#ghosts #haunted #phantomsfriday
UK: amzn.to/4paoK8u
US: amzn.to/41QaHLo
#ghosts #haunted #phantomsfriday
September 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Just picked up a copy of Alice Vernon's Ghosted for my weekend reading. Dark nights and autumn coming on quickly now.
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Mirror magic, ritual masks, films that cast a spell, doppelgängers and fetches, changelings, evil portraits, spirit traps and much more.
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Mirror magic, ritual masks, films that cast a spell, doppelgängers and fetches, changelings, evil portraits, spirit traps and much more.
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September 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Ready for a new issue? Pre-orders for The Mirror Issue are now open worldwide! ✨🪞✨
Mirror magic, ritual masks, films that cast a spell, doppelgängers and fetches, changelings, evil portraits, spirit traps and much more.
👉🏼 helleborezine.com
Mirror magic, ritual masks, films that cast a spell, doppelgängers and fetches, changelings, evil portraits, spirit traps and much more.
👉🏼 helleborezine.com
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Call them corpse roads, coffin lanes, funeral walks. Call them procession paths, lych lines, wraith ways. Just as long as you remember they are the arterial routes of the dead. The long cicatrix of grief carved into the land. – Dr. Michael Benn, 1981
September 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Call them corpse roads, coffin lanes, funeral walks. Call them procession paths, lych lines, wraith ways. Just as long as you remember they are the arterial routes of the dead. The long cicatrix of grief carved into the land. – Dr. Michael Benn, 1981
At the Silver Well, a petrifying well, in West Cheshire this morning
August 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
At the Silver Well, a petrifying well, in West Cheshire this morning
Gorgeous morning walking along the River Weaver in West Cheshire this morning in search of the Silver Well, a petrifying well near Kingsley.
August 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Gorgeous morning walking along the River Weaver in West Cheshire this morning in search of the Silver Well, a petrifying well near Kingsley.
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Malbury parish council has a budget for padlocks for St. Edwold's holy well. They've decided people immersing themselves for reasons of healing or wild baptism is too dangerous to be permitted. Such is the strength of folklore they have to replace a lock every couple of days. #FolkloreThursday
July 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Malbury parish council has a budget for padlocks for St. Edwold's holy well. They've decided people immersing themselves for reasons of healing or wild baptism is too dangerous to be permitted. Such is the strength of folklore they have to replace a lock every couple of days. #FolkloreThursday
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Today is the feast day of Christina the Astonishing. During her funeral she levitated through the church. The priest ordered her to come down. She explained that she had been to heaven, purgatory, and hell. She continued to live many years and avoided people as she could smell their sins.
July 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Today is the feast day of Christina the Astonishing. During her funeral she levitated through the church. The priest ordered her to come down. She explained that she had been to heaven, purgatory, and hell. She continued to live many years and avoided people as she could smell their sins.
Ffynnon Gorad
This well lies on the Anglesey Coastal Path to the north of Valley. Local belief is that it was once associated with a local small monastic settlement connected to the monastery at Holyhead. More recently it was been used as a local water supply.
This well lies on the Anglesey Coastal Path to the north of Valley. Local belief is that it was once associated with a local small monastic settlement connected to the monastery at Holyhead. More recently it was been used as a local water supply.
July 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Ffynnon Gorad
This well lies on the Anglesey Coastal Path to the north of Valley. Local belief is that it was once associated with a local small monastic settlement connected to the monastery at Holyhead. More recently it was been used as a local water supply.
This well lies on the Anglesey Coastal Path to the north of Valley. Local belief is that it was once associated with a local small monastic settlement connected to the monastery at Holyhead. More recently it was been used as a local water supply.
Ffynnon Sadwrn / Ddu (both have been used) is close to St Mary's Church Llanfair PG Anglesey. Once a copious spring feeding a duck pond, it was destroyed in the 1840s during the building of the new railway. now only a small stone chamber covered by a grill remains, though water still flows.
June 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Ffynnon Sadwrn / Ddu (both have been used) is close to St Mary's Church Llanfair PG Anglesey. Once a copious spring feeding a duck pond, it was destroyed in the 1840s during the building of the new railway. now only a small stone chamber covered by a grill remains, though water still flows.
At the beautiful St Peulan's church Llanbeulan this afternoon with @friendlesschurches.bsky.social and @angleseyhistory.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
At the beautiful St Peulan's church Llanbeulan this afternoon with @friendlesschurches.bsky.social and @angleseyhistory.bsky.social
"of natural springs there were none...but wells had been sunk. Their waters were clear & cool enough, but one never knew to what purpose these wells were sometimes put. They were deep & had the merit of keeping their own secrets.
Rev T J Jones in John Ellis History of Abergele. 1948
Rev T J Jones in John Ellis History of Abergele. 1948
May 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"of natural springs there were none...but wells had been sunk. Their waters were clear & cool enough, but one never knew to what purpose these wells were sometimes put. They were deep & had the merit of keeping their own secrets.
Rev T J Jones in John Ellis History of Abergele. 1948
Rev T J Jones in John Ellis History of Abergele. 1948
Had a great evening on Thursday looking at the fantastic work @friendlesschurches.bsky.social have done restoring St Doged's church at Llanddoged. Fascinating C19 update to a medieval church.
Also took the chance to revisit the well Ffynnon Ddoged.
wellhopper.wales/2025/05/02/f...
Also took the chance to revisit the well Ffynnon Ddoged.
wellhopper.wales/2025/05/02/f...
Ffynnon Ddoged, Llanddoged
Doged is a curious mixture of king and saint. The main reference, a late fifteenth century poem by Ieuan Llwyd Brydydd, names him as Doged Frenin, King Doged. This refers to an image of him at the …
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May 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Had a great evening on Thursday looking at the fantastic work @friendlesschurches.bsky.social have done restoring St Doged's church at Llanddoged. Fascinating C19 update to a medieval church.
Also took the chance to revisit the well Ffynnon Ddoged.
wellhopper.wales/2025/05/02/f...
Also took the chance to revisit the well Ffynnon Ddoged.
wellhopper.wales/2025/05/02/f...
A short blog post on Ffynnon Ddoged - Saint Doged's well, following on from my visit to Llanddoged yesterday. wellhopper.wales/2025/05/02/f...
Ffynnon Ddoged, Llanddoged
Doged is a curious mixture of king and saint. The main reference, a late fifteenth century poem by Ieuan Llwyd Brydydd, names him as Doged Frenin, King Doged. This refers to an image of him at the …
wellhopper.wales
May 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
A short blog post on Ffynnon Ddoged - Saint Doged's well, following on from my visit to Llanddoged yesterday. wellhopper.wales/2025/05/02/f...
Ffynnon Ddoged, St Doged's well at Llanddoged, Conwy. Subject of a late 15th century ode claiming the well had healing powers but now covered by stone and locked tight shut
May 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Ffynnon Ddoged, St Doged's well at Llanddoged, Conwy. Subject of a late 15th century ode claiming the well had healing powers but now covered by stone and locked tight shut
Looking forward to visiting Llanddoged tomorrow. A few years since I was last there to find the once curative well Ffynnon Ddoged, now lost under brick and concrete
Next Thursday, May 1st, we will be hosting a free talk at St Doged's about rescuing this fascinating building, the FoFC’s plans for its future, and how local people can get involved in caring for the church.
Please follow the link below for more details:
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Please follow the link below for more details:
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The Future of Llanddoged Church
Come and meet the team at our FREE event and enjoy a talk about the repairs from the FoFC’s Director, Rachel Morley, architect Tim Ratcliffe and craftsman Ned Scharer. You can find out more about…
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April 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Looking forward to visiting Llanddoged tomorrow. A few years since I was last there to find the once curative well Ffynnon Ddoged, now lost under brick and concrete
Latest copy of @helleborezine.bsky.social journal arrived this morning. Always a joy to receive it. That's Saturday morning sorted
IT’S HERE! The Elemental Issue is fresh from the printers and shipping worldwide.
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April 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Latest copy of @helleborezine.bsky.social journal arrived this morning. Always a joy to receive it. That's Saturday morning sorted
Very much looking forward to seeing & hearing Penelope Trappes tonight
…just because it’s rather lovely…and because the show is tomorrow!
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❤️ MANCHESTER ❤️
April 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Very much looking forward to seeing & hearing Penelope Trappes tonight
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A trip down to the Llandudno copper mines gave an unexpected treat that had this folklorist doing a little dance of excitement
April 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A trip down to the Llandudno copper mines gave an unexpected treat that had this folklorist doing a little dance of excitement
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A selection of Late Bronze Age swords on display in the National Museum of Ireland.
The impressive sword in the centre was found in the River Inny, Westmeath. It dates to c.900-700 BC.
The length and leaf shaped blade hint that it was possibly designed to be used by a warrior mounted on horseback.
The impressive sword in the centre was found in the River Inny, Westmeath. It dates to c.900-700 BC.
The length and leaf shaped blade hint that it was possibly designed to be used by a warrior mounted on horseback.
April 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A selection of Late Bronze Age swords on display in the National Museum of Ireland.
The impressive sword in the centre was found in the River Inny, Westmeath. It dates to c.900-700 BC.
The length and leaf shaped blade hint that it was possibly designed to be used by a warrior mounted on horseback.
The impressive sword in the centre was found in the River Inny, Westmeath. It dates to c.900-700 BC.
The length and leaf shaped blade hint that it was possibly designed to be used by a warrior mounted on horseback.
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For more information about the free talk at St Doged’s, Llanddoged, please follow the link below:
friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/event/the-fu...
friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/event/the-fu...
The Future of Llanddoged Church
Come and meet the team at our FREE event and enjoy a talk about the repairs from the FoFC’s Director, Rachel Morley, architect Tim Ratcliffe and craftsman Ned Scharer. You can find out more about…
friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk
April 17, 2025 at 7:02 AM
For more information about the free talk at St Doged’s, Llanddoged, please follow the link below:
friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/event/the-fu...
friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/event/the-fu...
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Aquilegia, also known as columbine, granny’s bonnet, or doves-at-the-fountain, was in ancient times called ‘Herb Leonis’, and said to be a favourite of lions. Folklore claimed its juice, rubbed on the hands, would empower a person with the courage of a lion! #folklore #flowers
April 16, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Sul y Blodau or Flowering Sunday (Palm Sunday) before Easter, it was traditional (and still is) in Wales to clean the graves of deceased loved ones and then decorate them with flowers. My late nain would visit my taid's grave to wash his gravestone before placing flowers on it.
#LegendaryWednesday
#LegendaryWednesday
April 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Sul y Blodau or Flowering Sunday (Palm Sunday) before Easter, it was traditional (and still is) in Wales to clean the graves of deceased loved ones and then decorate them with flowers. My late nain would visit my taid's grave to wash his gravestone before placing flowers on it.
#LegendaryWednesday
#LegendaryWednesday