While I’m not as brief as a dolphin, I’m also not one for long goodbyes, so I’m keeping this short. Besides, the sooner I’m done,…
27 December 2020 – Christmas Sunday
It’s Christmas Sunday. I’d never heard of Christmas Sunday before searching ‘what is the Sunday after Christmas called?’, but in hindsight, the name does feel…
24 December 2020 – Christmas Eve
I’m going to make this quick, after all it is Christmas Eve. I’ve left things out for Santa and his reindeer. And also for the…
23 December 2020 – La Longue Veille
In Guernsey, Christmas Eve Eve is traditionally called La Longue Veille, or The Long Knitting Evening. It was a time to finish any outstanding knitting…
13 December 2020 – St Lucy’s Day
I have just separated the wheat from the chaff. Literally. It’s St Lucy’s Day, a day of lots of folklore, mostly Scandinavian, Italian and East…
1 December 2020 – Bona Dea
Now, I know that today’s folklore is a bit of a cop out, but I’m knackered. At the moment, Other Life is licking my palms…
#FolkloreFOMO – December 2020
Only thirty six days and thirty seven more posts to go! Am I the only one counting down the seconds? Welcome to month twelve, the…