You have no idea how much I just wanted to go down the chipper for today’s folklore. It’s St Botvid’s Day, aka Old St Kenelm’s…
27 July 2020 – The Grete Herball
Today did not go as planned. On this day in 1526, The grete herball whiche geueth parfyt knowledge and vnderstanding of all maner of herbes [and]…
22 July 2020 – St Mary Magdalene’s Day
I’m so late writing this. The now weekly tradition of watching Celebrity Masterchef over Zoom took priority. So I’ll be brief, which given the calibre of today’s…
21 July 2020 – The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke
I’ve been dreading writing this up as I got a tiny bit soppy and had a cry during today’s folklore. It’s the anniversary of the…
19 July 2020 – Spanish Armada
Today I made this: It’s the anniversary of the first sighting of the Spanish Armada in 1588, off Lizard Point in Cornwall. And one of…