Tonight I will be watching Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light, aka the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 sans voting. I’m writing this now because a) I’ve had…
14 May 2020 – Pag Rag Day
Today I learnt never to put ‘Cod Banging Song’ into a search engine. It’s Pag Rag Day, but given that flitting has only just been…
13 May 2020 – Old May Day
Today I’ve been making cheese. Well, fake cheese. It’s Old May Day* the traditional start to the cheese making season. And blessed are the cheese…
12 May 2020 – Old May Day Eve
Continuing the legume theme, today I planted me some kidney beans. It’s the second Tuesday in May, aka St Pancras’ Day, aka the day of…
10 May 2020 – Battledore and Shuttlefeathers
Today’s folklore started with an exorcism, continued with a missed knob-eating opportunity, and finished with some shuttlecock divination. Whoever said folklore was dull, was not…