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…
22 December 2020 – #ShinyNuts
I forgot it was the start of Yule. I mean, I didn’t forget, I had it written on my folklore spreadsheet of many things. It’s…
18 December 2020 – International Migrants Day
It’s International Migrants Day, and being the product of at least parental, grandparental and greatgrandparental migration (our family got about a bit), I thought I’d…
17 December 2020 – Sow Day
For some strange reason, the phrase ‘piggy biscuits’ has brought me untold joy today. Whisper it. Piggy biscuits. It’s Sow Day, the day on which…