Today is Egg Saturday so no prizes for guessing what I’ve been up to. Today is also the start of Shrovetide, so it’s also known…
14 February 2020 – Plum Shuttle Day
Today I have mostly been eating plum shuttles, because today is Plum Shuttle Day. It’s said that should a child knock on your door before sunrise on 14 February and shout ‘Good morrow Valentine!’ at you twice before you can stop them, you have to give them a shuttle or some money.
16 January 2020 – Cold Remedies
Woke up feeling miserable, all upper-palatey and brick-chested. So obviously I asked Twitter what I should do. Or rather I asked the brilliant #FolkloreThursday crowd…
Come here my pretties...
7 January 2020 – St Distaff's Day
There is so much to tell you. There’s been dancing. There’s been walking in the misty twilight. There’s been STDs. There’s been regret. And yet…