Thank you to everyone who took part in my questionnaire – your help has been invaluable. But all good things must come to an end,…
Still from Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, dir. FW Murnau, 1922
4 January 2021 – Sneeze
I’ve just sneezed. Twice. According to one children’s rhyme this means I’m courting danger. Except I sneezed to the right, which means I’m also fortunate.…
#FolkloreFOMO – January 2021
Happy New Year! And welcome to the very last #FolkloreFOMO post of The Everyday Lore Project. It seemed a bit daft to write a post…
31 December 2020 – New Year’s Eve
Tonight I’m going to eat grapes to the twelve strokes of midnight, as it’s said that if you eat a grape on each stroke of…
3 December 2020 – Itchy Feet
I had something else pencilled in for today, but then I got an itchy left foot and decided to investigate that instead. I’ve done itching…
28 November 2020 – BBC
So the radio thing happened. I don’t really remember much about it, and I certainly haven’t listened back to it. But these are the things…
22 November 2020 – Stir Up Sunday
I’m writing this eating one of yesterday’s leftover mince pies. Today was really one of those days where I should have done a bit more…