Last night was hilarious with all the midnight grape stuffing. However, it did mean that today was less than clear. And I slightly stuffed up…
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…
14 November 2020 – Nell Gwyn, The French Revolution, and Diwali
Today was one of those days where the folklore just fitted. It’s the 333rd anniversary of the death of Nell Gwyn in 1687. Nell was mostly…
1 November 2020 – Samhain
I might have slightly overdone it yesterday with the old folklore. I managed 7½ out of my 11 Halloween tasks, and cabbage leaf update: I…
#FolkloreFOMO – November 2020
Two and a smidgen months to go! We’re now entering the eleventh month of the project, and no-one is more surprised than me to find…
6 April 2020 – Old Style Lady Day
Today I’ve had my fingers in quite a few folklore pies (and eaten quite a lot of leftover fig pudding), so with apologies in advance,…