Today I’ve been telling time via dandelion. Although this method of horticultural horology is notoriously unreliable (according to my mother, I used to get very…
21 April 2020 – Tutti Day
Today I’ve been picking my nosegay. It’s Hock Tuesday, another slightly dubious day where exchanging oranges for kisses and binding people with ropes was de…
20 April 2020 – Hock Monday
Today I resorted to using one of my emergency folklore backups. I have several rainy day ideas stuffed up my sleeve but hadn’t anticipated needing…
19 April 2020 – Quasimodo Sunday
Today’s adventure in folklore was difficult to pin down even though it’s Low Sunday, aka Little Easter Sunday, aka Hock Sunday, aka Balaam’s Ass Day,…
17 April 2020 – The Friday Before Hocktide
Today I learnt that macaroni cheese, aka macrows, aka maccherone, has been around in England since c.1390. And that I suck at making it. It’s…