Today I’ve been dicing for beetles because it’s Whit Tuesday, and on Whit Tuesday in St Ives, Cambridgeshire it’s traditional to dice for Bibles. This…
1 June 2020 – Whit Monday
Today I’ve been gazing out the window, and drinking whisky all in the name of folklore. It’s St Wite’s Day, aka St Wistan’s Day, aka…
#FolkloreFOMO – June 2020
White Rabbits! Brown Hares! And blimey, I’ve actually reached month six of the project. So far I’ve been in the sea, I’ve been in the…
31 May 2020 – Whit Sunday
Today I’m a spud-happy woman. Amongst other things, it’s Whit Sunday, the seventh Sunday after Easter and the beginning of a week of Whitsuntide celebrations.…
30 May 2020 – Appetite
Today I’ve been trying to get a handle on both my middle age spread and my lockdown arse. Although as I writer, I’m prone to spending a lot of time sitting down, the whole lockdown thing has taken my inertia to soaring new levels and with it my hankering for all things carbohydrate. So I thought I would try a spell to curb my enthusiasm for eating…