I right royally cocked up the folklore today. I was blithe in the knowledge that I had a simple bit of weatherlore to observe and…
29 November 2020 – Advent Sunday
It’s the fourth Sunday before Christmas, so welcome to the beginning of Advent, otherwise known as Advent Sunday. And as any self-respecting child of the…
25 November 2020 – St Catherine’s Day
Even though I could have been setting fire to wheels tied up with straw; making Cattern cakes, Cattern pies, or wiggs; drinking a delightfully sounding…
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…
24 October 2020 – Crystal Ball
It was supposed to be an easy win today. Pour a load of black ink into a Christmas tree decoration and call it a crystal…