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8 October 2020 – St Keyne’s Day
Oct 8 2020

8 October 2020 – St Keyne’s Day

And so once again I return to the theme of something delicious predicting the winter weather. On Tuesday, I tried and failed to elicit a…

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12 September 2020 – Newent Onion Fayre
Sep 12 2020

12 September 2020 – Newent Onion Fayre

Well. I’m never doing that again.  It’s the Newent Onion Fayre in Gloucestershire today, or it would have been blah, blah, blah. The annual Newent…

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24 May 2020 – Paper Planes
May 24 2020

24 May 2020 – Paper Planes

Today I’ve been making paper planes. I could have waited another two days until 26 May for National Paper Airplane Day (US) to do this,…

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17 May 2020 – Rogation Sunday
May 17 2020

17 May 2020 – Rogation Sunday

Today I have been smearing mashed turnip on my feet. It’s Rogation Sunday, the start of Rogationtide which lasts until Wednesday. And Rogationtide was when…

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10 May 2020 – Battledore and Shuttlefeathers
May 10 2020

10 May 2020 – Battledore and Shuttlefeathers

Today’s folklore started with an exorcism, continued with a missed knob-eating opportunity, and finished with some shuttlecock divination. Whoever said folklore was dull, was not…

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3 May 2020 – Nick o’Thungs Day
May 3 2020

3 May 2020 – Nick o’Thungs Day

Today I’ve been getting my tongue in a twist. It’s Nick o’ Thungs (or Thumbs) Day, aka Rood Day, aka Avoiding Day, aka Booting Day,…

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26 April 2020 – Talisman
Apr 26 2020

26 April 2020 – Talisman

Today I found out that I am indeed a witch. Or a rogue. For it is said that only witches and rogues can grow parsley…

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