Because what I really wanted to do at the end of a busy week was make a fish and chip supper from scratch with extras.…
28 July 2020 – St Botvid’s Day
You have no idea how much I just wanted to go down the chipper for today’s folklore. It’s St Botvid’s Day, aka Old St Kenelm’s…
#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.…
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,…
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…
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…