I might have slightly overdone it yesterday with the old folklore. I managed 7½ out of my 11 Halloween tasks, and cabbage leaf update: I…
23 September 2020 – Counting Stars
Well, I had something completely different planned for today, but then I made the fatal error of double checking my sources. Unfortunately, I found my…
15 September 2020 – Six Years Out Of Seven
There’s a strange bit of weatherlore today, for according to Maypoles, Martyrs & Mayhem, it’s said that September 15th ‘will be fine, six years out of seven’…
10 August 2020 – St Lawrence’s Day
There’s dissent in the folklore world over the origins of the expression ‘Lazy Lawrence’ – to behave in a sluggardly or indolent fashion, to be…
3 July 2020 – Barometer
Given there is so much weather about this month, today I made good on my promise to make a barometer. Two actually. It’s said that…
11 March 2020 – Magpies
Today was a fudge. It was going to be all about mad March hares, but due to some antisocial behaviour on the train, I was…
5 March 2020 – World St Piran’s Book Day
Today I tried a tradition mash-up, and it didn’t really work. I’m sitting typing this wearing a blue dress for Matilda, a red and black…