Today’s folklore is a little early, yet a little late. Once was, Wookie Hole, the famous caves in Somerset, held an annual mince pie eating…
23 October 2020 – Cabbage
The folklore I love most in all the world is the kind of folklore that involves rubbing vegetables on a problem. And frankly I don’t…
3 October 2020 – Wormwood
Today’s folklore is a bit of a Hail Mary. It takes wormwood a minimum of 14 days to sprout, and St Luke’s Day, when I’ll…
2 October 2020 – Celery
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that should you ever get my father onto the subject of migraines, he is guaranteed to say two things. The…
26 September 2020 – Blackberry Leaf Tea
I’m not sure I’d recommend this one. Six weeks ago on St Lhuany’s Day, I picked a load of blackberries and their leaves, washed them,…