I have just separated the wheat from the chaff. Literally. It’s St Lucy’s Day, a day of lots of folklore, mostly Scandinavian, Italian and East…
12 December 2020 – St Lucy’s Eve
My head wasn’t in the game today. I’m blaming my alarm for mistakenly going off at 5.30am. And the hoovering. And All The Other Stuff. It’s…
7 December 2020 – St Diuma’s Day
I’ll give you one guess what I did today… Ta da!
6 December 2020 – St Nicholas’ Day
It being St Nicholas’ Day, I was going to put my tree up, as it’s said St Nick was the precursor to Father Christmas. Having…
4 December 2020 – Old St Clement’s Day
I’m pulling a crafty twofer this evening. It’s Old St Clement’s Day, plus it just so happens to be a certain someone’s birthday on Monday.…
#FolkloreFOMO – December 2020
Only thirty six days and thirty seven more posts to go! Am I the only one counting down the seconds? Welcome to month twelve, the…
30 November 2020 – St Andrew’s Day
It’s St Andrew’s Day, the patron saint of Scotland. And I was going to make Tandry or Tandrew cakes, or wiggs to celebrate. But then…