I’ve just finished the folklore and written the post and realised I’ve got the whole sodding date wrong. Twat. So, for the purposes of this…
7 October 2020 – St Osyth’s Day
Tonight, I shall be appealing to St Osyth (or Saint Osgyth. Or Ositha, Osith, Othith, Sytha, Sythe. Or Toosey, as those local to the village…
6 October 2020 – St Faith’s Day
It’s St Faith’s Day, but while I had the faith, my folklore faithfully failed. Today saw the return of two ongoing sagas. The first was…
29 September 2020 – Michaelmas
It’s Michaelmas. Michaelmas used to be an important day in the ritual year but is rarely marked nowadays bar a couple of mop fairs still…
27 September 2020 – Stone
I was supposed to be holding a stone skimming competition down on the beach today, as it would have been the annual Easdale Island World…