Missed me? Well, get ready as things are about to get personal…
2 January 2021 – Crooked Pin
For Saxons, today, not Childermass, was deemed the most unlucky moment of the year. And just when I thought I was all out of good…
#FolkloreFOMO – January 2021
Happy New Year! And welcome to the very last #FolkloreFOMO post of The Everyday Lore Project. It seemed a bit daft to write a post…
26 December 2020 – Twelvetide
I’m going back to my 6 December folklore, when I made the basic error of believing the text I was looking at meant the 6th and the…
25 December 2020 – Christmas Day
FOLKLORE ONEI was first out of the house today, so I have the luck seeing as I said ‘Welcome, Old Father Christmas’ as I opened…
21 December 2020 – Winter Solstice
St Thomas gray, St Thomas grayLongest night, and shortest day. While all around us is going tits up, at least after today we’re counting back…
14 December 2020 – Halcyon Days
I had high hopes for today. Very high hopes. Today is the start of December’s halcyon days, a period of fourteen days, seven either side…