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…
#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…
25 November 2020 – St Catherine’s Day
Even though I could have been setting fire to wheels tied up with straw; making Cattern cakes, Cattern pies, or wiggs; drinking a delightfully sounding…
11 November 2020 – Martinmas
Martinmas, Martlemas, St Martin’s Day, Martinalia, Bacchus, The Feast of Gut-puddings, and a lot of repeated weatherlore…
1 November 2020 – Samhain
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…
#FolkloreFOMO – November 2020
Two and a smidgen months to go! We’re now entering the eleventh month of the project, and no-one is more surprised than me to find…
28 October 2020 – St Simon and St Jude’s Day
Not one, not two, but three calendar customs collided today. And seeing as I was curious, hungry, and wet, I tried them all. First the…