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…
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…
#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…