My book said the weatherlore on St Wilfred’s Day is a trifle boring. But frankly, I find there’s nothing dull about standing on the pavement…
8 October 2020 – St Keyne’s Day
And so once again I return to the theme of something delicious predicting the winter weather. On Tuesday, I tried and failed to elicit a…
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…
#FolkloreFOMO – October 2020
Yet again I forgot to say white rabbits when I woke up. You’d think, seeing this is month ten of The Everyday Lore Project, I…
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…