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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 1h

eeek! A monster from the Id!

Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 1h

Has it gone now or has it been turned into 17 tiny multi-screens?

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 1h

That’s a proper cinema.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 1h

arg

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 3h

Woody. Base of dense decomposing leaves and fungus compressed under sludge. Middle notes of warm post-Christmas cinnamon and crisp pine. Concerning top notes of airy cosmic nothingness.
payhip.com/b/58paC

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 3h

Daughter of Humiliation - there's a story title.

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Dr Icy Sedgwick @icysedgwick.bsky.social · 3h

This month on Fabulous Folklore Presents, I'm chatting to @odavies9.bsky.social
& @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social about their new book Folklore: A Journey through the Past and Present. There's even a mention of ice cream van folklore!

youtu.be/xuX87Hcp53U?...

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 6h

With a visual.

Foxlike creature reaches out with a nearly human hand/paw. Pencil drawing with tones.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 3h

arg

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JLM Morton @jlmmorton.bsky.social · 3h

Tonight at Gloucester Cathedral, I'm looking forward to reading some of Ivor Gurney's incredibly moving war poems + some new work of my own, noticing how contemporary war poems shift and echo work written more than a century ago, how alike we still are.

gloucestercathedral.org.uk/whats-on/an-...

An evening of Remembrance Poetry

Join us for an evening of remembrance poetry

gloucestercathedral.org.uk

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 3h

I always enjoy your podcasts. Presented with skill and care

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P J Richards @pj-richards.bsky.social · 6h

🤍🐇🤍A white or pale-coated Hare was believed to be a Witch's Familiar - or the shapeshifted Witch herself. "I shall go into a hare..." haunting words from a charm revealed by Isobel Gowdie in 1662.
#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 4h

A splendid musical tribute to Isabel Gowdie by Fay Heild

youtu.be/asc0-mXdB9U?...

Fay Hield - Hare Spell [official video]

YouTube video by TopicRecords

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Thomas S Brown @tomsbrown.bsky.social · 5h

Thread-
Hedgehog
14th of the #Emberlings of Oct.
Originals £35 (plus post) each, in UK because people should be able to afford human art.
Message or reply to claim. First come, First served. She is A5. All will be collected in a book with words by @taliskimberley.bsky.social. #witchsky

Drawing of a hedgehog witch looking up at the moon. She has a staff and a snail on her hat.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 4h

#Folklore
Another excellent podcast. Professor Marion Gibson, discusses her book 'Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials'. A compassionate investigation of the issues.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Episode 179 - WITCHCRAFT: A HISTORY IN 13 TRIALS

Podcast Episode · The Folklore Podcast · 14/10/2025 · 1h 7m

podcasts.apple.com

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 4h

Most certainly.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 4h

It is that very case. Agnes confessed that the devil exhorted the witches to kill King James, his “greatest enemy”.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 7h

Such an interesting discussion. Thank you.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 7h

#Folklore
This podcast is essential listening.
@odavies9.bsky.social
& @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social
discuss their social splendid new book Folklore: A Journey through the Past and Present with that @icysedgwick.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...

British Folklore from Past to Present with Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook

Podcast Episode · Fabulous Folklore with Icy · 14/10/2025 · 51m

podcasts.apple.com

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 7h

#WyrdWednesday
Witches

Agnes Sampson confessed that 200 witches met the Devil in North Berwick church on All Hallows Eve, 1590
Illustration by George Tute, from The Reader’s Digest Folklore, Myths & Legends of Britain

A black and white illustration done in the style of a woodcut. Male & female witches holding torches cavort around a horned figure - the devil. He is wearing a ruff and cape and holding a cape.

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 8h

arg

a woman in a hijab says shame in front of a crowd of people

Alt: a woman rings a bell and chants shame in a procession - the shaming of Cersei from game of thrones

media.tenor.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 9h

Private equity takeover of US hospitals led to rise in patient deaths.

Cuts to staffing/investment; high debt, profiteering; worse patient outcomes.

More deaths in nursing homes, increased post-operative complications

Why is UK Govt handing the NHS to PE? Why no investigation of the impact of PE?

Private equity takeover of hospitals led to rise in Medicare emergency patient deaths, says study

Study found seven more deaths per 10,000 patients in private equity hospitals’ versus non-private equity hospitals

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Coralie Mills @dendrochronicle.bsky.social · 8h

Keyholes in the ancient cellar door of Neidpath #Castle near #Peebles, #Scottish #Borders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
#Woodensday #Heritage #Buildings #Scotland

Close up of wooden door with a smattering of five different size keyholes in it, testament to it being an ancient door. Photo copyright ©️ Coralie Mills 2020

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 8h

Only a fool would argue with the Ordnance Survey.

Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 8h

Folklore has linked Cadbury Castle #Somerset to King Arthur for centuries

The ostensibly sober #OrdnanceSurvey once got in on this with an overtly definitive identification of the hillfort as 'Camelot'

So it must be true

(Please note, other Camelots are available)

#HillfortsWednesday

Inked line drawing of an Iron Age hillfort with contours, haschures and Gothic text

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Bob Fry @bobfry.bsky.social · 8h

Aural bliss

Radio Lento @radiolento.bsky.social · 8h

Need some rain? 🎧

Episode 128 - Persistent rain (51 mins) 🌧️

This is a long rainy, *sleep safe* episode. It's one of our most downloaded ever.

> bit.ly/LenRn128

rain on a window on a grey day. blurry through the drops is a concrete path and some bright coloured shapes which might be people walking.