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FolkloreThursday
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#FolkloreThursday is a hashtag day for sharing folklore facts, and a website filled with articles! Founded by @deedeechainey.bsky.social & @willowwinsham.bsky.social.
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Join us for our folklore of Games and Pastimes themed #FolkloreThursday this Thursday!
Our hosts will share your posts to the hashtag at the following times GMT:
9am-1pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
(🎨The Card Players, Theodoor Rombouts)
Painting showing two men seated at a table, each holding five playing cards in their hands and wearing a wide hat with a feather on it. On the table there is the remaining deck of cards and a discard pile.
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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That's the end of another #FolkloreThursday 🔥🎃🌙

Today's theme was folklore of Ghosts, Monsters, and All Things Spooky! This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your last host today! Wishing you the best Spooktober ever 🍁

1883 Bernard Gillam - Gambling with death
A detail from a colour magazine or newspaper illustration. A man in a top hat is smoking a cigar while seated at a table. A skeletal ghost-like figure in white robes is rolling dice from a cup and standing over the man while pointing to the table, which is shaped like a coffin.
October 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Greetings #FolkloreThursday 🎃

Huge thanks to Crystal @crystalponti.bsky.social for being our host before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social your crypt keeper for the next one hour.

Today's theme is "Ghosts, Monsters, & All Things Spooky!" 👀

1898 Josef Mandl 🌙
A 19th Century painting showing a graveyard scene at night. There are several gravestones and disorganized plots and trees. A partly open grave is in the foreground with a shovel laying across it. A luminescent-cloaked apparition is standing behind it and looking down into the ground. Though it is bright, the details of the person are not apparent.
October 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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That’s all from me, @crystalponti.bsky.social. Thanks for conjuring up such spine-tingling #FolkloreThursday posts! After a short break, @shanonsinn.bsky.social will rise from the folklore crypt to keep the chills alive. Don’t ghost us… the best scares are still to come! 🦇

Art: Rackham
An old-fashioned illustration depicts a coven of witches gathered under leafless trees at night. The witches wear pointed hats and tattered cloaks, some flying on broomsticks, while others creep across the ground with crooked postures. Black cats climb the branches and stalk the ground, adding to the eerie scene. A thin crescent moon hangs faintly in the sky above, casting a pale glow over the gathering.
October 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Hello, friends! I’m @crystalponti.bsky.social here to host #FolkloreThursday for the next hour. Huge thanks to @mythcrafts.bsky.social for guiding us into the break. Our theme is ghosts, monsters, & all things spooky. Share your favorite haunting traditions or monstrous lore. 👻🎃

🎨 Mikhail Khalin
A ghostly figure draped in white, holding a glowing candle, floats through a dark forest. Twisted black trees arch overhead, their branches streaked with hints of red, creating an eerie, haunting atmosphere. The ghost’s hollow eyes and trailing form contrast sharply against the shadowy background.
October 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Thank you #FolkloreThursday for sharing all your spooky lore with us, this is @mythcrafts.bsky.social signing off, but stick around for @crystalponti.bsky.social who will be back after the break @3.30 BST.

Img; The Ghost of a Flea by William Blake
October 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Hello #FolkloreThursday and thank you to @botanicafabula.bsky.social for hosting the last session! This is @mythcrafts.bsky.social for the next hour of spooky folklore. Let's see if you can scare us!!!
Img: Caspar David Friedrich: The Abbey in the Oakwood
October 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Huge thanks to everyone for a truly terrifying hour of spooky #folklorethursday stories this is @botanicafabula.bsky.social off to make a tattie bogle (that's a scarecrow or 'potato ghost') handing over to @mythcrafts.bsky.social for the next haunting hour of lore!
October 2, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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I have a box of protective herbs to hand~neepy heid carved+rosemary planted by the door @botanicafabula.bsky.social here to guest host today's haunting #folklorethursday the theme is ghosts, monsters and all things spooky👻 Huge thanks to @willowwinsham.bsky.social for the last hour lets get spooky!
October 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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That's me well and truly terrified! Thanks for the great lore, @willowwinsham.bsky.social handing over now to @botanicafabula.bsky.social for the next hour of spooky #FolkloreThursday!
Edwḍ Kelly, a Magician. in the Act of invoking the Spirit of a Deceased Person, from Astrology, A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences by Ebenezer Sibly. Two male figure stand before a female ghostly figure in a graveyard. A church with a square tower is in the background.
October 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Huge thanks @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social! @willowwinsham.bsky.social here for the next hour of our Ghosts, Monsters and All Things Spooky themed #FolkloreThursday!
By Gallowglass, wikimedia commons. A white ghostly figure with arms outstretched, a black gaping mouth and black eyes, standing before a brown brick wall.
October 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Bring us your Ghosts, Monsters and All Things Spooky for today's #FolkloreThursday! This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social handing over to @willowwinsham.bsky.social and wishing everyone a suitably ghoulish Spooky Season, see you on the other side, next month, after Bonfire Night!
October 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Today's the day! Our hosts will share your Ghosts, Monsters and All Things Spooky folklore posts at the following times BST:
9am-1pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
Don't forget to include the hashtag! #FolkloreThursday
Image: Paul Hermans via wikimedia commons
Three carved pumpkins in a row, the two end ones are large with a small one in between.
October 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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So let's get Spooky Season started on this autumnal #FolkloreThursday! This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social your host for the next hour with today's theme of Ghosts, Monsters and All Things Spooky!
Perk of carving swedes- shrivelled scary heads years later... who else is Team Swede at Halloween??
October 2, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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We're getting in the Halloween mood early! Join us this Thursday (2nd Oct) for our Ghosts, Monsters and All Things Spooky themed #FolkloreThursday!
Engraving from 1804, used in the article Hammersmith ghosts. The image comes from Kirby's Wonderful and Scientific Museum, volume II published in 1804 in London. Black and white image, depicting a man draped in white robes, holding some of the robe above his head.
September 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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#FolkloreThursday was brought to you today by:
@folkloretodmorden.bsky.social
@willowwinsham.bsky.social
@botanicafabula.bsky.social
@mythcrafts.bsky.social
@crystalponti.bsky.social
@shanonsinn.bsky.social

Huge thanks to everyone for a fabulous day, and we’ll see you next month! ⭐🌜🌈
Image: Wellcome Collection, London, via wikimedia commons. A coloured engraving depicting the constellation Hercules. The stars are marked out in black, with the figure of Hercules upside down drawn over them. He is unclothed safe for a brown loincloth and holding a club and bow and arrows.
September 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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That's the end of another #FolkloreThursday ✨🐉✨

Today's theme was the "Folklore of the Stars and Skies." This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your last host today! Wishing you a happy full moon eclipse this weekend 🌝

1910 C. Wilhelm
A young woman or girl with long black hair is riding on the back of a giant bird of prey. It is nighttime. Below them is a city scene that looks medieval and festive. There are fireworks going off beneath her and the bird. A river runs through the town and there are mountains on the horizon. Stars are in the sky.
September 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Hello everyone and happy #FolkloreThursday ✨🌛✨

Thank you to @crystalponti.bsky.social for hosting before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social and I will be your folklore host for the next one hour.

Today's theme is "The Folklore of the Stars and Skies"

1872 Eleanor Vere Boyle
A tiny fairy woman is riding a songbird in flight. In the background is a body of water with an island visible and the far shore. In the foreground beneath her are white flowers and ivy with several other fairies looking up at her.
September 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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And that’s me shooting off like a stray comet. ☄️ I’m @crystalponti.bsky.social signing off. Don't wander too far! The skies sparkle again at 6:30 BST when @shanonsinn.bsky.social steps in to host the final hour of #FolkloreThursday. Until next time, my friends!

Art: Universitätsbibliothek Kassel
A medieval-style painting of a radiant sun with a human face, glowing with golden rays and trailing a long red comet-like tail across a cloudy sky. Beneath the dramatic heavens lies a dark, moody landscape with jagged mountains, a river, a small church with spires, and a boat carrying figures across the water. The horizon glows in bands of deep red and orange, fading into the dark blues and blacks of the stormy sky.
September 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Hi friends! I’m @crystalponti.bsky.social taking over the next hour of #FolkloreThursday. A huge thanks to @mythcrafts.bsky.social for their guiding light before the break. Our theme is stars and skies, so bring on your cosmic critters, moonlit mischief, and starlit stories. 🚀🌙✨ Art: Deb Enhams
A dreamy, vibrant painting of a girl in a blue dress standing on a flower-lined shore at sunset. She holds a glowing wand up toward the night sky, where golden stars swirl in a spiral around a radiant central star. The ocean reflects shades of blue, orange, and purple, blending the colors of twilight with the starlit sky. The scene feels magical and full of wonder.
September 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Thank you #FolkloreThursday for sharing all your wonderful lore with us, this is @mythcrafts.bsky.social signing off, but stick around for @crystalponti.bsky.social who will be back after the break @3.30 BST.

Img; Star tarot card from the Rider Waite
A naked woman pours jugs of water into a pool. Above her head is a giant yellow star surrounded by smaller white ones.
September 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Hello #FolkloreThursday and thank you to @botanicafabula.bsky.social for hosting the last session! This is @mythcrafts.bsky.social for the next hour as we scan the skies and stars for folklore
Img: René Magritte's Empire of Light
Picture of a house at night under a street lamp, yet the sky is daytime
September 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Thank you so much for all your beautiful lore of stars and sky for the last hour, this is @botanicafabula.bsky.social flying off to watch the clouds, handing over to moonlit @mythcrafts.bsky.social to share more of your #folklorethursday magic✨
September 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Huge thanks to @willowwinsham.bsky.social for a starry hour of fabulous sky-lore, this is @botanicafabula.bsky.social freefalling in from the dark sky zone to share your #FolkloreThursday stardust for the next hour🤩
September 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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@willowwinsham.bsky.social handing over to @botanicafabula.bsky.social now for more skies and stars themed #FolkloreThursday! 🎨Witches Flight, Goya
Witches Flight by Goya. Four figures, bare from the waist up and with pointed headwear, are suspended in the sky as if flying. A figure with a white cloth over their head walks beneath them.
September 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM