Kerria
@kerria.bsky.social
Writer of Mystery and Folklore. TBA: Folkish Podcast. Host: #BookChatWeekly & #BookologyThursday #SCBWI #SINC KerriaSeabrooke.com IMDB: bit.ly/3ZXjiu1
Crusader Ghost (1916)
illustration by Frank Dadd
from the book ‘Old Christmas’
by Washington Irving (1783-1859)
#PhantomsFriday
illustration by Frank Dadd
from the book ‘Old Christmas’
by Washington Irving (1783-1859)
#PhantomsFriday
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Crusader Ghost (1916)
illustration by Frank Dadd
from the book ‘Old Christmas’
by Washington Irving (1783-1859)
#PhantomsFriday
illustration by Frank Dadd
from the book ‘Old Christmas’
by Washington Irving (1783-1859)
#PhantomsFriday
Anne Boleyn's spectral carriage is said to race past Blickling Hall every May 19th. At Hever Castle, her ghost is seen gliding over the River Eden bridge on Christmas Eve and under the oak tree where she and Henry VIll once courted.
art by Barrie Morris #PhantomsFriday
art by Barrie Morris #PhantomsFriday
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anne Boleyn's spectral carriage is said to race past Blickling Hall every May 19th. At Hever Castle, her ghost is seen gliding over the River Eden bridge on Christmas Eve and under the oak tree where she and Henry VIll once courted.
art by Barrie Morris #PhantomsFriday
art by Barrie Morris #PhantomsFriday
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Blue Bird (L’oiseau Bleu 1697) is a French fairy tale about a cursed prince who is saved by the love of a princess.
Fågel Blå illustration by John Bauer (1911)
Fågel Blå illustration by John Bauer (1911)
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Blue Bird (L’oiseau Bleu 1697) is a French fairy tale about a cursed prince who is saved by the love of a princess.
Fågel Blå illustration by John Bauer (1911)
Fågel Blå illustration by John Bauer (1911)
Among its many magical uses, hag stones, witch stones, and fairy stones are known for protecting homes from evil spirits, pigs from swine-fever, milk from turning sour, and sailors from witches clinging to their ships.
art by Lily Seika Jones #folklore
art by Lily Seika Jones #folklore
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Among its many magical uses, hag stones, witch stones, and fairy stones are known for protecting homes from evil spirits, pigs from swine-fever, milk from turning sour, and sailors from witches clinging to their ships.
art by Lily Seika Jones #folklore
art by Lily Seika Jones #folklore
When black snails cross your path
Black clouds much moisture hath
~Rhyme from Devon
When a snail crossed their path, miners in Devon often avoided bad luck and stormy weather by offering the snail a tiny bite of their meal.
#Folklore #WyrdWednesday
Black clouds much moisture hath
~Rhyme from Devon
When a snail crossed their path, miners in Devon often avoided bad luck and stormy weather by offering the snail a tiny bite of their meal.
#Folklore #WyrdWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
When black snails cross your path
Black clouds much moisture hath
~Rhyme from Devon
When a snail crossed their path, miners in Devon often avoided bad luck and stormy weather by offering the snail a tiny bite of their meal.
#Folklore #WyrdWednesday
Black clouds much moisture hath
~Rhyme from Devon
When a snail crossed their path, miners in Devon often avoided bad luck and stormy weather by offering the snail a tiny bite of their meal.
#Folklore #WyrdWednesday
A conspiracy of ravens.
art by Tristan Elwell
art by Tristan Elwell
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
A conspiracy of ravens.
art by Tristan Elwell
art by Tristan Elwell
A crow can recall every route it has ever taken... crows are messengers, spies, guides, companions, harbingers of luck, deliverers of trinkets and treasures, tireless in all ways, more loyal than any other man or beast.
~Alice Hoffman
~Alice Hoffman
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
A crow can recall every route it has ever taken... crows are messengers, spies, guides, companions, harbingers of luck, deliverers of trinkets and treasures, tireless in all ways, more loyal than any other man or beast.
~Alice Hoffman
~Alice Hoffman
Queen of Fairies from A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595-1596) is a character lifted from traditional folklore. William Shakespeare borrowed the name 'Titania' from the mythological daughters of Titans in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
art by Arthur Rackham (1908)
#FairyTaleTuesday
art by Arthur Rackham (1908)
#FairyTaleTuesday
November 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Queen of Fairies from A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595-1596) is a character lifted from traditional folklore. William Shakespeare borrowed the name 'Titania' from the mythological daughters of Titans in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
art by Arthur Rackham (1908)
#FairyTaleTuesday
art by Arthur Rackham (1908)
#FairyTaleTuesday
We climbed, he first and I behind, until though a small round opening ahead of us, I saw the lovely things the heavens hold, and we came out to see once more the stars.
~Dante Alighieri
Divine Comedy (1308-1320)
~Dante Alighieri
Divine Comedy (1308-1320)
November 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We climbed, he first and I behind, until though a small round opening ahead of us, I saw the lovely things the heavens hold, and we came out to see once more the stars.
~Dante Alighieri
Divine Comedy (1308-1320)
~Dante Alighieri
Divine Comedy (1308-1320)
I’d like to apply for the job of Bookshop Cat.
art by Emily Paquin
art by Emily Paquin
November 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I’d like to apply for the job of Bookshop Cat.
art by Emily Paquin
art by Emily Paquin
If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way.
~Nichiren Daishonin
~Nichiren Daishonin
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If you light a lantern for another, it will also brighten your own way.
~Nichiren Daishonin
~Nichiren Daishonin
When a frog appears on your doorstep after a rain, it is believed to represent good luck and prosperity. Some say it is a sign of a new family member soon to arrive in your home.
#Folklore
#Folklore
November 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
When a frog appears on your doorstep after a rain, it is believed to represent good luck and prosperity. Some say it is a sign of a new family member soon to arrive in your home.
#Folklore
#Folklore
We are all ghosts of yesterday, and the phantom of tomorrow awaits us alike in sunshine or in shadow, dimly perceived at times, never entirely lost.
~Daphne du Maurier
#PhantomsFriday #Bookchatweekly
~Daphne du Maurier
#PhantomsFriday #Bookchatweekly
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We are all ghosts of yesterday, and the phantom of tomorrow awaits us alike in sunshine or in shadow, dimly perceived at times, never entirely lost.
~Daphne du Maurier
#PhantomsFriday #Bookchatweekly
~Daphne du Maurier
#PhantomsFriday #Bookchatweekly
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
~Charles W. Eliot
art by Marc Potts
#BookologyThursday
~Charles W. Eliot
art by Marc Potts
#BookologyThursday
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
~Charles W. Eliot
art by Marc Potts
#BookologyThursday
~Charles W. Eliot
art by Marc Potts
#BookologyThursday
And soon this court I call for a Christmas game, Since it is Yuletide and the New Year and all these brave men are here.
~Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Forþy I craue in þis court a Crystemas gomen, For hit is Ȝol and Nwe Ȝer, and here ar ȝep mony. (Middle English)🍃
#FolkloreThursday
~Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Forþy I craue in þis court a Crystemas gomen, For hit is Ȝol and Nwe Ȝer, and here ar ȝep mony. (Middle English)🍃
#FolkloreThursday
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
And soon this court I call for a Christmas game, Since it is Yuletide and the New Year and all these brave men are here.
~Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Forþy I craue in þis court a Crystemas gomen, For hit is Ȝol and Nwe Ȝer, and here ar ȝep mony. (Middle English)🍃
#FolkloreThursday
~Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Forþy I craue in þis court a Crystemas gomen, For hit is Ȝol and Nwe Ȝer, and here ar ȝep mony. (Middle English)🍃
#FolkloreThursday
When a hare crosses your path repeat this phrase to avoid misfortune~
"Hare before, Trouble behind:
Change ye, Cross, and free me."
British Folklore (1875) #FolkloreSunday
art by Amanda Clark
"Hare before, Trouble behind:
Change ye, Cross, and free me."
British Folklore (1875) #FolkloreSunday
art by Amanda Clark
September 28, 2025 at 4:51 PM
When a hare crosses your path repeat this phrase to avoid misfortune~
"Hare before, Trouble behind:
Change ye, Cross, and free me."
British Folklore (1875) #FolkloreSunday
art by Amanda Clark
"Hare before, Trouble behind:
Change ye, Cross, and free me."
British Folklore (1875) #FolkloreSunday
art by Amanda Clark
Alone and warming his five wits, the white owl in the belfry sits.
~Alfred Tennyson
The White Owl
William James Webbe (1853-1878)
~Alfred Tennyson
The White Owl
William James Webbe (1853-1878)
September 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Alone and warming his five wits, the white owl in the belfry sits.
~Alfred Tennyson
The White Owl
William James Webbe (1853-1878)
~Alfred Tennyson
The White Owl
William James Webbe (1853-1878)
Tiles by William De Morgan (1839-1917)
English tile designer, potter and novelist. A designer for Morris & Co. (1875–1940)
#ArtsandCraftsMovement
English tile designer, potter and novelist. A designer for Morris & Co. (1875–1940)
#ArtsandCraftsMovement
September 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Tiles by William De Morgan (1839-1917)
English tile designer, potter and novelist. A designer for Morris & Co. (1875–1940)
#ArtsandCraftsMovement
English tile designer, potter and novelist. A designer for Morris & Co. (1875–1940)
#ArtsandCraftsMovement
The house was very quiet, and the fog—we are in November now—pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.
~E.M. Forster
art by John Atkinson Grimshaw
#PhantomsFriday #bookchatweekly
~E.M. Forster
art by John Atkinson Grimshaw
#PhantomsFriday #bookchatweekly
September 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The house was very quiet, and the fog—we are in November now—pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.
~E.M. Forster
art by John Atkinson Grimshaw
#PhantomsFriday #bookchatweekly
~E.M. Forster
art by John Atkinson Grimshaw
#PhantomsFriday #bookchatweekly
September 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Seaward ho! Hang the treasure! It's the glory of the sea that has turned my head.
~John Trelawney, Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrated by Angel Dominguez
#BookologyThursday
~John Trelawney, Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrated by Angel Dominguez
#BookologyThursday
September 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Seaward ho! Hang the treasure! It's the glory of the sea that has turned my head.
~John Trelawney, Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrated by Angel Dominguez
#BookologyThursday
~John Trelawney, Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrated by Angel Dominguez
#BookologyThursday
Sending magic✨
art by Tijana Lukovic
art by Tijana Lukovic
September 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Sending magic✨
art by Tijana Lukovic
art by Tijana Lukovic
September 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Current read. Fascinating.
Death in Early America by Margaret Coffin
The history and folklore of customs and superstitions of early medicine, funerals, burials, and mourning.
Death in Early America by Margaret Coffin
The history and folklore of customs and superstitions of early medicine, funerals, burials, and mourning.
September 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Current read. Fascinating.
Death in Early America by Margaret Coffin
The history and folklore of customs and superstitions of early medicine, funerals, burials, and mourning.
Death in Early America by Margaret Coffin
The history and folklore of customs and superstitions of early medicine, funerals, burials, and mourning.