Erik
@kirebooks.bsky.social
Flotsam and Jetsam. Folklore, customs and odd guilds, gangs and groups.
Same, altho I find it hard to watch. When this was released it felt like a powerful public act of magic, especially sealed by his own death. Considering the world turned to shit from 2016 I'll be glad of a counter-spell any time soon.
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Same, altho I find it hard to watch. When this was released it felt like a powerful public act of magic, especially sealed by his own death. Considering the world turned to shit from 2016 I'll be glad of a counter-spell any time soon.
Similar experience. I'd deliberately avoided seeing any trailers, was very nervous about it and here it was: like reading the book with my minds pictures shown in front of me. That first Fellowship at the cinema was an amazing experience.
November 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Similar experience. I'd deliberately avoided seeing any trailers, was very nervous about it and here it was: like reading the book with my minds pictures shown in front of me. That first Fellowship at the cinema was an amazing experience.
Barguest & Gytrash. Such a great name for a paranormal solicitors firm.
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Barguest & Gytrash. Such a great name for a paranormal solicitors firm.
This year I did. There were so many. I kept being reminded of a scene in Antichrist of raining acorns.
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This year I did. There were so many. I kept being reminded of a scene in Antichrist of raining acorns.
It's only been going a couple of years but has taken off. Bungay does like its shuck! It has had a black dog running race for decades and St Mary's church had a locally made black shuck tapestry inside.
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It's only been going a couple of years but has taken off. Bungay does like its shuck! It has had a black dog running race for decades and St Mary's church had a locally made black shuck tapestry inside.
Similar at the abbots barn in Glastonbury, just inside the doorway.
November 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Similar at the abbots barn in Glastonbury, just inside the doorway.
Earliest reference to the clapping song? "3,6,9 the goose drank wine; the monkey chewed tobacco on the street car line.."
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Earliest reference to the clapping song? "3,6,9 the goose drank wine; the monkey chewed tobacco on the street car line.."
Nice syncing as the book & keys divination method (key in a bible drops out or turns book to yes/no question) used to find thieves/treasure in @magicnotwitches.bsky.social 's 'Cunning Folk' are in Haggard's 'I Walked by Night' used to test love (the key positioned in the Book of Ruth). #folklore
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Nice syncing as the book & keys divination method (key in a bible drops out or turns book to yes/no question) used to find thieves/treasure in @magicnotwitches.bsky.social 's 'Cunning Folk' are in Haggard's 'I Walked by Night' used to test love (the key positioned in the Book of Ruth). #folklore
The potential C19 memories in Walk by Night has Wicker Man / #folklore parallel in the frog in mouth cure. And adjacent folklore - a corpse' hand is used v. a tumor not as a Hand of Glory; a calves afterbirth hung on a thorn bush vs ills.
November 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The potential C19 memories in Walk by Night has Wicker Man / #folklore parallel in the frog in mouth cure. And adjacent folklore - a corpse' hand is used v. a tumor not as a Hand of Glory; a calves afterbirth hung on a thorn bush vs ills.
Visit Castle Hesdin in C14/15 & mechanical monkeys & birds meet u as u enter. Read a book it might shoot out soot, open a window it soaks u with water & slams itself shut, look in a mirror coats u in flour while water sprays up your skirt. Stanmore's Cunning Folk & daily.jstor.org/the-medieval...
The Medieval Castle That Pranked Its Visitors - JSTOR Daily
At Hesdin, in France, the idyllic beauty of the grounds met the sadistic slapstick of the castle’s “engines of amusement.”
daily.jstor.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Visit Castle Hesdin in C14/15 & mechanical monkeys & birds meet u as u enter. Read a book it might shoot out soot, open a window it soaks u with water & slams itself shut, look in a mirror coats u in flour while water sprays up your skirt. Stanmore's Cunning Folk & daily.jstor.org/the-medieval...
Reminds me of driving with written directions stuck on the dashboard. "Left on A345 - 69 miles; Right on B123 (Prancing Pony)..."
October 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Reminds me of driving with written directions stuck on the dashboard. "Left on A345 - 69 miles; Right on B123 (Prancing Pony)..."
Very similar experience in my old town - where it is 2 specific men, a van and a ladder. So, altho they may have support, a very small active set r doing this. Sadly th local (Labour) councillor has the same headless take as Yvette Cooper.
October 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Very similar experience in my old town - where it is 2 specific men, a van and a ladder. So, altho they may have support, a very small active set r doing this. Sadly th local (Labour) councillor has the same headless take as Yvette Cooper.