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Overly fond of oolite, folklore & photography. (& The Fall). All photographs my own, unless stated or reposted.
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#Folklore No 32 from my collection of the Legends of Britain cigarette cards (1936). The Holy Head of Halifax. This is a strange and disturbing tale. The only references I can find to it are from internet pages discussing these cigarette cards! Does anyone know the origin of this story?

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May 2025: median wage of a UK worker, £30,252; net £25,293. In 2024 (2025?) a single person needed to earn £28,000 for minimum acceptable standard of living; £69,400 for a couple with two children. Low incomes, unchecked profiteering blights life. 50 families have more wealth than 34m Britons.

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Hwaet!

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"Lo!" Beowulf, 1904 Clarence Griffin Child 🇺🇸

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In celebration of today's New Moon - my linocut of a fox dreaming of the moon #NewMoon 🦊🌒🌀

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Would anyone like to see a Burnet Moth on some Betony? Ok then.

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The UK spends a lower proportion of GDP on supporting sick and disabled people than almost every other OECD country (see first chart); so what are Starmer, Kendall and Reeves playing at with these cuts?

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Reg Varney become the first person in the world to withdraw money from an ATM #r4today

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"What!" Beowulf, 2010 Sung-Il Lee 🇺🇸

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"True it is" Beowulf, A Current English Version, 2006 David Kaufman 🇺🇸

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#Folklore No 31 from my collection of the Legends of Britain cigarette cards (1936). The Devil’s Bridge. Yet again the Devil appears in a folk tale. Many bridges are supposedly built by him.

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Who would like to see a Common Carder Bee on a tufted vetch flower? There you are then.

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"Listen!" Beowulf on Steorarume, 2000 Benjamin Slade 🇺🇸

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I feel that I need to ask that culinary man of the world @johnnynicepainter.bsky.social for an opinion. What do you think, Johnny?

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Pea shoots. Why? These seem to have become a universal garnish. I don’t hate them (unusual for a grumpy old curmudgeon like me) but I don’t really see the point of them. These came with my scrambled egg on toast breakfast. (Apologies for the messy egg remnants on the plate). Why?

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#Folklore No 30 from my collection of the Legends of Britain cigarette cards (1936). The Devil’s Arrows. These are three tall standing stones and this story is yet another example of the devil being cited as responsible for local features in folktales.

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"Listen!" Beowulf: A New Translation into Modern English, 1984 Gildas Roberts 🇨🇦

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For tonight is St. John's Eve, when processions spill out of village and town into the countryside, when humans and spirits celebrate side by side. And the Bonehorse dances with the Ghostbear of Hookland 🖤 @hookland.bsky.social

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It is a special day and even more special evening in Hookland. For today is St. John's Eve and this means feast fires and bone fires, St. John's wort and malkins. Of course it also means the Bone Horse will need roasted ale and cake. Art by @mariastrutz.bsky.social #StJohnsEve #Folklore

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What’s a poster you had up in your room growing up?

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#Folklore No 29 from my collection of the Legends of Britain cigarette cards (1936). The Death of Robin Hood. A well known tale but I had not realised that the Prioress of Kirklees was so treacherous & responsible for his death.

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#Hookland Some St John’s Wort for St John’s Eve. Tonight we light the bone fires. Tonight we light the wake fires. The Bone Horse dances in between.

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#WildFlowerHour a bit late for the hour. Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi ) It was growing in a damp area behind a sand dune, so does it count as an aquatic plant? It is gorgeous though. @bsbibotany.bsky.social

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"Listen!" Beowulf: A Verse Translation and Introduction, 2006 Martin Puhvel 🇨🇦

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#Folklore No 28 from my collection of the Legends of Britain cigarette cards (1936) The Legend of Sir Tarquin. A tale from Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur.

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⛱️ Willerby-by-the-Sea⛱️ A Willerby Story. It you can't go to the beach, then bring the beach to you. willerby.substack.com/p/willerby-b... #willerby

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"LO! " Beowulf: an Anglo-Saxon Poem, 1882 James M. Garnett 🇺🇸

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Paul Nash, Solstice of the Sunflower, 1945 🏵️ One of my favourite paintings by Paul Nash, especially around Solstice times

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"Lo!" Beowulf, 1925 James B. Munn 🇺🇸

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