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Is he, you know... Bussy-fingered? I'm going to enjoy this history of English elections.

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@bengazur.bsky.social finally getting around to reading A Feast Of Folkore - i had it for Christmas, along with several other books on food and music, my favourite things. I passed on the part about parking your naked arse on the soil of your allotment to my brother-in-law!

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According to German folklore frogs climb upwards when it is sunny. So frogs were kept in jars with little ladders as a way of predicting the weather. #FolkloreThursday

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According to Nicholas Culpeper cabbages are "as windy meat as can be eaten, unless you eat bag-pipes or bellows." Welsh folklore says "If thou desirest to die, eat cabbage in August." #FolkloreThursday

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If it rained on Holy Thursday bakers would rush out to collect the water. A little added you their dough would ensure bread baked perfectly. For more food folklore why not order my book, A Feast of Folklore? #FolkloreThursday uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-fe...

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Signed the contract for my next book today! Can't say much at the moment but... Sic semper tyrannis!

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I would absolutely wear this copy of the crown of the Holy Roman Empire, made by Xinyi Chen. It was made from electronic components and on display in Goldsmiths Guild.

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One for the #FolkloreThursday crowd! Offer ends today - 25% off The Story of Witches via the Waterstones website or app using code PREORDER25 at checkout! #witches #folklore

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They are doing tin glaze on Pottery Throwdown. I love finding sherds of tin glaze when mudlarking. This little image of a coffee pot is one of my favourite finds.

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I love a garden with strange objects. We have a local 'Tree of lost and found things'. Who doesn't love a Megalograptus?

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I had the foreshore (briefly) all to myself this morning. It was glorious. The river gifted me little bits of Roman pottery decorated with dots.

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Today I choose to shrink myself down and live in a magical Alpine microforest.

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Another of the daily drawings from the Covid Year 2021🌞

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Hope someone got you a love tokens for Valentine's Day. I wrote about some of my favourites for Mental Floss. www.mentalfloss.com/love-tokens-...

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Happy Valentine's Day! Last year I married my lovely husband. We had rings made which included garnets I had found while mudlarking.

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Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:

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Bread pudding is the ultimate pudding. This is a Hill I will die on.

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Titanique is the play of the year.

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Looking for a suitable Valentine's gift? I wrote about weird love tokens from history for Mental Floss. I love the ones which will be featuring in the upcoming mudlarking exhibition at London Museum. www.mentalfloss.com/love-tokens-...

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Today was a tiny bead sort of mudlarking day.

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Support your local bookshops.

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In a 1660 recipe for wedding pies there was an unusual ingredient. Entertain your guests by placing a live snake in the middle of the pie so that it slithers out when cut open. #LegendaryWednesday For more fun food history see my book of food folklore. www.amazon.co.uk/Feast-Folklo...

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The sun rises on screen, everyone screams "Rosy fingered Dawn!" Schoolboys in the audience start tittering.

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If #bluesky is an echo chamber, then let it be filled with the weirdest, nerdiest content! The mummified hand of an executed criminal holding a candle made from human fat was once believed to render a person who carried it invisible. It was called the “Hand of Glory.” This one's from Whitby Museum.

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An absolutely fabulous read, packed with delicious food-themed folklore. Highly recommend!

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My book of food folklore is full of edible divination! Need to dream of your future spouse? Pop some wedding cake under your pillow. Or bake a 'dumb cake'. Or put an onion under your pillow on St Thomas' Day. Buy your copy here: www.amazon.co.uk/Feast-Folklo... #FolkyFriday