#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `When the cold winter months draw in, the bright red berries of the holly are a wonderful source of nutrition for little birds, although they are poisonous for humans.` Source: emeraldisle.ie/the-h...

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `The crane was revered by the ancient #Celts because it was seen to be equally at home in flight, on land, and in water, which made it a particularly magical creature. 1/2

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: „The crane (or perhaps the grey heron) was thought to have associations with the moon, and was sacred to the Triple Goddess. It was thought to represent magic, shamanic travel, learning and keeping secrets, reaching deeper mysteries and truths. 1/2

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `Corr is the Irish word for ‘crane’, a bird which features a great deal in #Irish #mythology. 1/3

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `In order to free Fionn, Caoilte had to bring together to the King of Ireland a couple of all the wild creatures of Ireland. 1/6

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#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `The residue of the Fians tarried with Cama for three days and three nights, then bade the female-chief farewell, and Oisin said: „Cama today is sorrowful: she is come to the point where she must swim; Cama without either son or grandson: 1/2

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Cailte said, “Such matters we hold to be not more painful than the way in which the twice nine that we are of the remnant of that great and goodly fellowship must perforce part, and separate from each other." 1/2

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `With Cama the residue of the Fians got hospitality for the night; their names she inquired of them and at their sound wept vehement showers of tears; then she and they, each of the other, sought to have tidings. 1/4

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Once the residue of the Fians were melancholy, dispirited. Cailte said to Oisin then, “Good now, Oisin, before the day’s end what path shall we take in quest of entertainment for the night?” 1/4

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Fergus mac Leide made a lay: „My soul this night is full of sadness, my body mangled cruelly; red Loch Rudraige’s beast has pushed sore through my heart. 1/8

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#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `In some parts of Ireland, 6 January is also called Nollaig na mBan (in Irish) or Women's Christmas (in English). 1/2

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `On January 6, in Ireland known as Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas or Little Christmas, some women would gather and enter the men’s domain, the pub, probably sit in the snug, drink stout .... Here's more on this:

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `On Candlemas Day in several places it was customary many years ago for people to light two candles, and place them on a table or high bench. Then each member of the family would in turn sit down on a chair between the candles. They then took a drink out of a horn goblet 1/2

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `Every family that could afford it, had a special brewing called - Jough-y-Nollick, "drink of Christmas;" and as one brewing kettle generally served a whole neighbourhood, it was in great request at this time, hence the Manx proverb, "To go about like a brewing pan." 1/2

#FolkloreSunday #Celtic: `On the way home from the Christmas service, a considerable proportion of the congregation would probably visit the nearest inn, where they would partake of the traditional drink on such occasions, viz., Hot ale, flavoured with spice, ginger, and pepper.` 1/2

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The richest 1% just used an entire year’s worth of carbon in around one week of 2026 We need #degrowth, a #DonutEconomy & #SystemChange to #Conviviality in a #CaringEconomy of #Partnerism within #planetboundaries, please! 🙏 #TaxTheRich #MakePollutersPay #cooltheclimate #CapitalismKills 1/2

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#FindsFriday: `Besides local Czech coinage, we also encounter imported coins from various parts of #Celtic Europe. In the Stradonice location, coins from the regions of South Bavaria, Gaul, Central Danube and Noricum were discovered. 1/2

#FindsFriday #Celtic: `In addition to gold staters and silver quinars, which were still prestigious coins, their smaller nominal values were minted -thirds, eighths and twenty-fourths. 1/2

#FindsFriday: `From the first half of the 2nd century BC when oppida were established and there was a great development in trade, a large increase in the production of coins was noted. 1/3

#FindsFriday #Celtic: `Minting is one of the novelties that the Celts introduced in our country at the turn of the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C. The coinage system was based on the gold stater. This denomination was borrowed from the Macedonian coinage system. 1/3

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#BookologyThursday #Celtic: `The Danann were defeated and tricked out of #Ireland by a race of mortal man known as the Milesians, or Sons of Mil. According to the Book of Leinster, the Danann later took revenge on the sons of Mil by destroying their wheat and souring their milk. 1/2

#BookologyThursday #Celtic: „Perhaps the Christian Irish decided to undermine the pagan gods of Navan by turning them into mere mortals in their stories. The scribes who wrote down the tales of the Ulster Cycle in the 9th century must have been anxious to record traditions in times of change. 1/3

#BookologyThursday #Celtic: „The ancient peoples of #Ireland celebrated their major festivals with fire. Is this in honour of their sun Gods and Goddesses? According to the Lebor Gabála Érenn (hear-me.social/@NeuKelte/11...), an ancient manuscript detailing Ireland’s waves of invaders, 1/2

#BookologyThursday #Celtic: `In the Yellow Book of Lecan (www.isos.dias.ie/TCD/TCD_MS_1...) it is written that there were four men called #Manannán who lived at different times. These were Manandán mac Alloit, a “druid of the Tuath Dé Danann” who was really called Oirbsen, Manandán mac Lir, 1/2

#BookologyThursday #Celtic: `#Ladra is, according to the Lebor Gabála Érenn ("Book of the Taking of the Land of #Ireland"; www.medievalists.net...#BookologyThursday#Celtic:#Ladra#Ireland";he helmsman of the ship that brings Noah's granddaughter Cessair to Ireland 40 days before the Flood. 1/2

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#WyrdWednesday #Celtic: „I sided with the Fir Bolg and their king Eochaid at the First Battle of Moytura, where they fought the Tuatha de Danann for dominion of Ireland“, Fintan related. “Oh, I was there!” the Hawk interrupted, “I saw your twelve sons die. Out of respect to you, I took a hand, 1/3

#LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `With a sense of relief washing over her, Jessie followed the Ghillie Dhu as he led her through the labyrinth of trees. He moved with the grace of a woodland spirit, his steps sure and swift, while Jessie ...` Here`s the whole story: hear-me.social/@NeuKelte/11...

#WyrdWednesday #Celtic: “It seemed like the gods had given me a gift, to turn me into a salmon after Ceasair died,” Fintan said. “But a terrible thing happened to me at the estuary of the river Earne; the cold that winter was the worst I’ve ever felt, and the waterfall froze solid, like shards 1/4

#LegendaryWednesday #Celtic: `Jessie Macrae was a spirited child, with boundless curiosity that often led her on adventures beyond the boundaries of her Highland home. Her parents often warned her of the dangers lurking in the woods ... Here`s her story: hear-me.social/@NeuKelte/11...

#WyrdWednesday #Celtic: `Fintan Mac Bochra was the first man to set foot on Ireland. One day, he met a hawk flying out from Achill Island. It was grey and old, and weak, and the two of them got to talking. The hawk of Achill commented on how withered and aged Fintan was looking. 1/3

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#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: "On Novembereve", says a North Cardiganshire proverb, "there is a bogy on every stile“. `The Scotch have even invented a special bogy the Samhanach or goblin which comes out at Samhain.` Source: Celtic Myth & Legend, Poetry & Romance by Charles Squire

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `The popular idea of the Phynnodderee is that he is a fallen Fairy, and that in appearance he is something between a man and a beast, being covered with black shaggy hair and having fiery eyes. 1/2

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `Due to the peculiar rock formations in the area of Tullan strand, Bundoran, a series of natural "blow" or "puffing" holes exist which causes the seawater, when tidal conditions dictate, to crash through and blow water upwards. 1/2

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: «You will be victorious and you shall be king of all Britain. This luminary it represents you, as well as the fire dragon under the stars». `The fate of Arthur Pendragon, whose name means «dragon head» in Britton, is placed under the sign of this creature. 1/3

#FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic: `Merlin has a permanent relationship with dragons: At first, through the fight of the two dragons under Vortigern's keep, Merlin reveals itself as a prophet and a seer. The red dragon appears at every crucial moment to help and guide the Pendragons. 1/3

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#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Brân the Blessed led an expedition to retrieve his sister from her imprisonment in Ireland. During this military expedition he suffered a fatal wound from a poisoned spear. Dying, he instructed his warriors to cut off his head (bsky.brid.gy/r/bsky....#MythologyMonday#Celtic: 1/3

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `In the time of king Bendigeidfran it was believed that Loadstones would lie on the bed of the river Llinon (presumably this refers to the Liffey) wherefore no ship or craft could pass. `Such rocks would pull nails out of any ships that approached, and as such were to 1/3