Join us for our folklore of Games and Pastimes themed #FolkloreThursday this Thursday! Our hosts will share your posts to the hashtag at the following times GMT: 9am-1pm 3.30-4.30pm 6.30-7.30pm (🎨The Card Players, Theodoor Rombouts)

And you can read more about such tales in the 'Treasury of Folklore: Stars & Skies' by @willowwinsham.bsky.social, part of the lovely @folklorethursday.bsky.social community. Although, not necessarily the one about the chap from Wigan 😊 #Folklore

That's the end of another #FolkloreThursday 🔥🎃🌙 Today's theme was folklore of Ghosts, Monsters, and All Things Spooky! This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your last host today! Wishing you the best Spooktober ever 🍁 1883 Bernard Gillam - Gambling with death

Only just realised that this week’s entry is also #FolkloreThursday relevant! (It’s been a long work week). 👻

Some spooky locations from my neck of the woods: The Dolphin Inn, Jorrocks, and The Old Bell Hotel, Derby, all said to be haunted by a variety of spooks and spectres.(Images: Doyle of London, Victuallers and Aidancox18) #FolkloreThursday

the ghost Hanako of the Toilet haunts the 3rd stall of the 3rd floor girls bathroom of Japanese schools. Knock on the stall door and say “Hanako-san, are you there?” -- or maybe don't do that, because if she's there she'll pull you into the toilet and kill you! #folklorethursday art @yokai.com

A well-known American legend claims blues musician Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil on the crossroads at midnight -- for musical genius and fame. Remembered as the godfather of rock music, Johnson died at 27 years old #FolkloreThursday Digital painting for an art class two yrs ago.

In folklore, candles flickering oddly were said to mean a ghost was nearby. If the flame guttered without draft, it was a spirit answering unspoken questions. #folklorethursday Art: Ben Young

Ushirogami is a one-eyed ghost that sneaks up behind you and pulls your hair or makes your umbrella blow away or breathes on the back of your neck...then disappears when you turn around. #FolkloreThursday

Sorry to miss #FolkloreThursday today so be sure to follow the hashtag and get yourself in the festive spooky spirit!

A banshee is a female spirit that heralds the death of a family member in Irish #folklore. Her scream is also known as caoine, or keening, & they are often attached to families. The name banshee means 'woman of the fairy mound'. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #art #decor #FolkloreThursday #Halloween

#FolkloreThursday 🧙‍♀️✨ Witch Bottles from the 16th century were charms filled with nails, tissue, and urine to send curses back to witches and protect homes across Europe and America! 🚪🧪 Born during the Reformation, they were taken seriously and used for magic and protection. 🌿🔮 #BookologyThursday 📚

If a bat flies into your house on #Halloween it's a sign that the house is haunted, because the ghosts let it in. 👻 www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3337... #FolkloreThursday #art #October #homedecor #folklore #spookymonth #Spooktober #Halloween #superstition

Periwinkles are linked to witchcraft, ghosts & supernatural. In Wales if you pluck the flower you will be haunted. However, the plant can also protect you against the dead. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1731... #art #illustration #vintage #FolkloreThursday #folklore #Spooktober #spookymonth #Halloween

Greetings #FolkloreThursday 🎃 Huge thanks to Crystal @crystalponti.bsky.social for being our host before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social your crypt keeper for the next one hour. Today's theme is "Ghosts, Monsters, & All Things Spooky!" 👀 1898 Josef Mandl 🌙

That’s all from me, @crystalponti.bsky.social. Thanks for conjuring up such spine-tingling #FolkloreThursday posts! After a short break, @shanonsinn.bsky.social will rise from the folklore crypt to keep the chills alive. Don’t ghost us… the best scares are still to come! 🦇 Art: Rackham

#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `A certain Ulsterman named mac Datho owned the incredible Ailbhe that could outrun every other hound. “Both Queen Medb of Connaught and King Conchobar of Ulster offered a high price of six hundred cows for this hound, and also a […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

The wailing figure of a woman known as a banshee or bean sidhe heralds grave misfortune. Whether her cries are the harbinger of a family death or an impending loss, sightings of her are never a good omen. #FolkloreThursday

Dorotabo is the ghost of a farmer who worked hard all his life and is angry that his land is neglected by his heirs after his death. He rises out of the mud and roams the fields calling "Give me back my rice fields!" #FolkloreThursday art by @cattype.bsky.social

#FolkloreThursday "Bedd i Farch, bedd i Wythur, bedd i Wgon Gleddyfrudd. Anoeth byd, bedd i Arthur." "A grave for March, a grave for Gwythur, a grave for Gwgon Red-sword. Hard to find in the world – a grave for Arthur." 1/3

#FolkloreThursday In 1864, a ghostly Woman in Black, veiled like a widow, appeared near Carbondale, Pennsylvania. She presaged a "black fever" epidemic, which killed 400 people and a deadly mine cave-in, which killed 14. When she reappeared in 1892, she was thought the omen of a cholera outbreak.

The most enigmatic Welsh monsters are the gwyllion (the "twilight wanderers"). Some say that they're fairy hags who lead travelers astray, others say that they're ghosts or wandering lunatics. Merlin learned prophecy from gwyllion he met as he wandered insane in the forest. #FolkloreThursday

Child ballad 79 for #FolkloreThursday A wealthy woman sends her sons overseas only to lose them all. She summons them home but they appear only briefly, as ghosts: ‘The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin’ worm doth chide; Gin we be miss’d out o’ our place, A sair pain we maun bide.’

Superstition says mirrors can trap spirits. Covering them after death prevents the soul from being caught inside. Folklore treats reflections as doorways, thin as glass but deep as eternity. #FolkloreThursday

Ubume is the ghost of a woman who died in childbirth. She asks passerby to carry her infant and when someone agrees, the child grows heavier with every step till the good samaritan is crushed beneath its weight. #FolkloreThursday

A spooky #FolkloreThursday wouldn't be complete without a traditional Cornish Spriggan. The rock-throwing, mischief making menaces that haunt ancient ruins, cairns, and barrows. Caught this one in the act!* *made by me for a folklore art challenge back in 2021

To avoid marrying her father, this heroine takes her dead mother’s advice & asks him for an impossible, celestial gown. But with the Devil’s aid, he pulls it from a nutshell. #AnotherCinderella #FolkloreThursday #folkyfriday #fairytales #folkloreandfairytales #notdisneyprincess 🎨Arthur Rackham

#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `According to the myth, Fear Doirich had sought Sadhbh to wife, but transformed her into a deer or fawn when she refused his advances. #Fionn encountered her while hunting and his hounds Bran and Sceólang recognized her as an […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

#CapeCod #FolkloreThursday MARIA HALLETT Her ghost is said to still haunt the the Eastham beach and hills overlooking the ocean waiting for her promised husband Black Sam Bellamy to return to her.

From the grey shroud, the outline of a figure emerged. As I drew closer, I allowed myself a sigh of relief. It was Daniel. We exchanged brief pleasantries, his countenance dimmed by the winter air. It was only as he faded from view that I recalled news of his tragic death. #FolkloreThursday #Mist

For #FolkloreThursday here's the legendary King Arthur defeating an armoured giant depicted in the 15th century Chronicle of St Albans. [LPL MS6, f56v] #LambethPalaceLibrary #KingArthur #Manuscript

Our next #online #lecture is the awesome @danharms.bsky.social who will be exploring #grimoires and their relevance to #British #folklore - get your ticket from bit.ly/flaevents and please share our post & help us spread the word! #WitchSky #FolkloreThursday #library #archive #WhatsOn #HistorySky

#FolkloreThursday #Celtic: `In order not to let the enchanted pigs of #AngusOg come back to life, they were to be burned over a fire, otherwise they would have fought the #Fianna again the next day. At first the attempt failed. Eventually Bran, the #Otherworld […] [Original post on hear-me.social]

This is the legendary tale of a petty criminal who became an outlaw and a #folkhero in #Taiwan. #FolkloreThursday

In Scottish legend, baobhan sith are fairies who appear as beautiful young women to seduce travelers with their kisses, and then drink their blood. They have deer hooves instead of feet (which are usually concealed by their dress), and can turn into ravens. 🎨Alfonso Pardo #FolkloreThursday

Hello, friends! I’m @crystalponti.bsky.social here to host #FolkloreThursday for the next hour. Huge thanks to @mythcrafts.bsky.social for guiding us into the break. Our theme is ghosts, monsters, & all things spooky. Share your favorite haunting traditions or monstrous lore. 👻🎃 🎨 Mikhail Khalin

Thank you #FolkloreThursday for sharing all your spooky lore with us, this is @mythcrafts.bsky.social signing off, but stick around for @crystalponti.bsky.social who will be back after the break @3.30 BST. Img; The Ghost of a Flea by William Blake

Rumors spread about Black Aggie’s paranormal activity; her demonic powers further evidenced by the fact that the earth before her figure remained a barren wasteland where even the green grass feared to grow. #FolkloreThursday 🔗👇 mythcrafts.com/2019/10/31/b...

Beware of traipsing over the burial sites of the Nordic haugbùi, or “barrow-dwellers,” for the spirits are known for showing no mercy dispensing their specific form of punishment: Reciting poetry to trespassers. #FolkloreThursday 🖼️ The Merry Cemetery by Amrita Sher-Gil

Among the many ghosts that have been witnessed haunting the Tower of London is an apparition said to resemble a bear standing on its hind legs. In 1816, the encounter a guard had with this ghostly bear was so intense that he died of fright. #FolkloreThursday

At ghost story parties in old Edo, 100 candles were lit and one was blown out for each story told. It was said that - if you dared to go that far - a real ghost called Ao Andon would appear out of the smoke of the 100th candle. #folklorethursday art by @yokai.com

“there is something very queer about the top of Ben MaDhui and I will not go back there again by myself I know” In 1925, Prof Norman Collie recounted his terrifying encounter with Am Fear Liath Mòr – the Big Grey Man of Ben MacDhui – to the 17th AGM of the Cairngorm Club 1/4 #FolkloreThursday

In literature, Poe perfected the uncanny. The beating heart beneath the floorboards, the raven tapping at the chamber door. His ghosts and monsters whisper from the cracks of the mind. #FolkloreThursday Image: Mathew Benjamin Brady

#FolkloreThursday Dunwood Farm, near Weobley Marsh in Herefordshire, is reputedly haunted by the #ghost of Old Gregg, who was poisoned by being fed stewed toad for supper.

Over the centuries, many people have reported seeing a burning ship in the Baie des Chaleurs, near Bathurst, in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. In one local legend, the ghost ship is said to be manned by pirates who were cursed by a woman they murdered. #FolkloreThursday

In 1856, two young brothers got lost in the western Pennsylvania woods. The desperate search for the boys finally ended when their bodies were found, thanks to a man’s eerie dream. The Lost Children of the Alleghenies Monument stands at the site. Some believe the place is haunted. #FolkloreThursday

When theaters close for the night a ghostlight is kept on the stage so the spirits can perform; otherwise they'll haunt the actors & sabotage the current show. #FolkloreThursday 📸 credit www.reddit.com/media?url=ht...

Should you dare to walk 12 times anti-clockwise around St Michael's church in Chirbury, Shropshire at midnight on Halloween, you will hear a chilling roll-call of parishioners who will be dead within the year. #FolkloreThursday

This last one is THE YELLOW SPECTRE HOUND 🐺 A huge golden dog that haunts the lanes of Godley Green scaring away milk ladies, school children, and lovers out for a secret hand-hold. #Folklorethursday

One more ghostly tale from #JapaneseFolklore for #FolkloreThursday. 👻