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

Hello #FolkloreThursday and thank you to @botanicafabula.bsky.social for hosting the last session! This is @mythcrafts.bsky.social for the next hour of spooky folklore. Let's see if you can scare us!!! Img: Caspar David Friedrich: The Abbey in the Oakwood

Huge thanks to everyone for a truly terrifying hour of spooky #folklorethursday stories this is @botanicafabula.bsky.social off to make a tattie bogle (that's a scarecrow or 'potato ghost') handing over to @mythcrafts.bsky.social for the next haunting hour of lore!

Blackthorn trees are said to be home to the Lunasidh a terrifying race of moon worshipping fae who will attack anyone who steals their sloes unless they are harvested under a full moon #folklorethursday #halloween

I have a box of protective herbs to hand~neepy heid carved+rosemary planted by the door @botanicafabula.bsky.social here to guest host today's haunting #folklorethursday the theme is ghosts, monsters and all things spooky👻 Huge thanks to @willowwinsham.bsky.social for the last hour lets get spooky!

That's me well and truly terrified! Thanks for the great lore, @willowwinsham.bsky.social handing over now to @botanicafabula.bsky.social for the next hour of spooky #FolkloreThursday!

We're getting in the Halloween mood early! Join us this Thursday (2nd Oct) for our Ghosts, Monsters and All Things Spooky themed #FolkloreThursday!

It’s Hawthorn berry season here and that means I’m immersing these heart healing beauties in brandy, all the while taking care not to fall asleep beneath the faerie tree…🌳🧚🏼‍♂️you can discover more in the pages of my first book The Time Traveller’s Herbal www.botanicafabula.co.uk/time-travell...

#FolkloreThursday was brought to you today by: @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social @willowwinsham.bsky.social @botanicafabula.bsky.social @mythcrafts.bsky.social @crystalponti.bsky.social @shanonsinn.bsky.social Huge thanks to everyone for a fabulous day, and we’ll see you next month! ⭐🌜🌈

Hello #FolkloreThursday and thank you to @botanicafabula.bsky.social for hosting the last session! This is @mythcrafts.bsky.social for the next hour as we scan the skies and stars for folklore Img: René Magritte's Empire of Light

Thank you so much for all your beautiful lore of stars and sky for the last hour, this is @botanicafabula.bsky.social flying off to watch the clouds, handing over to moonlit @mythcrafts.bsky.social to share more of your #folklorethursday magic✨

The winged horse Pegasus who found immortality as a constellation of stars~was said to favour the fruit of the sea buckthorn~incidentally traditionally used to help altitude sickness~recently backed up by science🌿💫#folklorethursday 1878 img:Pegasus edited to accord the nymphs a degree of modesty🤣

The winged horse Pegasus who found immortality as a constellation of stars, was said to favour the fruit of the sea buckthorn, incidentally a berry traditionally used to help with altitude sickness (and recently backed up by science)💚🌿💫#folklorethursday img:Pegasus+the Nymphs, Greek Mythology 1878

This fabulous cover by Joe McClaren for Treasury of Folklore: Stars and Skies is perfect for today's #FolkloreThursday theme! 😍

Huge thanks to @willowwinsham.bsky.social for a starry hour of fabulous sky-lore, this is @botanicafabula.bsky.social freefalling in from the dark sky zone to share your #FolkloreThursday stardust for the next hour🤩

@willowwinsham.bsky.social handing over to @botanicafabula.bsky.social now for more skies and stars themed #FolkloreThursday! 🎨Witches Flight, Goya

Hurrah! Looking forward to sharing your star lore during my guest hosting hour on @folklorethursday.bsky.social tomorrow 💚💫🌞

A traditional Yorkshire rhyme for telling the bees of a death in the household begins: Bees! Bees! Death hath been, This dowly news tell to your queen, Tell her of the arvel feast – From the greatest to the least, (full in alt text) #FolkyFriday 🖼 Hans Thoma, The Bee Friend

Unearthed the fascinating garden exhibition at @britishlibrary.bsky.social has tendrils across libraries of Britain+I’m delighted to be sharing this special Botanica Fabula Garden inspired event at Carnegie library Ayr on the 23rd of August southayrshirelibraries.eventcalendarapp.com/author-talk-...

So grateful to The Herb society Uk for this lovely review🥰📚💫🌿The whole edition is just a pleasure to read with a cool herbal drink in the garden🥰💚💫🌿🌞 #timetravellersherbal

Mugwort travelling…

Join us Thursday 3rd July for the next hosted #FolkloreThursday! Our theme is the folklore of travel, journeys and holidays and our hosts will share your posts to the hashtag at the following times (BST): 9am-1pm 3.30-4.30pm 6.30-7.30pm 🎨Odysseus and Polyphemus, Arnold Böcklin

#FolkloreThursday was brought to you today by: @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social, @willowwinsham.bsky.social, @botanicafabula.bsky.social, @mythcrafts.bsky.social, @crystalponti.bsky.social and @shanonsinn.bsky.social Thanks to everyone who took part, we'll see you next month!

Huge thanks @botanicafabula.bsky.social! @[email protected] here for the next two hours of seas and oceans themed #FolkloreThursday! (Image: Waterhouse, A Mermaid, 1900)

Huge thanks for all the magical sea lore, this is @botanicafabula.bsky.social off to listen to the echo of waves said to be held in the coils of a shell, handing over to the wonderful @willowwinsham.bsky.social for the next tidal wave of #folklorethursday tellings

The drifting dunes of Forvie sands on the Aberdeenshire coast cover a village~said to have been lost in the C15th after a 9 day storm raised by three sisters who were deprived of their land by foul means~it is a favourite family beach~my mum always reminds us to listen to the dunes #folklorethursday

Waves goodbye to @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social thank you for a calm and beautiful start to the day of sea-lore, see you soon🌊 This is @botanicafabula.bsky.social floating in on a mermaid drawn raft of wrack and tang to guest host #folklorethursday for the next hour.l

Happy #FolkloreThursday! This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social handing over to @botanicafabula.bsky.social *waves* 😉 Enjoy the tales of sea monsters, mermaids, ghost ships, the mystery & dangers that define our relationship with the deep that is today's theme of #folklore of the seas & oceans.

Good morning on this salty #FolkloreThursday! This is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social opening the door to the magical otherworld of today's theme of the #folklore of the Seas and Oceans with this hagstone I recently found on the beach. Bring me all your lovely folklore please! 😊

The next hosted #FolkloreThursday is 12 June and our theme will be folklore of the seas and oceans! Our hosts will share your posts to the hashtag at the following times (BST): 9am-1pm 3.30-4.30pm 6.30-7.30pm (Image: Pierre Denys de Montfort, 1801)

If you’re looking for a beautiful botanical way to mark midsummer this will be a magical symphony8hydratedstrangertrillion.culturepk.org.uk/event/midsum... #botanicafabula #herbalstorytelling #floristry

What a magical evening~so grateful for the Palace of Holyroodhouse for inviting me to create a special herbal storytelling session for their physik garden~if you didn’t make it this evening you should totally go+spend a peaceful half hour in their garden (open to public) I will definitely return 💚🌿🍸

If you’re in Edinburgh this evening there are a couple of tickets left for the Palace of Holyroodhouse🌿🍸event🌻You will be able to choose your own botanical cocktail view the garden after closing+then join me for a unique bespoke hour of herbal storytelling booking vital😊 www.rct.uk/event/firesi...

Dream laden, sleep inducing Cowslips the keys to fairyland or maybe heaven are one of the plants flourishing in the Palace of Holyroodhouse physic garden this week #folklorethursday If you’re in Edinburgh tomorrow 9th May join me there for more herbal storytelling www.rct.uk/event/firesi... 💚🌿🍸✨

#FolkloreThursday was brought to you today by: @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social @willowwinsham.bsky.social @mythcrafts.bsky.social @botanicafabula.bsky.social @crystalponti.bsky.social @shanonsinn.bsky.social Thanks so much to everyone who took part, and we’ll see you again next month!

Hello! I’m @crystalponti.bsky.social, and I’ll be hosting this fabulous hour of #FolkloreThursday. Huge thanks to @botanicafabula.bsky.social for hosting before the break! Our theme: plants, flowers, and herbs in folklore. Let’s dig into what's growing wild all around us! Image: Flower of Fairies

Thank you all so much for a fabulous hour of herb and plant lore #folklorethursday friends this is @botanicafabula.bsky.social off to find a dandelion and check the time in fairyland, but the bloomingly lovely @crystalponti.bsky.social will be back at 3.30 BST human time to share more flower lore💚🍀

The May is in full flower here in rural Scotland~one of my favourite blossoms~Hawthorn is said to mend a broken heart~lore proven in a way by herbalists+science~I explore this in my book The Time Traveller’s Herbal #folklorethursday friends may enjoy😉

Huge thanks to @mythcrafts.bsky.social for the flourishing session before lunch🌱This is @botanicafabula.bsky.social hosting for the next hour of #folklorethursday looking at my absolute favourite thing in the world🤗the lore of plants,flowers+herbs🍀Pic:Achilles favourite plant~Yarrow Blackwell 1737

Dream laden, sleep inducing Cowslips the keys to fairyland or maybe heaven are one of the plants flourishing in the Palace of Holyroodhouse physic garden this week #folklorethursday If you’re in Edinburgh tomorrow 9th May join me there for more herbal storytelling www.rct.uk/event/firesi... 💚🌿🍸✨

In England it was thought that if you brought dandelions into the house it would make you wet the bed. There may be a grain of truth in this as dandelions are a diuretic and in French dandelions are commonly known as 'Le pissenlit' (wet the bed). #FolkloreThursday

Want to know if you'll marry well? Sneak into a cabbage field at night and pull one up. If the roots carry lots of soil then you'll marry a rich person. #FolkloreThursday For more food folklore buy my book A Feast of Folklore here: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-fe...

#FolkloreThursday In Czech folk tradition, it's believed that the herbs collected during Midsummer Night have magical powers. They heal, protect, and they can also spark love. Each region has their nine favourite herbs for this time, but St. John's wort is popular everywhere.

I LOVE being a guest host on @folklorethursday.bsky.social genuinely the loveliest folk to work with 💚🌿✨tomorrow the theme is on my favourite subject PLANTS🌻fab folklorists will be around all day+I’ll be here from 10-11am BST #folklorethursday see you then🧚🏼‍♂️Pic Cowslip fairy Mary Cicely Barker 1923

The next hosted #FolkloreThursday is 8th May - our theme will be the folklore of plants, flowers and herbs!

The #FolkloreThursdayVRSocial is TOMORROW! Join the @folklorethursday.bsky.social crew at @culturalfutureshub.bsky.social on Spatial.io, 8 May 1-2pm BST, for an online folklore social! Find out more here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folkloreth... #folklorethursday #VR

I’ve got a very special gig on the 9th of May💚🌿💫🍸 Join me in the physic garden at the Palace of Holyroodhouse for a botanical gin or non alcoholic cocktail~then repair to the Abbey strand for an evening of herbal storytelling inspired by the plants &the gardens history www.rct.uk/event/firesi...

Currently creating a whole new ‘Hidden Herbal ‘ section for the website, it might not be out for a few months but…you can still join my lovely #botanicafabulaschoolofherbalstorytelling courses which will be the first layer! www.botanicafabula.co.uk/spring-summer

So excited about the new piece I’m creating especially for The Palace of Holyroodhouse physic garden in Edinburgh on May 9th~expect hints of Victorian gothic~insights into potions favoured by kings~a hint of witchcraft +a chance to choose your own gin+explore the garden www.rct.uk/event/firesi...