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celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 29 Apr

Southern Appalachia has a lot of supernatural folklore and superstition. It lies between Kentucky and Virginia. For over 200 years a certain lived there, the Dowhard clan. They remained on the same plot of land, never marrying...

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Who are the Leprechauns?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 11 Mar

The word Leprechaun comes from the Irish word leipreachan and means "small-bodied fellow". Portrayed as shoemakers they get paid in gold and hide it at the end of the rainbow. It is said that they give you three wishes if you...

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Why the Wearing of the Green on St. Patrick's Day?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 11 Mar

The tradition has to do with old folklore. It says wearing green makes you invisible to leprechauns who likes to pinch anyone they can see. What does the green have to do with it? I just don't know.

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For the married people, do these sayings ring true?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381753) • Rockingham, Australia 8 May 25

I came across these sayings in a book recently. I’ll split it into two parts so it won’t be so long. It’s folklore about what a husband could expect of his wife according to the month of the marriage. A January bride will be a...

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Widowspeak Folklore

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 1 Oct 24

A Widowspeak is a V-shaped hairline on the forehead portion of your head. Folklore would have you believe that this widowspeak could forecast an early widowhood. This belief may have originated in 18th-century England. Widows were...

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My Basil has Dodder.

Kaz @KarenAnne (257) • United Kingdom 21 Sep 23

I bought a basil plant from the supermarket for culinary use. Before I could use it I noticed some yellow tendrils sprouting from the plant. At first I thought there was another plant growing from the soil in the pot and then I...

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2. Have you heard of the movie...

moirai @moirai (2948) • Philippines 23 Mar 22

"The Ash Lad: In the Hall of the Mountain King"? Just watched it on YT very recently (as in, in the past few days)... Interesting. I don't remember anymore if I found it while trying to look for a video of Peer Gynt (music),...

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The Dragon is about to spit fire!

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 4 May 21

No, we are not talking about Mushu, the little dragon in the Legend of Mulan who guarded the folkloric heroine in her noble adventure to fight the Huns in lieu of her ailing father. That story was exceptionally good. We are...

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Taylor Swift's new album, Folklore

zahzahra @zahzahzahra (48) 11 Aug 20

So... Taylor Swift's new album called Folklore is a really masterpiece for me. Everything about it just so perfect. I've been listen to it everyday and everywhere. In the morning when I'm taking shower, in my way to go to work, in...

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Mermaids

DINNERLADY @lazydaizee (6732) • United Kingdom 17 May 20

This is a book that is dedicated to the subject of Mermaids . The book tells us how images of Mermaids have been used in art and folklore over many centuries. Mermaids are often seen in artwork sitting on a rock combing their...

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Favorite Fairytales and Folklore

Brenna @isweartokira (3459) • United States 28 Dec 19

hello myLot, I hope you are having a great day. it's windy and rainy but that's ok. As a child you hear many stories and fairytales, and they usually stay with you for life. Hearing them again can bring a feeling of nostalgia and...

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Ghost-lore

J.P. Randolph @jprtist (656) • Pueblo, Colorado 11 Sep 19

When I was a little kid, I heard the story my Grandmother, and much older cousin shared while home alone together one night in Grandmother's house in Cody, WY. They were sitting in the livingroom late at night, just visiting, and...

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Rosemary - Dew of the Sea

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 7 Jul 19

Rosemary has roots (pun intended!) that can be traced back to the Egyptians (who used it in their burial ceremonies), and later the Romans and Greeks who used it in food and as a medicine.. Ros Marinus is Latin for Dew of the Sea...

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The Groundhog Tradition

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 1 Feb 19

Groundhog Day was first mentioned in a diary entry by one James L. Morris on February 2 1840. But, the observance of this day didn't come until 1886 and was documented in the Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania Spirit Newspaper. The 133rd...

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As a child, I used to believe that #1 'There is a tooth fairy'

Sheali @Sheali (7461) • India 28 Jan 19

Today, one of my nephews lost his first tooth. My cousin sister told me this over the phone and she also said that she asked him to place that tooth under his pillow, so that tooth fairy can give him a silver coin at night. When...

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Traditions - Are You Wearing Something New?

Anna @LadyDuck (502148) • Italy 1 Jan 19

Every country has different traditions and superstitions to start the New Year. In Italy, in the past, the tradition suggested to wear something new for the first day of the year. A new dress, or shirt, anything new, that is a...

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A strangers dream put him to death.

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 4 Jul 18

I am going to make this as short as I possibly can. I came across this and it reminded me of another story that I have told here (or perhaps another site) several years ago. In that story I told about a man who was so bereaved...

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The Brown, Brawny, and Brainy Filipino.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 24 Feb 18

The tales of the decrepit made posterity believe of a Bathala who created Malakas and Maganda, the former a name for man meaning strong and the latter for woman meaning beautiful. If I were to assign the names, I would have...

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The Bababdook: More Than Just A Pop-Up Book

freak369 @freak369 (5112) • United States 12 Sep 16

If you are into darker folklore then I can almost guarantee that you will fall in love with The Babadook. It falls into the same theme as Krampus (as the opposite of Santa) and the true tooth fairy ala Darkness Falls. The...

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Love kills or is it love that is killed?

DJ @Daljinder (23193) • Bangalore, India 25 May 16

I am not single. I am just reserved for the right person. How difficult is that to understand? Whatever!!! Some people just can't seem to mind their own business. Buttheads!!! Anyways! Since I am...

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