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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 151 min read
Knitting
Painting by Clement Burlison (1815-1899) Knitting is a skill that has been part of the cultural fabric across the world for over 500...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 151 min read
Topaz
November’s birthstone is the topaz. Its name originated from ‘tapas,’ the Sanskrit word for fire. Considered a powerful stone with strong...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 151 min read
Brooms
Illustration by George Cruikshank (1792-1878) Quite a few superstitions are associated with the everyday use of brooms, such as when...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 151 min read
Stars, Comets, and Meteor Showers
Illustration (1799) Comets have been considered a supernatural phenomenon and harbingers of doom for centuries. The Greeks thought a...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 151 min read
Phantom Ships
19th Century Woodcut Phantom ships were often sighted along the Cornish coast and considered an omen of impending storms and wrecks....
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 151 min read
Cauldron
Illustration by George Cruikshank (1854) Cauldrons, the large iron and copper pots with curved bottoms and handles for hanging over a...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 151 min read
Salt
(Detail) Painting by Clara Peeters (1640) “Pass the salt, pass the sorrow.” ~Old Saying When passing the salt, it is advised to place the...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 151 min read
Will-o’-the-wisps
Flammarion (1888) The Bogs, swamps, and marshes of Europe and America are said to be haunted by dancing will-o’-the-wisps (ignis fatuus...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 151 min read
Jack-O'-Lanterns
Illustration for the Children's Book 'Dew Drop' (1873) In Ireland, Britain, and Cornwall, Jack-O’-Lanterns were originally carved from...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 151 min read
Swans
Illustration by Harrison Weir (1824-1906) When a swan turns its head back over its body during the day, it means a bad storm is on the...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 151 min read
Blackberries
Botanical Illustration by Deborah Grisom Pass more (1904) The blackberry, also called bramble, bumblekite, and thimbleberry, is known for...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 151 min read
Oilliphéist
Engraving by Hans Egede (1734) The Oilliphéist is a dragon-like Celtic sea monster said to lurk in the lakes and rivers of Ireland. Some...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 141 min read
Pomegranate
Illustration by Redoute/Duhamel (1819) The pomegranate is a symbol of love, marriage, and rebirth, and is linked to the myth of...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 141 min read
Gloves
The World of Fashion (March 1838) The gift of a pair of gloves has long been considered a romantic promise. In the 1800s, ‘glove...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 141 min read
Phantom Coach
Illustration by Paul Lowe (1864) The 19th century was rampant with sightings of spectral carriages and phantom funerals. Many deceased...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 141 min read
Raven
Alex Fletcher (1875) Trickster, guardian, and harbinger of shadows, the mythic Raven (Corvus Corax) blithely travels the barrier between...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 141 min read
Cat-sìth
Arthur Rackham (1922) Cat-sìth (pronounced "cat shee") is a Celtic shapeshifter said to haunt the Scottish Highlands. This ‘fairy cat’ is...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 141 min read
Doppelgänger
Dante Gabriel Rosetti (1851) The doppelgänger, an apparition from German folklore, is a ghostly double of a living person. The word means...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 141 min read
Pumpkin
Illustration by A.J. Johnson (1873) Plant pumpkin seeds in May And they will all run away. Plant pumpkin seeds in June And they will...
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Kerria Seabrooke
Dec 141 min read
Marigolds
Engraving by Johann Theodor De Bry (1611) The brilliant marigolds cheer in the transitioning autumn days with orange, yellow, rust, and...
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