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• in Music
  KidTunes: History Rocks with The Deedle Deedle Dees and Strange Dees, Indeed
  Ya’ know how many of my history teachers were this cool? None!, that’s how many.
  by missbobetier / on Nov 7, 2011
• in TV
  Supernatural Recap - "Clap Your Hands if You Believe"
  Friday's Supernatural features alien abductions and faerie folklore as Sam & Dean try to solve a string of disappearances.
  by thenewuniverse / on Nov 20, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “folklore”

 

• News Clipping: Bridports May Fair under threat

  
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  Bridport May Fair 2nd May 2005 The future of Bridport’s May Fair may be in doubt unless more people step forward to inject a new lease of life into the event. This year’s fair, held on the Millennium Green at Mountfield, saw former West Dorset MP Sir James Spicer crown the Queen of the May, traditional ...
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• The Myth on Why Fireflies Have Lights

  
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  Be careful what we love looking at or we might be entranced to wish to be like it in some way. A myth on how fireflies came to have lights in them says that too much fascination with a star apple tree made them wish to become starflies. And in a certain extent, they did become what the star apple was like.Related ...
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• You Will Thrive Like a Green Leaf: Devotion for May 21, 2012

  
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  You will thrive like a Green Leaf Text: Proverbs 11:28 – Whoever trusts in riches, will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf (New International Version). The Bible says riches have many friends (Proverbs 19:4 and Proverbs 14:20) and are not forever (Proverbs 27:24). These friends are there ...
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• Thale (2012) – Official Trailer [HD]

  
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  The next chapter in nordic horror folklore is here! “Thale” trailer has finally been released and this is so much more than we ever expected. We always knew that trolls and other nordic tales creatures are kinkier than zombies and vamps, and thus the Huldra tale is soon to be told over screens. Oh, and Silje ...
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• Appalachia Through My Eyes - Bean Planting Folklore

  
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  *When planting beans press the soil with boot for good luck. *Plant beans in the middle of the day for a better yield. *Beans planted on dark nights will grow the best crops. *Plant beans early in the morning if... (Please-click on the title to continue reading-thank you!)
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• Animal Myths: Touching Baby Birds

  
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  If you touch a baby bird, will its parents reject it? Text: Mat Coward / Images: Hunt Emerson The myth If you touch a baby bird its parents will abandon it, outraged by the Evil Stink of Man. The “truth” Birds have little or no sense of smell, and will be unaware of your molestation. Besides, ...
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• A Generous Man: Devotion for May 20, 2012

  
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  A Generous Man                              Text: Proverbs 11:25 – The generous prospers and are satisfied; those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed (New Living Translation).  People usually say “Givers Never Lack”. This assertion came from people who have ...
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• Worth The Read -Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton

  
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  Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton The Secret Agent Who Made the Pilgrimage to Mecca, Discovered The Kama Sutra, and Brought the Arabian Nights to the West by Edward Rice Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1990 483 pages plus Notes, Bibliography, Index 　 　 Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton is one ...
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• Celtic Earth Magic by Lorna Drake

  
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  The Celtic peoples believed that everything has an individual spirit, and is connected to everything else and this faith is fundamental to the systems of Celtic Earth Magic that I am going to introduce to you. Students of Celtic Earth Magic receive attunements - symbols placed into the aura - just as for traditional ...
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• Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King (2010)

  
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  I’ve said it before and I will say it again: some of Stephen King’s best works are his shortest.  It was with that in mind that I picked up Full Dark, No Stars sometime last year, but it sat on my bookshelf since.  Now that I basically have nothing but time on my hands–being both a graduate and ...
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• Feast of Saint Helen – the Anastenária Custom

  
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  33Knots | The Official Prayer Rope Store Click Here to go to the Store. The folklore custom that is predominantly connected with the feast of St Helen and St Constantine is the world famous “Anastenária”, a ritual of ecstatic dance and fire walking. Haven’t you heard about it? Let me paint you a picture… ...
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• This Week in Buenos Aires

  
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  Monday (Courtesy of arteBA Fundación) The city’s most important art fair, ArteBA, which will be open until Tuesday, is a great opportunity for art enthusiasts and collectors to see the latest Argentine art on the market.  Open from 1pm-9pm. More information here. In the evening the renowned Cuban ...
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• Pearl Hart – The Arizona Bandit

  
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  Hi! Winnie Griggs here. (pssst – look for giveaway info at the bottom of this post) I was thumbing through one of those ‘infamous women of the old west’ type books the other day and  came across a listing for a woman named Pear Hart. The heading of First Female Captured Stagecoach Robber caught my eye. ...
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• I am Morgan le Fay - Nancy Springer

  
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  Read for the Once Upon a Time Challenge. This is the story of a girl named Morgan, whose father was killed by a cruel king, who then took her mother away.   Her mother was able to protect Morgan and her sister Morguase for a time, but after the death of the king, the girls were forced to flee to the forest, because ...
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• The Benefits of Tales for Children

  
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  Fairy tales are fictional stories that tell the storyteller to the audience verbally in which there is a positive moral message that educates. Fairy tale fairy tale usually the children are still small, by parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and so forth. Fairy tales can be presented to the children before going to ...
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• Burning the Wicker Man on Stage

  
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  Pic: Geof Teague Jason from the Wild Hunt reports that The Wicker Man is to be a Rock Opera. He reports: After the dreadful abomination that was the 2006 remake of “The Wicker Man” are we really ready for another treatment of this pagan musical cult-classic? Foul Play SF and The Dark Room certainly hope [...]
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• Arianhrhod – Bad Mother or Mythic Goddess? by Claire Hamilton

  
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  Arianrhod, as we have noted, is a very powerful Goddess, guardian of the Seat of Poetic Inspiration and linked with the sea, the moon and the stars. She is also the prototype of the Virgin Mary. There are many depictions of the Virgin Mary with a wheel of stars about her head, and she is also often portrayed ...
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• The Maiden Who was Turned into a Myth

  
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  Alurring beauty can sometimes seem like a curse. Without intending to, one can be the object of malicious gossip, lust, envy, and wrath. In fact, even a local myth tells of an innocent young virgin turned into the townfolks odium, suffering the lustful appetite of men and the irrational ire of insecure women. But ...
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• Skating through Sanaa

  
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  There is a series of photographs of the Yemeni youth skateboard culture in Sanaa in the Toronto Star.
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• Tea Leaf Reading

  
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  When I do a tea cup reading I allow my thoughts to run freely and my imagination becomes my intuition, as I interpret the symbols in those tea leaves for the client.There are written guidelines as to what various shapes can symbolize, but I tend to let my imagination do the talking. Symbols can include [...]
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