Kelpies are water spirits who inhabit the lochs of Scotland and most often appear as beautiful horses who can shape-shift into humans (usually women). Some kelpies can be good, though most often they are quite mean.
(Illustration by Jaimie Whitbread)
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NOTHING CHANGES, PUNISH THE WOMAN 💔Medusa was once a beautiful mortal. She was chased and assaulted by the Poseidon in a temple of Athena. This was seen as sacrilegious on Medusa’s part. Athena punished the girl by turning her hair to snakes. #FolkloreThursday
An ancient oak chair in a church in Jarrow, from which young women took splinters to put under pillows and dream of future lovers. Brides sat upon it to ensure fertility. Mothers-to-be soaked the woodchips in water to drink believing this eased childbirth pain
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Three fishermen got a mermaid in their net. In exchange for freedom, she gave them a wish. One of the fishermen wanted to be a hundred times wiser. The mermaid asked him to rethink, but he was stubborn. So she turned the fisherman into a woman! #FolkloreThursday#folktale
#FBPE#Remainer PRO EU Hero Jolyon Maugham will not be prosecuted for beating a fox to death with a baseball bat on Boxing Dayhttps://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/national-news/18284024.rspca-will-not-prosecute-prominent-lawyer-killed-fox-baseball-bat/?ref=twtrec
So #borisbaby the PM almost certainly knew about the baby during the election but kept a lid on it until he really needed a PR coup..... like him or loathe him that is first class political machinations