Cleo Varra

Bored and jaded person, can only get her thrills from the unusual.

[Cleo Varra @cleovarra]

high school me & the straight boys🤷‍♀️#lgbt

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From queer studies to criminology to anthropology, prisons are a frequent topic of study in today's classrooms. This curriculum guide is the first installment in a new series that features newspapers published by and for incarcerated folks. #LGBTQHistory https://t.co/HJLxq5zJmZ

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😭my neighbor’s #goat

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In “Under the Willow Tree” by #HansChristianAndersen, children ask questions 2, “Willow-Father”.

In the #OsageNation story, Little One’s questions are answered by “Grandfather-Willow”.

In #Japanese #folklore, a #ghost will appear where #willow grows. #Sukkot #ancestors

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Attributes, associations & the #fourspecies: Willow, Myrtle, Date palm & Citron #Sukkot

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In #Taoist #witchcraft, willow wood carvings r made 4 communication w the dead. The wood is said 2 travel 2 the underworld, where #spirits may enter it & return w information. #folklore #psychic

“I will be the willow on your bedside.” https://t.co/DdPQSprcrX

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"The #Irish thought of #fairy takings as transfers that went through portals, connecting mortal & nonmortal worlds. Beings of both types could move through these passageways.

Generally this was not a bad thing, but could be tricky...."
" #mythology #celtic #occult #magic

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Pt. 3: From "The Cooper's Wife is Missing"-- https://t.co/MxoN1uep2G

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"The mortal & nonmortal worlds were so close, the chance of encountering the #fairies was always a possibility, & in some of these encounters, abductions followed." #Fairytales #mythology #djinn #UFO

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"The people of County Armagh believed the #fairies are the #spirits of the dead; & they say that if you have many friends deceased, you have many friendly fairies; or if you have many enemies deceased, you have many fairies looking to do you harm." #folklore #occult

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More from "The Cooper's Wife Is Missing": https://t.co/MxoN1uep2G

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"I think these #fairy people are all through this country, & in the mountains.... The good people in the mountain are the people who have died and been taken."

#ancestors #history #europe #ireland #djinn #dwarf #folklore

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"The #fairies of any one race are the people of the preceding race-- the Fomors for the Fir Bolgs, the Fir Bolgs for the Dananns, & the Dananns for us. The old races died. Where did they go? They became #spirits-- and fairies." #folklore #history #ireland #djinn

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from "The Cooper's Wife is Missing" #SuperstitionSat

"As children we were always afraid of #fairies, & were taught to say, "God bless them! God bless them!" when we heard them mentioned...."

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"Untasted food was left on the table at night, for the fairies.
If food spilled from the table, it was not right to take it back, for the fairies wanted it. Luckiest was to eat just a speck, then leave the rest." #ancestors #SuperstitionSat