Lili_y_dyffryn

Lilly Dyffrene🌾🌱🌷🍃 Notes, interesting facts and stories about Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Maude Frome @frome_maude]

#Walpurgisnight takes place on the night of 30th April, #MayDay Eve, when witches meet on the Brocken Mountain in Germany & hold revels with the devil. #FolkloreSunday #FairyTaleTuesday #Beltane #WalpurgisNacht Image: Joseph Tomanek

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

It is believed that ancient engineers used this type of method to build the pyramids 4600 years ago

[Maude Frome @frome_maude]

#NationalUnicornDay falls on 9th April. As #Scotland’s heraldic emblem, the #unicorn means bravery, virility, purity & joy. However its whiteness also brings the mystery & magic of the #moon. #Art: The Lady & the Unicorn, C15th #tapestry (detail) @museecluny #FairytaleTuesday

[Maude Frome @frome_maude]

The harp, symbol of #Ireland, is said to have been invented by the #Irish goddess of music, inspiration & dreams, Cana Cludhmor, after she realised the wind on a beach drifting through a whale’s skeleton created beautiful music. #FolkloreSunday #FairyTaleTuesday #Celtic

[HistoryExtra @HistoryExtra]

What was Queen Victoria like as a child? And did she have a normal childhood? Here, historian Lucy Worsley explores the monarch’s youth at Kensington Palace… https://t.co/rJMkV9ZqIz

🗝️ This article is free to read

[Lili_y_dyffryn @llyrwen]

Goddess of hinges and the lover of Janus, god of doorways...

[Maude Frome @frome_maude]

Cardea was the Roman goddess of hinges - her name means “door pivot”. Some say she was the lover of Janus, god of doorways, & it was he who gave her the power to keep doors shut tight against evil spirits, thus protecting those within, especially children. #WyrdWednesday

[Olivia Armstrong - Storyteller @oliviasstories]

In Ireland, today was Little Christmas. A cake of earth was made, and a candle inserted for each person in the house. Once dark, the candles were lit and would burn out in the order in which the occupants would die... #TwelfthNight #31DaysOfHaunting

[Lili_y_dyffryn @llyrwen]

Welsh cake recipe 😋🍪

[Mark Rees @reviewwales]

Welsh folklore tells us that the Jac y Lantern (Jack-o’-lantern) was better known in Wales as Ellyll Dân (Goblin Fire). Associated with the fairy folk, it haunts the wilds at night where it leads weary travellers off the beaten track to their doom.🎃
#FolkloreThursday #Halloween

[Mark Rees @reviewwales]

"The raven in Welsh folklore is closely connected with the hero King Arthur, whose soul was supposed to hover in the form of that bird over his favourite haunts. For this reason in Wales, and Cornwall, it is considered unlucky to kill a raven."
Folklore of Wales
#FairytaleTuesday

[Mark Rees @reviewwales]

Explore one of Wales's "most haunted" hospitals from the safety of your own screen:
"Inside the eerie Welsh hospital that's become a viral hit"
https://t.co/xvofQT4qLq

[Lili_y_dyffryn @llyrwen]

The very first photograph taken in Wales was of Margam Castle in 1841
#WorldPhotographyDay #WALES

[Welsh Gov Culture | Diwylliant Llywodraeth Cymru @DiwylliantCymru]

It's #WorldPhotographyDay and we thought what better time to show off a bit of history.

The very first photograph taken in Wales was of Margam Castle. It was a whole plate picture created by the Rev. Calvert Richard Jones in 1841.

Find out more 👉 https://t.co/oox1lClEc6

[Bevan Thomas @bthomasa]

In Welsh folklore, the border between worlds is often vague. Arthurian knights don't realize they've ridden into the Otherworld until they encounter progressively stranger things, such as one-legged giants or sheep that change colour when leaping across a river.
#FaustianFriday

[Maude Frome @frome_maude]

#BlackCatAppreciationDay is 17 Aug. Black cats are amazing! In #Wales they bring good luck to the home as they chase all ills away” & in #Scotland if a black cat shows up at your front door, it is a sign that wealth is coming your way! #FolkloreThursday #CatsOfTwitter #Caturday

[Mark Rees @reviewwales]

Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day!
Here's a reminder that black cats are amazing and not unlucky. As Welsh folklore tells us:
"It is very fortunate to have a thoroughly black cat on the premises."
Folklore of Wales, 1909
#BlackCatAppreciationDay #FolkloreThursday #Caturday

[Mark Rees @reviewwales]

Dic Penderyn - "Wales' first working-class martyr" - was executed today in 1831 for his supposed role in the Merthyr Rising industrial riots.
Real name Richard Lewis, this is his final resting place in St Mary's Church, Port Talbot.

[Lili_y_dyffryn @llyrwen]

#InternationalCatDay 😻 #WelshFolklore🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Mark Rees @reviewwales]

"Some black cats are witches in disguise. Some witches are black cats in disguise."
Folklore of Wales, 1909
#InternationalCatDay #FairytaleTuesday
🎨 Maggie Vandewalle

[Lili_y_dyffryn @llyrwen]

🐶 #corgis in #WelshFolklore

[Bevan Thomas @bthomasa]

In some Welsh folklore, the fairies treat corgis as their version of horses - riding them, having them pull carts, putting them to work on the fairy farms. The greatest corgis are the ones who carry the fairy knights into battle.
🎨Sandara
#FolkloreSunday

[Bevan Thomas @bthomasa]

The Welsh Arthurian knight Owain had a special bond with wild animals. His most loyal companion was a lion he had saved from a giant serpent, and he also commanded 300 magical ravens. This kinship may be due to his mother being the fairy goddess Modron.
#FolkloreSunday

[Mark Rees @reviewwales]

Happy new month. It's the 1st of July, when Welsh folklore tells us to beware fog and marriage:
"July fogs are supposed to bring the blight in their folds... July is considered an uncertain month for weddings. Marry in July, you'll live to sigh."
Folklore of Wales 1909 #July1st