Midden Gem

thoughtfully follow interesting folk ~ History, literature, archeology, nature, human rights, art, and original thought

[Old Weird Britain @oldweirdbritain]

“We gave ourselves up in old times to #mythology, and saw the Gods everywhere. We talked to them face to face, and the stories of that communion are so many they outnumber all the like stories of all the rest of Europe.” - #WBYeats

#Ireland
Image: Arthur John Black

[Old Weird Britain @oldweirdbritain]

The making of fire by wood-friction was condemned as a #pagan practice.
The church itself struck new fire when required with flint and steel.
This is still sometimes done in #Catholic churches when the Paschal candle is lit.

#folklore

[Claudia Mangiamele @ClaudMang]

Doris McCarthy 1910-2010 Canadian Artist

[Pamela Sutherland @Ltd_To_Two]

Yesterday's most popular #Quote was

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.“ – Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Langbein Wildlife @JochenLangbein]

Mapie distracting Furry "Friend" (or Fiend !) from catching mice #WildlifeWednesday #Cats #CatsofTwitter #SmudgeTheCat @BBCSpringwatch @DickKingSmith @RachelLangbein @NatureUK @Britnatureguide @wildlife_uk @amcell

[Plant Lore Generator @PlantloreBot]

The ethereal fire daisy: symbol of kings and light. Do not use before sunrise. Makes a fine, sweet wine.

[🍀𝕮𝖚𝖓𝖓𝖎𝖓𝖌𝕲𝖗𝖊𝖊𝖓𝖊𝕽𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖓🌿 @GreeneCunning]

“The rowan is the salvation of Thor”, this Icelandic proverb comes from the story where the Norse god Thor was saved from drowning by grabbing the branch of a rowan. 🌿#FolkloreThursday

[Plant Lore Generator @PlantloreBot]

The copper sea lilac: deity of bones and scholars. Harvest at midsummer. Ingestion will allow you to speak with bees for a time.

[Midden Gem @middengem]

@cruisetravelbug @citytravelbug Me too... what a coincidence 🦊

[Old Weird Britain @oldweirdbritain]

In honour of #NationalBiscuitDay, raise a toast to the weirdest #British #biscuit of them all - the Biddenden Biscuit, featuring conjoined twins, the Biddenden Maids.
#folklore

[ThePsychogenealogist @PsyGenealogist]

Need some help dating your #Kodachrome photo slides? How about preserving old film images for generations to come?

#genealogy #photography
https://t.co/uXFfp6sFN9

[VintageInn Blog @BlogVintageInn]

Oscars are this Sunday and so I think it's a perfect time to share a blog post I did on some of the Canadian Actresses & Actors that made it in Hollywood from the 1910s-1950s. https://t.co/5nIakaMBk0 #Oscars #vintagehistory #movies #classicmoviestars #Canada #Canadianhistory

[Midden Gem @middengem]

@elusiveancestor I don't have a garden but I think I'll create a fantasy garden now after reading this... with all the flowers my Mother taught me about🌿Also Lavender and Lilac for her Mother. And Hyacinth for my other Grandmother
{as this was her name} 💜

[P J Richards @P_J_Richards]

#TellAFairyTaleDay
A Hollow Yew gave birth to a child.
Fair as a sapling, with bark-red hair, leaf-green eyes, her berry-lips whispered whenever wind blew through the arms of her Mother.
The few who understood those words, followed her into the tree, and were never seen again🌿

[The Daily Record @Daily_Record]

Edinburgh zoo closed due to snow - but the penguins are loving it https://t.co/NCvk1PEmfn

[Maude Frome @frome_maude]

The #daffodil-‘cenhinen Bedr’ or (St) Peter’s leek-has been a national symbol of #Wales for only about 100 years.The #leek or ‘cenhinen’ is a much older emblem, in lore dating back to a battle against the Saxons in a leek field. #StDavidsDay #FolkloreThursday #StDavidsDay2018

[Laetitia Portal @LaetitiaWilfert]

Be like a branch of a tree; flex your body to face 'wind of sorrow'; flex little harder to dance in the 'wind of happiness'
-Santosh Kalwar
/The earth delights to feel your bare feet & the winds long to play with your hair.
-Khalil Gibran
/Emilie Möri "La Glycine" 2014

[Eric Feldman @ericefeldman]

“To a three- or four-year-old, ‘landscape’ is not a backdrop or wallpaper, it is a medium, teeming with opportunity and volatile in its textures. . .What we bloodlessly call ‘place’ is to young children a wild compound of dream, spell and substance. . .” - @RobGMacfarlane

[canadasmilitaryhist @CanadasMilHist]

A Canadian at the graveside of a comrade killed during the 1915 Second Battle of Ypres, November 1917

[John Constable @JohnConstableRA]

Good Day!
A French River Landscape by Frits Thaulow (1847–1906)