RW Leaven

Folklore lover and avid reader. Into sci-fi, fantasy and tabletop war gaming.

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[RW Leaven @rwleaven]

The wolpertinger of the alpine forests of Bavaria varies in form but is often a rabbit/squirrel/deer/pheasant. I want one! #folklorethursday

[The Museum of English Rural Life @TheMERL]

And finally, corn dollies and straw craft on display, including a rather impressive Goddess Ceres. #folk

[P J Richards @P_J_Richards]

🌿The ancient Yew tree in the churchyard of St Bartholomew’s Church, Chipping, is haunted by the tragic ghost of Lizzie Dean.
💔Betrayed by her fiance & best friend, she hanged herself in 1835 - now seen to walk into and through the Yew on the way to her grave.
#FolkloreThursday

[VenetiaJane's Garden @VenetiaJane]

"The seasons of the year,
Their various blessings bring;
What beauteous scenes appear,
Thro' all the blooming spring:
But harvest is the crowning time.
Of all the seasons, still the prime." - Ancient Harvest Hymn #October #autumn #HarvestFestival

[Nina Antonia @NinaAntonia13]

'The wind blows cold on waste & wold
It bloweth night and day
The souls go by 'twixt earth & sky
Determined not to stay.' (Highgate Cemetery, 'Egyptian Avenue.')

[VenetiaJane's Garden @VenetiaJane]

The Angles, from whose name 'England' is derived, called October 'Wynmonath' meaning 'wine month' as this was the time to harvest the grapes and make the wine for the following year. "Cheers!" to October everyone, Happy Wynmonath! #October1st #MondayMotivation #winemaking

[The Cunning Wīf @thecunningwife]

"The boughs do shake / And the bells do ring, / So merrily comes our harvest in, / Our harvest in, our harvest in, / So merrily comes our harvest in." -Harvesting Nursery Rhyme #FolkloreThursday

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[A.A.Milne @A_AMilne]

"No one can tell me, nobody knows, where the wind comes from, where the wind goes. It's flying from somewhere as fast as it can, I couldn't keep up with it, not if I ran." ~A.A.Milne #TuesdayThoughts #StormHelene #staysafe

[Coffin Boffin @DrSamGeorge1]

CROGLIN VAMPIRE. First appears in Cumberland to a Miss Fisher 1750s; story is retold by Augustus Hare, 1871. The vampire scratches at the window, disappearing into a vault, when opened only 1 coffin remains intact & there shrivelled but quite entire stands the The Croglin Vampire

[Nicola S @Nico1ame]

Great fun in a harvest mouse photography session yesterday. What gorgeous little creatures :)

[RW Leaven @rwleaven]

@LexisWriting This is absolutely what my Friday needed 🙂It's like primary school boys bullying a girl until they eventually send their friend over to say "my mate likes you"

[RW Leaven @rwleaven]

@LexisWriting @JohnMelerski I wish people could see it's possible to comprehend there are health problems associated with both extremes of weight while also not bullying people for their bodies. A range of body types in the media helps people not hate themselves and reduces depression and harmful behaviours

[RW Leaven @rwleaven]

@LexisWriting @JohnMelerski That's ok 🙂 and I'm glad I'm not! 😂

[RW Leaven @rwleaven]

@JohnMelerski @LexisWriting Never 🙄 I just have both manners and class

[RW Leaven @rwleaven]

@JohnMelerski @LexisWriting Obvious troll is obvious 🙃

[RW Leaven @rwleaven]

@JohnMelerski @LexisWriting Unless... unless you don't. Unless you only search for pictures of larger women to abuse them...

[RW Leaven @rwleaven]

@JohnMelerski @LexisWriting Which is, again, why you also seek out pictures of size 0 models to make the same comments

[RW Leaven @rwleaven]

@7AirLove Your tweet is absolute truth! 🙌

[RW Leaven @rwleaven]

@jasserHm @_ElizabethMay Yep - just another part of the extended Greek pantheon of Gods and monsters to be totally well balanced and not let their past experiences damage their lives or the lives of others🙂

Why are they all so obsessed with killing/eating children?!?!

Come on, guys, get it together!

[RW Leaven @rwleaven]

Removable eyes! The Greek Lamia had children with Zeus, so Hera killed her children and made her eyes forever open so she would relive their deaths. Zeus made Lamia's eyes removable so she could make herself blind at will. She could put them in again at any time #folklorethursday