Available in print and ebook; and the book can be ordered via our website:. Folklore of the Lake District.by Stephen G. Rae . ghost stories, folk tales, nature lore, dialect, verse. #books #ebooks #writers.#folklore #ghosts #lakedistrict

#WorldElephantDay in Scotland?. Sightings of the Loch Ness monster may have been circus elephants enjoying a swim, says Neil Clark of the Hunterian Museum. An elephant trunk and hump in the water bears similarities to some famous Nessie photographs. #FairytaleTuesday #Scotland

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Coming soon:. "Boggarts, Brownies, Hobs and their Goblin Kin; an encyclopedia of world folklore".by Stephen G. Rae . 200+ characters from world folklore, with illustrations throughout, including a 'Rogues Gallery' . #folklore #book #ebook #goblins

The 'Blue Men of the Minch', also known as 'Storm Kelpies' are mythological creatures inhabiting the stretch of water between the Outer Hebrides and mainland Scotland, looking for sailors to drown and stricken boats to sink. #bluemonday #folklore #scotland

RT @BardCumberland: “ask the wild bee what the druid knew” . it was believed that during sleep or while in a trance, a person’s soul left t….

A mermaid would swim up the River Stinchar to Knockdolian Castle at night, sit on a particular black stone, and sing. The inhabitants of the castle had the stone destroyed, so the mermaid put a curse on the family. #mermaids #folklore #ayrshire.art: John William Waterhouse

#MountainDay the 'Big Grey Man of Goat Fell' is a giant ape-like figure witnessed on the mountain. A feeling of dread overwhelms all who see him. Goat Fell, named from the Old Norse 'geita', meaning goat. #mythologymonday #Ayrshire

The Wulver is only found in Shetland. Unlike the werewolves of folklore, it was never human. Wulver is not aggressive if left to its own devices, and is often seen fishing. #folklore #werewolves #Shetland .art: Dark Natasha

The Lion and the Unicorn are heraldic symbols of the United Kingdom - the lion, England; the unicorn, Scotland. In folklore however, the lion and the unicorn are (apparently) sworn enemies. #FolkloreSunday #WorldLionDay.art: Leslie Brooke

Crab apple is 'scribe-tree' in my native Ayrshire dialect. Our original apple, and sacred to the Druids: its flowers have five petals, a revered number; cut the apple in half to find a pentagram. #FolkloreSunday #Druids

#botd Tove Jansson (1914 – 2001). Finnish author, novelist, painter and illustrator; best known for her 'Moomin' book series . #MoominsDay #ToveJanssonDay

In Scots Gealic folklore, the 'cait sìth' is the faerie cat, a faerie that takes the shape of a black cat with a distinctive white spot on it's chest. also:.'lucha sìth', the faerie mouse.'cu sìth', the faerie dog. #Caturday #InternationalCatDay

#BookLoversDay 📖 ❤. available in print and ebook; and the book can be ordered via our website:. Folklore of the Lake District.by Stephen G. Rae . ghost stories, folk tales, nature lore, dialect, verse. #folklore #booklovers #lakedistrict

RT @BardCumberland: #BookLoversDay 📖 ❤. "Folklore of the Lake District".by Stephen G. Rae. Bitesize tales of elves and giants, faeries and….

RT @BardCumberland: #BookLoversDay 📖 ❤. "often I stop and look back".by Stephen G. Rae . a selection of sixty Haiku, narrating the changing….

Cat Bells is a fell in the Lake District and is one of the most popular walks in the area. It's name, from "Cat Bields" meaning 'shelter of the wild cat'. from: Folklore of the Lake District .by Stephen G. Rae. #ScottishWildcatDay #LakeDistrict

#ScottishWildcatDay. Scottish Wildcat, also know as the Highland Tiger. A Wildcat dwells in The Otherworld, called Little Cat, it guards a vast treasure. For a would-be thief, it transforms into a flaming arrow, reducing said thief to ashes. #InternationalCatDay.📷 Tony Hamblin

My late grandmother would say that Galloway was the last stronghold of the Ancient Folk, faeries. In 1850, a hawthorn tree halted the widening of the road between Glenluce and Newton Stewart because it was 'faerie property'. #faeriefriday #folklore #galloway.art: Yuliya Litvinova

Saturday's #fullmoon is the #LynxMoon . The word 'lynx' is derived from 'leuk' meaning light/ brightness; so the name of the moon does not necessarily reference the animal. Other names include Dispute Moon, Sturgeon Moon, Grain Moon and Corn Moon.

Available in print and ebook; and the book can be ordered via our website:. Folklore of the Lake District.by Stephen G. Rae . ghost stories, folk tales, nature lore, dialect, verse . #bookologythursday #folklore.#book #writerslift #lakedistrict

"In the Wide World the Wood-elves lingered in the twilight of our Sun and Moon, but loved best the stars; and they wandered in the great forests that grew tall in lands that are now lost" ~ J.R.R. Tolkien. #Tolkien #bookologythursday.art: Alan Lee