It's incredibly easy to sit in the safety & comfort of your own home, maybe you've popped the heating on and are tucking in to a nicely toasted crumpet, marmite is optional to suggest that the West should not help defend Ukraine. That by supplying arms we a merely prolonging

It’s All Hallows’ Eve and tonight we light a candle to remember all those who have trodden Gwydir’s flagstones and worn these ancient steps before us.

#FolkloreSunday 🍂 Remember For those who have Halloween withdrawal... 🎃 🌙 In Welsh Folklore, #November is #Tachwedd—the Dark Month. Days fade like embers , winter draws near, Poets call it mis y crwybr—month of drifting cloud and hoarfrost’s lace, witches rise . Their

🧛🎃#FairyTaleTuesday 🎃🧛 Dive into Balkan folklore with the tale of vampire pumpkins! #VampirePumpkins 🎃 🎃 According to legend, gourds left unharvested could transform under the full moon, developing eerie, bloody veins and roaming about in search of blood. #FairyTaleFlash

So, remember ... It's the #Farage Riots. It's the #Brexit Small Boats, and; It's the #Jenrick Hotels.

Feasting was at the heart of Samhain celebrations. In Celtic tradition, sharing food was a sacred act. Families gathered to honor the earth’s final harvest and offer seasonal dishes like apples, root vegetables, and breads. #FairyTaleTuesday

Getting ready for the big day 🎨 Nicole Daniels

A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt via Smithsonian Magazine

A reminder that 4 of 5 Reform ltd MPs were educated at top English public schools. Don't try and tell me that they give a fig about ordinary people in the UK. They care only for themselves and their own self enrichment. MPs: * Farage - Dulwich College * Tice - Uppingham *

The glow of a carved pumpkin is more than decoration. It’s an ancient invitation - a light for ancestors, a warning for mischief-makers, and a reminder that warmth can live inside even hollow things. #FairyTaleTuesday ART: ACEO Art

Mentally I'm here 🎨 Sérénitam

✨ #FairyTaleTuesday 🧚‍♂️ #GhillieDhu Deep in Scottish birch groves hides the Ghillie Dhu—a shy, solitary fae who drapes himself in moss and leaves to vanish from sight. 🧚‍♂️🌙 By night he guards his woods fiercely: adults who intrude face his wrath. Yet to lost children he’s a

On All Hallows’ Eve, people once dressed in disguise, not to frighten others, but to confuse spirits seeking to reclaim the living. Costumes began as camouflage for the soul. #FairyTaleTuesday

Those smiling witches and dapper devils on antique postcards remind us that Halloween was once about laughter in the dark; a little magic, a little mischief, and the comforting thought that no spirit travels alone. #FairyTaleTuesday

Water and flame were constant companions in Victorian Halloween lore. Both revealed truth in motion. The candle’s flicker for passion, the ripple’s rhythm for fate. Between them, love became a science of superstition. #FairyTaleTuesday Art: Famhose

Samhain bonfires once symbolized the sun’s power retreating into darkness. Villagers carried home embers from the sacred flame to relight their hearths - a spark of the old year burning into the new. #FairyTaleTuesday

A man is judged by the company he keeps.

Victorian Halloween parties favored flirtation over fright. Guests floated candlelit walnut shells across bowls of water, watching the flickering lights drift and collide. Each vessel symbolized a soul at sea, its course said to reveal the shape of one’s future. #FairyTaleTuesday

Hi all, a reminder that #FolkloreSunday is happening now with the theme of: CATS, BATS, APPLE-BOBBING & THE FUN SIDE OF HALLOWEEN - PARTIES, GAMES, FOOD & DRINK LORE Reposts on the hashtag. See you soon! Maude xx #NationalPumpkinDay #NationalBlackCatDay

Kelpies are shape-changing, aquatic, horse spirits. They appear around rivers and lochs, luring children on to their backs, then dragging them into the water to their doom. They have incredible strength, and a sound like thunder is heard when their tail hits the water 😱

A broom is known to be utilised by witches in their travels yet it was once practice to place them across doorways to prevent witches & other supernatural threats from entering🧹🍂 As children, taking part in Guising celebrations on Halloween night, were welcomed into homes to