3) This is...quite the headline (fyi, everyone's fine). The quotes in the article are pretty great too:

"Another big cheese was Ryoya Minami from Japan, who was among the winners. Asked why he entered the race, he replied: 'Because I love cheese.'"

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/may/29/woman-wins-coopers-hill-cheese-rolling-race-despite-being-knocked-out

#Cheese #CheeseRolling #Folklore #FolkTraditions

Happy May Day! This is hand-pulled lino block print of the Jack-in-the-Green (or Jack o' the Green) an English folk tradition for May Day. Wearing a conical or pyramidal wicker or wooden frame covered in foliage so as to conceal the wearer, the Jack-in-the-Green leads a May Day procession, dancing often with musicians and other figures.

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#MastoArt
#MayDay #printmaking #linocut #washi #JackInTheGreen #JackOTheGreen #springtime #Beltane #folklore #folkTraditions

It's St Mark's Eve! In the 17-19th centuries, people might hold a vigil in the church porch between 11 pm and 1 am to see visions of who would die that coming year pass into the church. In some traditions, they did so for 3 successive years to see the apparations [Image by me] #FabulousFolklorePodcast #Folklore #StMarksEve #FolkTraditions #FolkloreThursday #FolkloreBlog

"Cool as folk: why Britain’s young rebels are embracing ancient rites"

Is this renewed interest in #FolkTraditions part of a repaganisation of Britain? In case of #MorrisDance, it's the wild, animistic aesthetic of #BorderMorris that's growing, rather than the white shirts and hankies of #CotswoldMorris.

#Folk #animism

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/feb/12/folk-customs-britain-young-generation?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

New blogpost about wassailing

https://dowsingfordivinity.com/2023/01/15/wassailing-3/

#wassailing #wassail #applewassail #folklore #folktraditions #folkcustoms #folkloreThursday

New blogpost about wassailing

https://dowsingfordivinity.com/2023/01/15/wassailing-3/

#wassailing #wassail #applewassail #folklore #folktraditions #folkcustoms #folkloreThursday

I was on an evening walk around a village last night & was drawn by the smell of smoke and sound of rap metal. The village square was full of snarling demons (and groups of teenagers, which was almost worse). As I escaped, I witnessed mothers leading small children towards them, presumably to be offered up as sacrifices. This isn't my photo: I tried, but all my photos came out black. #SouthBohemia #FolkTraditions #Krampus #Opareny #CertiMilevsko #UndeadFromUnderground #Horror

New addition to #TheLibrary. I love hunting through charity shops. This was bought in a shop raising money for male mental health. So a good investment in many ways. #crafts #folktraditions #folk