Did you know that on St Peter’s Day (29 June) in Herefordshire it was believed that rain needed to fall on the orchards to ensure a bountiful apple harvest?

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If you are looking for food ideas for a solstice celebration consider foods that reflect the nature of the day such as red & orange fruits which represent the fiery nature of the sun, green herbs to banish negativity & attract prosperity, delicious cheese (particularly round ones) for joy & health. If you want to attract a soupçon of passion then add some spices/chilli & maybe a touch of honey in the form of mead to attract money, love & blessings to your home.
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I’m very excited to share my newest letter with you all: From Potion Ingredients in Disguise to Spirits of Spice via Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dumb Cake, Farthing Loaf Day, Midsummer, Summer Solstice Foods & Recipes and A Remedy for Sore Eyes

It’s absolutely free & full of #Folklore for midsummer with food ideas & recipes for #SummerSolstice I also talk Shakespeare & herbs from the witches in Macbeth to A Midsummer Night’s Dream

@folklore #FoodFolklore

https://folklorefoodfairytales.substack.com/p/from-potion-ingredients-in-disguise

I’m very excited to share my newest letter with you all: From Potion Ingredients in Disguise to Spirits of Spice via Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dumb Cake, Farthing Loaf Day, Midsummer, Summer Solstice Foods & Recipes and A Remedy for Sore Eyes

It’s absolutely free & full of #Folklore for midsummer with food ideas & recipes for #SummerSolstice I also talk Shakespeare & herbs from the witches in Macbeth to A Midsummer Night’s Dream

@folklore #FoodFolklore

https://folklorefoodfairytales.substack.com/p/from-potion-ingredients-in-disguise

On this wild & windy night it feels appropriate to share this newest episode with you all. I talked with Aaron from @AppFolklorePod about food and folklore of Appalachia. It was such an interesting chat & I learned so much. We talked food, Folklore and stories from Appalachia and I hope you enjoy.
@folklore #Folklore #Foodways #Food #FoodFolklore #Storytelling #FoodHistory
https://hestiaskitchen.co.uk/2023/04/11/an-appalachian-visit/

On this wild & windy night it feels appropriate to share this newest episode with you all. I talked with Aaron from @AppFolklorePod about food and folklore of Appalachia. It was such an interesting chat & I learned so much. We talked food, Folklore and stories from Appalachia and I hope you enjoy.
@folklore #Folklore #Foodways #Food #FoodFolklore #Storytelling #FoodHistory
https://hestiaskitchen.co.uk/2023/04/11/an-appalachian-visit/

Which piece of Good Friday folklore would interest you most? I will share when this poll is over.

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Which piece of Good Friday folklore would interest you most? I will share when this poll is over.

#Folklore #Food #FoodFolklore #superstition @folklore

My newest letter ‘From Figgy Sunday to Passion Pudding’ is all about Good Friday food folklore, herb lore and folklore based gardening advice. I think you might enjoy it. There is less about hot cross buns than you probably imagine & definitely has less popularly known facts you could use to astonish friends at a social gathering (Also it’s completely free & you don’t have to subscribe to read it, although obviously I’d love that)
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https://folklorefoodfairytales.substack.com/p/from-figgy-sunday-to-passion-pudding

It was apparently once a custom on Good Friday for good friends to hold a hot cross bun together and recite

‘Half for you, half for me
Between us two good luck shall be’

and then break the bun in two. This was said to cement the friendship for another year. It does seem dreadfully impractical though as surely both parties would get butter all over themselves?

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Did you know that this is the first of the Borrowed Days? Did you celebrate on Carlin Sunday? Would you like to know what I’m talking about? I share all this in my free newsletter along with side chat about Gray Pays, Liber Cure Cocorum, an interesting, if ineffective vintage remedy for strain and Poor Knights of Windsor.
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https://folklorefoodfairytales.substack.com/p/from-the-borrowing-days-to-poor-knights

If you eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday and grey peas on Ash Wednesday, you'd have money in your purse all year!

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One possible alternative to bay leaves for prophesying a Valentines Day sweetheart in your dreams, according to a letter from 1755, was to boil an egg, remove the yolk, fill it with salt. You then take it to bed, eat the whole thing including the shell and then sleep without talking, drinking or eating. Sleeping with wedding cake under your pillow does seem more satisfying now.

#Food #FoodFolklore #ValentinesDay @folklore

In the early 18th Century, Women in rural England would pin bay leaves to the corners plus one further one in the centre of their pillows on the night before Valentines in order to dream of their future lovers. In some areas, they would instead sprinkle the bay leaves with rose water & strew them across their pillow before wearing their nightgown inside out in order to achieve the same effect.

#Food #FoodFolklore #ValentinesDay @folklore

In Norfolk there was a tradition on Valentine’s Eve of gifts being exchanged between lovers and sweets/chocolate being left for children. The giver of the gifts to children was known as Jack Valentine or slightly more creepily Snatch Valentine. This second name meant the gift would have string attached which would be pulled every time the child tried to grab the present until the third time when they would be allowed to keep it.

#Food #FoodFolklore #ValentinesDay @folklore

74% of you have expressed a wish for romantic food folklore on Tuesday so your wish will be granted. In the meantime enjoy this Georgian love puzzle.

📷 The Postal Museum Collection

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I am drinking tea at the absolute perfect temperature which puts me in a slightly chirpy mood so am prepared to offer Valentines & food related Folklore on Tuesday if that is what you would like. I personally would prepare to hide under a rock until it is all over but I know some people enjoy it 😋

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Would you like to read about food related folklore on Tuesday?

Today is 👹 Setsubun, a time for banishing evil spirits and bad luck.

And what are evil spirits most afraid of?

BEANS.

To learn more watch: youtube:.be/7Rgrv7Gw4SU

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Food Folklore Remedies by @BenTheEpicure https://unbound.com/books/folklore/updates/food-folklore-remedies #foodhistory #foodfolklore #folkremedies

This is a very UK based question but would anyone mind sharing what they consider normal food to be served after a funeral or wake? As an example, every one I have attended has triangle cut sandwiches, filling immaterial & tiny sausage rolls. I know this is an odd question but I’m trying to work out if my experience is based on my family or is similar by geography. (this is for research, I’m not currently planning a funeral!) Thank you in advance for your time. #Food #Foodways #FoodFolklore