The ferns have unfurled
Pushing out the rocks and soil
Standing tall and proud

#dailyhaikuprompt #fern #ferns #haiku #dailyhaiku #mosstodon #holywell

Good yule, friends! When I’m able, I visit chosen family- the well at New Aberdour. I spent my Yule with her. #wintersolstice #wintersolstice22 #chosenfamily #sacred #holywell #yule #yuletide #yuleblessings #blessedyule

#GothicAdvent Day 5:

The Dropping Rock #Sacred Spring and #HolyWell is one of those mysterious and ancient places that hide away on the #IsleOfWight. The #CunningFolk of the island believe it received its name because was one of the places where the ancient #Devil #Stones was dismantled. The stones were worked and turned into the well and the Dropping Rock arch.

They say that it was in the deepest and darkest time of the year that works started to dismantle the Devil Stone. As they lay the rocks in formation and they touched the holy water, each stone screamed as the water bound the evil within.

Dropping, and dropping, through fern and through heather,
E'en in the summer noon's sultriest weather;
Still the hard rock is its water bestowing,
Where the rank weeds germ, and the rushes are growing.

Gently and evenly falls the clear shower,
The work of a mighty, invisible power;
Streaming not, running not—dropping alone,
Through the centuries past, and the long ages flown. -- The Vecta Garland 1860

#Folklore #FolkloreThursday #Advent #Christmas

@folklore @folklorethursday

#Sacred wells and #springs, left without repair and marked only by rotting timber stakes. These are the magical places that the land remembers and will only be revealed to us when we stumble upon them.

Respect them and give them your offerings freely. — Cunning Aunty Faith

#FairytaleTuesday #Folklore #HolyWell #Holyspring #SacredSpaces #Sacred