An old folk belief in Ireland held that there are 12 different winds and each has its own colour

Also (from a different source) pigs can see the wind

https://archive.org/details/smallersocialhis00joycuoft/page/528/mode/2up
#folklore #IrishFolklore #wind #nature #Ireland #mastodaoine #pigs

One of my favourite Irish myths is of the leannán sídhe, or the fairy lover. If someone walks alone a night, a beautiful woman with red hair will walk beside them, saying nothing. If she likes you, she will take you as a lover, and over time, she will drain your life force and sanity. If she doesn't, she will end your life. However, in exchange, she will give divine inspiration. You will live a short life but an inspired one. #irishmythology #folklore #myth #mythology #irishfolklore

Who Do You Think You Are & they're talking about female whistlers.
My dad taught me to whistle & I was good at it but it always made my Mum uncomfortable. She would say "A whistling woman & a crowing hen brings the devil from his den".
Ever heard that?
#Folkore #IrishFolklore #superstition #Whistle

Found this volume, which is sure to delight all the #furze and #folklore enthusiasts, on my dad's shelves. Along with what must be every single misery memoir ever printed in Ireland. (Those volumes explain a LOT about how miserable and NO ONE SUFFERS NOW he can get.) #Ireland #irishfolklore

"No road or comfortable way ran across that plain, and Cuchulain could not have made his way across, but that the young man with the face like the sun had given him a wheel to roll before him, and told him to follow wherever the wheel led."

From Eleanor Hull's "The Boys' Cuchulain." Image by Stephen Reid (1904)

https://archive.org/details/boyscuchulainher00hull/page/n78/mode/1up

#Cuchulain #CùChulainn #CúChulainn #CúChulaind #Cúchulainn #illustration #EleanorHull #StephenReid #folklore #mastodaoine #IrishFolklore

I've been meaning to pick up volume one of the Wren for some time by Button Press Publications and I finally bought it in Forbidden Planet. Read the first issue and really enjoying Jason Browne creation.

A nice blend of #superhero and #IrishMythology

#MastoDaoine #comics #superheroes #IndieComics #Art #IrishMastodon #IrishFolklore

In the past, we had the banshee to warn us of encroaching death and disaster. Today we have social media and a twenty-four-hour news cycle.

Image: 'The Banshee Appears,' by R. Prowse (1862). Taken from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Banshee_Appears_(1862).jpg

#folklore #banshee #bansìthe #beanshìdh #beansí #CelticFolklore #IrishFolklore #mastodaoine

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RT @Fiona_m_Byrne
Anyone spotted the witchstone on display in the Ulster Folk Museum?
This witchstone was found in the byre and was believed to protect the cattle from any witchcraft or supernatural activity.
#HappyHalloween2021
#irishhalloween
#irishfolklore
#samhain
#ulsterfolkmuseum
https://twitter.com/Fiona_m_Byrne/status/1454888042649559045

witches, who were especially active on #Beltane.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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RT @Fiona_m_Byrne
Anyone spotted the witchstone on display in the Ulster Folk Museum?
This witchstone was found in the byre and was believed to protect the cattle from any witchcraft or supernatural activity.
#HappyHalloween2021
#irishhalloween
#irishfolklore
#samhain
#ulsterfolkmuseum
https://twitter.com/Fiona_m_Byrne/status/1454888042649559045

towards St Brigid's Day (5) - "Give us a spring house by the wayside. The fresh of the houses put it out during Biddy’s night. In the morning they brought it in, and the green of the milk asked why she made them. She said there was thaw in the shoots between them. That is the way they spend Biddy’s Day in release." #StBrigid #StBrigidsDay #folklore #IrishFolklore #poetry #writing #LáFéileBríde

towards St Brigid's Day (4) - "When the man went to live in the cloth, and hung it outside in the thatch of the crust giving the shape of a diamond in the centre. Each of the four ends is then crossed, scarfs are made and hung on the roof to keep away bad luck and harm during the coming years." #StBrigid #StBrigidsDay #folklore #IrishFolklore #poetry #writing #LáFéileBríde

towards St Brigid's Day (3) - "Some people used to leave a crust of bread on the table during the night to be dressed by biddy, and the legend attached to the custom was stones. Immediately the man fell as it was straw that is then woven around the timber with water of the little well and they say their rhymes." #StBrigid #StBrigidsDay #folklore #IrishFolklore #poetry #writing #LáFéileBríde

towards St Brigid's Day (2) - "The cross is crossed with a shorter stick giving four other little dolls - which was called a "breeda" carried around in their arms from the house and asked for a household to get a portion of householder. Sometimes a dance was indulged in, and as a token, they put a mask on his face." #StBrigid #StBrigidsDay #folklore #IrishFolklore #poetry #writing #LáFéileBríde

toward St Brigid's Day (1) - "Each year on the eve of Biddy my mother makes a scarf biddy. This is a strip of black house and high fiddle that went to their houses or it could be reckoned from these to be milk and then drank it. The old man asked her what sign did she make over the money and they used to call them the "breedas"." #StBrigid #StBrigidsDay #folklore #IrishFolklore #poetry #writing #LáFéileBríde

Not only was this the first book I've read this year, it is also the first book I've reviewed on #Bookwyrm. You can follow me there from Mastodon.

https://bookwyrm.social/user/Markkielty

#YALit #IrishTwitter #Fantasy #mythology #Folklore #Fairies #Fae #Ireland #IrishFolklore #Folklore #IrishMythology #fantasy #MastoDaoine

Finished The Invasion yesterday by @TheCallYA. You can read my #review on #Goodreads. Excellent book. Would love to see this as a #movie. Highly recommend.

If you like books about psychotic Irish fairies, I highly recommend Book 1, The Call.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5213546037

#YALit #IrishTwitter #Fantasy #mythology #Folklore #Fairies #Fae #Ireland #IrishFolklore #Folklore #IrishMythology #fantasy #MastoDaoine

A new piece of fabric art by Jo:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CnKf0cjsuNy/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

#FabricArt #TextileArt #Folklore #ChildrenOfLir #IrishFolklore #Embroidery #IrishArt

Just added this to my to-read pile. (Like it isn't large enough already). Looking forward to reading book 2 of the Grey Land series, The Invasion, by Peadar Ó Guilin @TheCallYA. If you like books about running for your life from psychotic Irish fairies, then I highly recommend Book 1, The Call.

#MastoDaoine #IrishFolklore #Folklore #IrishMythology #Ireland #IrishMastodon #fantasy #FantasyBooks #YA #Dystopian

@durrandon From what I remember, Wolfwalkers is available on Apple TV and they promoted it heavily in the states including this mural they did in Manhattan.

#IrishFilm #Animation #Wolfwalkers #folklore #mythology #IrishFolklore

New Video: Protection Magic & Customs For Your New Home | Irish Folklore & Magic https://youtu.be/0ivskZEnBoE

#IrishFolklore