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

I missed #StMarksEve this year, but here's my @DailyGrail@twitter.com piece on the folklore and customs surrounding it anyway https://www.dailygrail.com/2015/04/saint-marks-eve/