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💀Skulls and Sheets👻

@skullsandsheets.bsky.social

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I am the flogger of undead horses. Specifically Welsh, undead, yuletide ones that eat cake, toast and cider. Otherwise known as the mari lwyd! Everyone is welcome here!

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💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · Jun 2

CHARITY AUCTION SIGN UP TIME
welcome to the sign ups for the 4th annual charity auction raising money for Domestic Abuse Charities @womensaid.bsky.social @refugecharity.bsky.social @galopuk.bsky.social Mankind Initiative @lovingmeuk.bsky.social

Sign up here

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💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 3h

Every anti fascist protest needs to be led by an army of Frogs!

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 12h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · 19h

Needing multiple streams of income to stay afloat is a societal failure not a personal one. You should be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle with one job. You are not lazy.

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💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you!

💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 12h

A quick spiderweb mari

(Brain still bad)

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💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 14h

Little Mari has decided to take method acting as Mothman to a new level

Little mari dressed as mothman is hypnotised by a lantern

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 14h

this is more logical than paracetamol because like have you seen penguins

Cobwebs @shadowmanor.bsky.social · 14h

I really feel like they're just throwing darts at a board labeled "Causes of Autism." Next they'll announce that it's due to coming within six feet of a penguin.

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 1d

A cool charity in Hoxton that teaches & gives disadvantaged kids skills in filmmaking has asked me a question:

Any female animators want to take part in a mentorship programme they run?

They've been doing good work for 25+ years.

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Richard Wells @slipperyjack.bsky.social · 21h

I'm continuing to stockpile Professionally Defaced copies of Tales Accursed ahead of the next drop on Halloween, but this sheet ghost phantom copy I made last night is currently available in the shop if anyone wants it...
👻 slipperyjack.bigcartel.com

Title page of Tales Accursed a Folk Horror Anthology with pen illustration of a sheet ghost.

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💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 1d

I hope you enjoy it! if any issues please let me know :)

💀Skulls and Sheets👻 @skullsandsheets.bsky.social · 1d

sent booklets out today

US folk (if youre not on patreon) I will, this month, due to the shutdown send a pdf copy of the booklet to make up for the delay.

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social · 4d

#DailyGhost
5) HORSE EELS
In 1960 a trio of Catholic priests from Dublin were fishing in Lough Ree lake. There they saw a monster. 6 feet long with flat head "like a python's". The name Horse Eel dates from the early 20th century when farmers claimed to often see similar beasts come ashore to graze

Paranormal Ireland by Dara deFoíte (2002)

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social · 7d

#DailyGhost
3) WELL HALL BOGGART
"Well Hall, near Clitheroe, had a boggart of a sociable disposition, who used to keep an old woman company by the fireside on long winter nights. Although friendly towards the old woman, he is claimed to have once chained a man to the wall in his temper."

Lancashire's Ghosts and Legends by Terence Whitaker (1980)

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social · 7d

2) THE BLACK NUN
Said to haunt the Bank of England in Threadneedle street, London. The identity of the Black Nun is supposedly Sarah Whitehead. Her brother Philip worked at the bank, and was hanged for forgery in 1811. Although mistaken for a nuns habit, she actually wears a black mourning dress.

Ghosts of old England by Terence Whitaker (1987)

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social · 7d

1) TOMMY RAWHEAD
A ghost found in Lancashire and Yorkshire which is said to lure children into quagmires or dangerous ponds. According to Haining "it is still common to hear parents chide 'Keep away from the marl-pit or Rawhead will have you!'".