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Random views myne owne. Canadian. Seeker of #Hiraeth. Mother of a resting Cello-wing Daughter. A latter-day OOwl fancier (with a good dose of Wren-fancying too). MA in Folklore Studies. #KDrama Addict. Learning 中文. Spins woolly yarns & story threads
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What medieval physicians saw when they looked at urine www.medievalists.net/2024/01/medi... #MedievalWorld
What medieval physicians saw when they looked at urine - Medievalists.net
One of the most important methods medieval physicians used to check on the health of their patients was their urine. The look, colour and smell of urine could reveal if the patient was sick.
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January 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
What medieval physicians saw when they looked at urine www.medievalists.net/2024/01/medi... #MedievalWorld
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Momotaro (Peach Boy) is a Japanese folktale about a young boy who was found floating down a river inside a giant peach. He grew up to be a hero who defeated a band of fierce oni with the help of his talking animal companions (a dog, a monkey, and a pheasant).
🎨Suzuki Harunobu, 1890.
#WyrdWednesday
🎨Suzuki Harunobu, 1890.
#WyrdWednesday
January 14, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Momotaro (Peach Boy) is a Japanese folktale about a young boy who was found floating down a river inside a giant peach. He grew up to be a hero who defeated a band of fierce oni with the help of his talking animal companions (a dog, a monkey, and a pheasant).
🎨Suzuki Harunobu, 1890.
#WyrdWednesday
🎨Suzuki Harunobu, 1890.
#WyrdWednesday
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Making sure no one in the convent eats your hidden stash of donuts. 😆
(Dublin, Trinity College Library, B.11.22, fol. 213r)
(Dublin, Trinity College Library, B.11.22, fol. 213r)
January 14, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Making sure no one in the convent eats your hidden stash of donuts. 😆
(Dublin, Trinity College Library, B.11.22, fol. 213r)
(Dublin, Trinity College Library, B.11.22, fol. 213r)
Neeeeeeeeeeeeddddddd .......
Today's recipe came up on my timeline this morning so I thought I'd share it. A delicious Moroccan Style Potato Bake.
www.tinnedtomatoes.com/2013/02/52-d...
Serve with roast veg, couscous & a wedge of lemon. A dollop of plain (vegan) yoghurt, sour cream or creme fraiche would be good too.
#vegan
www.tinnedtomatoes.com/2013/02/52-d...
Serve with roast veg, couscous & a wedge of lemon. A dollop of plain (vegan) yoghurt, sour cream or creme fraiche would be good too.
#vegan
January 14, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Neeeeeeeeeeeeddddddd .......
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January 14, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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Thanks @dragonslayerma.bsky.social
for our first 2026 #promptcombo. My #nightfall poem is steeped in ancient Turkish traditions, superstitions and folklore. Happy new year to all.
#poetry #poems
for our first 2026 #promptcombo. My #nightfall poem is steeped in ancient Turkish traditions, superstitions and folklore. Happy new year to all.
#poetry #poems
January 5, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Thanks @dragonslayerma.bsky.social
for our first 2026 #promptcombo. My #nightfall poem is steeped in ancient Turkish traditions, superstitions and folklore. Happy new year to all.
#poetry #poems
for our first 2026 #promptcombo. My #nightfall poem is steeped in ancient Turkish traditions, superstitions and folklore. Happy new year to all.
#poetry #poems
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Tomb of an Anglo-Saxon Prince and a Child from the Late 6th Century AD Discovered, Buried with a Horse Sacrificed as a Ritual Offering www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/t...
Tomb of an Anglo-Saxon Prince and a Child from the Late 6th Century AD Discovered, Buried with a Horse Sacrificed as a Ritual Offering
The acidic sand of the Suffolk coast has preserved not bones, but shadows; spectral silhouettes that delineate with millimetric precision the shape of a complete horse with its harness, two human bodi...
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January 13, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Tomb of an Anglo-Saxon Prince and a Child from the Late 6th Century AD Discovered, Buried with a Horse Sacrificed as a Ritual Offering www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/t...
Ten years on ...... still very sadly missed - the late, great Alan Rickman x
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
‘I fell in love with him on the spot’: Alan Rickman remembered, 10 years after his death
On the anniversary of his death aged 69, stars from Sigourney Weaver to Sharleen Spiteri, Tom Felton to Harriet Walter, remember the wit, charm and endless generosity of one of Britain’s best-loved ac...
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Ten years on ...... still very sadly missed - the late, great Alan Rickman x
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
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Word of Mouth
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Thursday, 15.30
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Thursday, 15.30
January 14, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Word of Mouth
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Thursday, 15.30
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Thursday, 15.30
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" @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social said that when he is performing his comic poems such as Chocolate Cake and No Breathing in Class, children “will look at their teachers, as if to say, ‘Are we allowed to laugh. Is it permitted?’" www.theguardian.com/books/2020/f... From 2020 😥 -->
Michael Rosen condemns UK education system's 'fear of laughter'
Announcing the winners of this years Laugh Out Loud awards for the funniest children’s books, Rosen took aim at the ‘oppressive’ solemnity of today’s schools
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January 13, 2026 at 12:59 AM
" @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social said that when he is performing his comic poems such as Chocolate Cake and No Breathing in Class, children “will look at their teachers, as if to say, ‘Are we allowed to laugh. Is it permitted?’" www.theguardian.com/books/2020/f... From 2020 😥 -->
Wistman's Wood in Dartmoor, Devon, is said to be the kennel of the Yeth or Wisht Hounds, a pack of demonic dogs with either glowing yellow or red eyes, who would hunt for lost souls or lone travellers. "Wist" or"Wisht" in Devonshire dialect means eerie, uncanny or pixie-led.
#LegendaryWednesday
#LegendaryWednesday
January 13, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Wistman's Wood in Dartmoor, Devon, is said to be the kennel of the Yeth or Wisht Hounds, a pack of demonic dogs with either glowing yellow or red eyes, who would hunt for lost souls or lone travellers. "Wist" or"Wisht" in Devonshire dialect means eerie, uncanny or pixie-led.
#LegendaryWednesday
#LegendaryWednesday
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January 13, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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Alla ricerca dell’uccellino scappato
January 13, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Alla ricerca dell’uccellino scappato
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Pumpkin fields forever! Found on a Sunday drive in the Willamette valley.
#ColorADay #OrangeSun #Photography #PhonePhoto
#PNW #Oregon #Scape #eastCoastKin
#ColorADay #OrangeSun #Photography #PhonePhoto
#PNW #Oregon #Scape #eastCoastKin
January 11, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Pumpkin fields forever! Found on a Sunday drive in the Willamette valley.
#ColorADay #OrangeSun #Photography #PhonePhoto
#PNW #Oregon #Scape #eastCoastKin
#ColorADay #OrangeSun #Photography #PhonePhoto
#PNW #Oregon #Scape #eastCoastKin
Cernunnos, a dominant and powerful Celtic God, is k/as "Lord of Wild Things." Depicted as an antlered entity, the God is associated with fertility, the natural world, wealth and the underworld. Often portrayed holding torcs (neck rings) and a ram-horned serpent #LegendaryWednesday
January 13, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Cernunnos, a dominant and powerful Celtic God, is k/as "Lord of Wild Things." Depicted as an antlered entity, the God is associated with fertility, the natural world, wealth and the underworld. Often portrayed holding torcs (neck rings) and a ram-horned serpent #LegendaryWednesday
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A monochrome reflection
January 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
A monochrome reflection
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Libretto tulip (2008)
by Mia Tarney
by Mia Tarney
January 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Libretto tulip (2008)
by Mia Tarney
by Mia Tarney
🍃"There is an old tale goes that Herne the Hunter
Sometime a keeper here in Windsor Forest,
Doth all the winter-time, at still midnight,
Walk round about an oak, with great ragged horns;..."🍂
✍️ William Shakespeare,The Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act 4, Scene 4 #LegendaryWednesday
Sometime a keeper here in Windsor Forest,
Doth all the winter-time, at still midnight,
Walk round about an oak, with great ragged horns;..."🍂
✍️ William Shakespeare,The Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act 4, Scene 4 #LegendaryWednesday
January 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
🍃"There is an old tale goes that Herne the Hunter
Sometime a keeper here in Windsor Forest,
Doth all the winter-time, at still midnight,
Walk round about an oak, with great ragged horns;..."🍂
✍️ William Shakespeare,The Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act 4, Scene 4 #LegendaryWednesday
Sometime a keeper here in Windsor Forest,
Doth all the winter-time, at still midnight,
Walk round about an oak, with great ragged horns;..."🍂
✍️ William Shakespeare,The Merry Wives of Windsor,
Act 4, Scene 4 #LegendaryWednesday
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Wyrdlings!
"But I like animals better than the best people," said Doctor Dolittle & since it’s his creator Hugh Lofting's 140th birthday, falling on the Feast of the Ass – yes, that was a thing in the Middle Ages – it’s:
“Talking Animals!”
as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Heehaw!
"But I like animals better than the best people," said Doctor Dolittle & since it’s his creator Hugh Lofting's 140th birthday, falling on the Feast of the Ass – yes, that was a thing in the Middle Ages – it’s:
“Talking Animals!”
as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Heehaw!
January 12, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Wyrdlings!
"But I like animals better than the best people," said Doctor Dolittle & since it’s his creator Hugh Lofting's 140th birthday, falling on the Feast of the Ass – yes, that was a thing in the Middle Ages – it’s:
“Talking Animals!”
as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Heehaw!
"But I like animals better than the best people," said Doctor Dolittle & since it’s his creator Hugh Lofting's 140th birthday, falling on the Feast of the Ass – yes, that was a thing in the Middle Ages – it’s:
“Talking Animals!”
as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.
Heehaw!
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💫 Join me Wednesday for #LegendaryWednesday where the theme is the forest! With your dark forest legends, your lost in the woods traditions, jungle tales, rainforest art, & woodland deities. Share a #legend #folklore #quote #fairytale #poetry #film #art #mythology 💫
January 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
💫 Join me Wednesday for #LegendaryWednesday where the theme is the forest! With your dark forest legends, your lost in the woods traditions, jungle tales, rainforest art, & woodland deities. Share a #legend #folklore #quote #fairytale #poetry #film #art #mythology 💫
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January 12, 2026 at 10:56 AM