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#FolkloreThursday is a hashtag day for sharing folklore facts, and a website filled with articles! Founded by @deedeechainey.bsky.social & @willowwinsham.bsky.social.

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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · 7d

Today's the day! Our hosts will share your Ghosts, Monsters and All Things Spooky folklore posts at the following times BST:
9am-1pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
Don't forget to include the hashtag! #FolkloreThursday
Image: Paul Hermans via wikimedia commons

Three carved pumpkins in a row, the two end ones are large with a small one in between.

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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · 6d

That's the end of another #FolkloreThursday 🔥🎃🌙

Today's theme was folklore of Ghosts, Monsters, and All Things Spooky! This is @shanonsinn.bsky.social signing off - your last host today! Wishing you the best Spooktober ever 🍁

1883 Bernard Gillam - Gambling with death

A detail from a colour magazine or newspaper illustration. A man in a top hat is smoking a cigar while seated at a table. A skeletal ghost-like figure in white robes is rolling dice from a cup and standing over the man while pointing to the table, which is shaped like a coffin.

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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · 6d

Happy #FolkloreThursday 🎃

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Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 6d

Only just realised that this week’s entry is also #FolkloreThursday relevant!

(It’s been a long work week). 👻

Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 7d

Another Dublin pub round-up....we stay seasonal with this one. 100% serious about doing the ghostlore PhD, btw...just need a big cash windfall first.

#SpeirGorm

www.weirdodublinpubs.com/weirdo-guide...

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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · 6d

Nice to see you too Crystal 🎃

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WillowWinsham @willowwinsham.bsky.social · 6d

Some spooky locations from my neck of the woods: The Dolphin Inn, Jorrocks, and The Old Bell Hotel, Derby, all said to be haunted by a variety of spooks and spectres.(Images: Doyle of London, Victuallers and Aidancox18) #FolkloreThursday

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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 6d

the ghost Hanako of the Toilet haunts the 3rd stall of the 3rd floor girls bathroom of Japanese schools. Knock on the stall door and say “Hanako-san, are you there?” -- or maybe don't do that, because if she's there she'll pull you into the toilet and kill you! #folklorethursday art @yokai.com

looking into a bathroom staff with the door partly open. a traditional Japanese squat toilet (terrifying on its own :D ) is seen, and a young girl with a scary look on her face is peering around the door out of the shadows

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Shanon Sinn @shanonsinn.bsky.social · 6d

A well-known American legend claims blues musician Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil on the crossroads at midnight -- for musical genius and fame.

Remembered as the godfather of rock music, Johnson died at 27 years old #FolkloreThursday

Digital painting for an art class two yrs ago.

A digital painting recreating a black and white photograph of blues musician Robert Johnson in browns and blues. He is seated wearing a suit, tie, and hat while holding a guitar and smiling.

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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 6d

In folklore, candles flickering oddly were said to mean a ghost was nearby. If the flame guttered without draft, it was a spirit answering unspoken questions. #folklorethursday

Art: Ben Young

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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 6d

Ushirogami is a one-eyed ghost that sneaks up behind you and pulls your hair or makes your umbrella blow away or breathes on the back of your neck...then disappears when you turn around. #FolkloreThursday

a surprised-looking woman walking down a Japanese side street with her hair being pulled by a one-eyed ghost
art by Maeoka Tetsuya

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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · 6d

Hi Willow! I'm getting scared already 😅

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The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · 6d

Sorry to miss #FolkloreThursday today so be sure to follow the hashtag and get yourself in the festive spooky spirit!

a cartoon ghost with a surprised look on his face is standing in front of a rock wall .

ALT: a cartoon ghost with a surprised look on his face is standing in front of a rock wall .

media.tenor.com

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Julie Shiel @forgottenbeauty.bsky.social · 6d

A banshee is a female spirit that heralds the death of a family member in Irish #folklore. Her scream is also known as caoine, or keening, & they are often attached to families. The name banshee means 'woman of the fairy mound'. redbubble.com/people/forgo... #art #decor #FolkloreThursday #Halloween

The Old Hall, Fairies by Moonlight - John Anster Fitzgerald by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble

I've always loved this one, although it is one of his simpler works. It would also fit right in with your Halloween decor

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 6d

#FolkloreThursday 🧙‍♀️✨
Witch Bottles from the 16th century were charms filled with nails, tissue, and urine to send curses back to witches and protect homes across Europe and America! 🚪🧪 Born during the Reformation, they were taken seriously and used for magic and protection. 🌿🔮
#BookologyThursday 📚

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Julie Shiel @forgottenbeauty.bsky.social · 6d

If a bat flies into your house on #Halloween it's a sign that the house is haunted, because the ghosts let it in. 👻
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/3337... #FolkloreThursday #art #October #homedecor #folklore #spookymonth #Spooktober #Halloween #superstition

Fairy Hordes Attacking a Bat - John Anster Fitzgerald by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble

Gorgeous painting by John Anster Fitzgerald

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Julie Shiel @forgottenbeauty.bsky.social · 6d

Periwinkles are linked to witchcraft, ghosts & supernatural. In Wales if you pluck the flower you will be haunted. However, the plant can also protect you against the dead.
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1731...
#art #illustration #vintage #FolkloreThursday #folklore #Spooktober #spookymonth #Halloween

Vintage Halloween - A Thrilling Halloween with pumpkin ghosts and black cats by forgottenbeauty | Redbubble

Vintage Halloween greeting card- A Thrilling Halloween with pumpkin ghosts and black cats

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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · 6d

Greetings #FolkloreThursday 🎃

Huge thanks to Crystal @crystalponti.bsky.social for being our host before the break! I'm @shanonsinn.bsky.social your crypt keeper for the next one hour.

Today's theme is "Ghosts, Monsters, & All Things Spooky!" 👀

1898 Josef Mandl 🌙

A 19th Century painting showing a graveyard scene at night. There are several gravestones and disorganized plots and trees. A partly open grave is in the foreground with a shovel laying across it. A luminescent-cloaked apparition is standing behind it and looking down into the ground. Though it is bright, the details of the person are not apparent.

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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · 6d

I'll ping you under my personal account! :)

FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · 6d

That’s all from me, @crystalponti.bsky.social. Thanks for conjuring up such spine-tingling #FolkloreThursday posts! After a short break, @shanonsinn.bsky.social will rise from the folklore crypt to keep the chills alive. Don’t ghost us… the best scares are still to come! 🦇

Art: Rackham

An old-fashioned illustration depicts a coven of witches gathered under leafless trees at night. The witches wear pointed hats and tattered cloaks, some flying on broomsticks, while others creep across the ground with crooked postures. Black cats climb the branches and stalk the ground, adding to the eerie scene. A thin crescent moon hangs faintly in the sky above, casting a pale glow over the gathering.

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neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy @neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d

#folklorethursday #celtic: `A certain Ulsterman named mac Datho owned the incredible Ailbhe that could outrun every other hound. “Both Queen Medb of Connaught and King Conchobar of Ulster offered a high price of six hundred cows for this hound, and also a […]

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Irish wolfhound, Champion Patrick of Ifold, Ulster Museum, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte

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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · 6d

Haunting! Thank you so much for posting today!

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The Séance of Blake Manor - Play our Demo 🔮 @blakemanorgame.bsky.social · 6d

The wailing figure of a woman known as a banshee or bean sidhe heralds grave misfortune. Whether her cries are the harbinger of a family death or an impending loss, sightings of her are never a good omen.

#FolkloreThursday

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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · 6d

As he should!

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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 6d

Dorotabo is the ghost of a farmer who worked hard all his life and is angry that his land is neglected by his heirs after his death. He rises out of the mud and roams the fields calling "Give me back my rice fields!" #FolkloreThursday
art by @cattype.bsky.social

A sticker of a man made of mud, photographed in the mud

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Tales from the Mabinogion @mabinogiongame.bsky.social · 6d

#FolkloreThursday
"Bedd i Farch, bedd i Wythur,
bedd i Wgon Gleddyfrudd.
Anoeth byd, bedd i Arthur."
"A grave for March, a grave for Gwythur,
a grave for Gwgon Red-sword.
Hard to find in the world – a grave for Arthur."
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FolkloreThursday @folklorethursday.bsky.social · 6d

The cousin of the woman in white (I had a personal encounter with her). Thank you for posting. It's good to see you, Chris!

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