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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · 4d

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · 4d

It's officially 1 year since our first episode! Thank you so much for coming with us on this journey and for all the support! We have had so much fun this year and there will be some more episodes coming your way very soon!

#Shropshire #folklore #history #Witches

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · 16d

Victorian gravestones often featured hands, a common funerary motif. A hand with an upward finger symbolized the path to heaven and eternal life, guiding mourners to look heavenward, trust in God, and find comfort.

This particularly lovely example is from Great Ness, Shropshire.

#taphophile

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Sep 4

🦇 New Episode 🦇

We were so pleased to welcome the wonderful Matt Lewis to the Shropshire Witches Podcast. He is an absolute wealth of knowledge as we discuss medieval depictions of ghosts, werewolves and the supernatural 🕯

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#medieval #folklore #ghosts #supernatural

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Sep 7

That was my thought too 🤣 I do love the little snippets of folklore because often they leave you with more questions than answers 🤣

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Sep 7

In some rural parts of Shropshire, branches of thorns were concealed above the entrance to the home as an apotropaic device. The thorns were meant to protect the house, as witches and the Devil are said to be repelled by sharp objects.

#folklore #FolkloreSunday #history #magic

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Sep 4

🦇 New Episode 🦇

We were so pleased to welcome the wonderful Matt Lewis to the Shropshire Witches Podcast. He is an absolute wealth of knowledge as we discuss medieval depictions of ghosts, werewolves and the supernatural 🕯

rss.com/podcasts/the...

#medieval #folklore #ghosts #supernatural

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Noomue @noomue.bsky.social · Aug 30

This is an amazing podcast and cant wait to hear the spookyspecial!

#lore #spooky

The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Aug 30

🦇A little Coven update 🦇

We've spent the summer researching and preparing for a fantastic spooky season. We don't want to give too much away, but expect even more laughs, ghosts, great guests, history and a exploration of the Devil himself!🕯

#history #podcast #folklore #podcast

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Sep 4

I've actually got lots of stories from around the area in my research (Amy) and there may be some of those stories entering a future episode. The whole area is very haunted!

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Aug 30

🦇A little Coven update 🦇

We've spent the summer researching and preparing for a fantastic spooky season. We don't want to give too much away, but expect even more laughs, ghosts, great guests, history and a exploration of the Devil himself!🕯

#history #podcast #folklore #podcast

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Aug 27

The lychgate of St Andrews Church, Hope Bowdler was erected in 1863 and is the only one in Shropshire with a coffin stone. Coffin stones were used to rest the coffin before its final journey. The lychgate itself is highly symbolic, marking the boundary between consecrated and unconsecrated ground.

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Aug 25

The iron grave of Arabella Yate lies in Ashford Carbonel churchyard. I was told that in the 20th century, the grave brought fear into local children. They claimed Arabella was a witch, buried deeply in metal for protection. If you circled it, you risked her return.

#history #witchcraft #folklore

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Aug 25

Dinham Bridge in Ludlow is said to be the site of a ghost bottle, cast into the river after being bottled by a priest. We do not know much about this spirit, other than it was incredibly violent. Perhaps it remains, under the bridge, ready to be awakened...

#ghost #folklore #paranormal

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Jul 21

This striking account from August 1872 tells of a colliery "ghost." This report comes from near Wrexham, but colliery ghosts are a common theme across Britain. Reports often feature ghostly miners, eerie sounds, and apparitions warning of impending doom.

#Ghosts #Folklore #History #hauntings

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Jul 23

There's lots of extra content coming your way via the Patreon in the coming weeks, including a deep dive into the story of the Shropshire Man Monkey! You can join and listen via the link below.

www.patreon.com/posts/shrops...

#Folklore #history #Cryptids #ghost

The Shropshire Man Monkey 🐒 | The Shropshire Witches Podcast

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Aug 25

The iron grave of Arabella Yate lies in Ashford Carbonel churchyard. I was told that in the 20th century, the grave brought fear into local children. They claimed Arabella was a witch, buried deeply in metal for protection. If you circled it, you risked her return.

#history #witchcraft #folklore

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Aug 12

Pentre Ifan is over five thousand years old and constructed from local bluestone (also used for Stonehenge), there is a real magic to this ancient site. Folklore suggests that fairies are seen here, resembling little children in clothes like "soldiers with red caps."

#Folklore #prehistory

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Aug 20

In June 1919, navigator Arthur Brown, this black cat toy called Twinkletoes, and pilot John Alcock made the first nonstop Atlantic flight. Twinkletoes rode in Arthur’s Jacket. Both men had served in the Royal Flying Corps during WWI. You can see him in RAF Cosford Museum.

#luckycharm #WW1 #folklore

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Aug 19

This 1635 half-timbered house in Cherrington, Shropshire, is said to be 'The house that Jack built', though it isn't known who Jack was. Some state the rhyme is a version of an ancient Hebrew chant. It was first published in 1755 in 'Nurse Truelove's New Year's Gift'.

#Folklore #History

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Aug 19

They're wonderful aren't they? Maiden's garlands might be getting a mention in our latest epsiode 👀 we have some great examples of them in Shropshire! Thanks for sharing

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Aug 12

Pentre Ifan is over five thousand years old and constructed from local bluestone (also used for Stonehenge), there is a real magic to this ancient site. Folklore suggests that fairies are seen here, resembling little children in clothes like "soldiers with red caps."

#Folklore #prehistory

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Aug 10

St Non's Well sits on the cliff top, along the coastal path from St David's, Pembrokeshire.

It is here that St Non reputedly gave birth to her son, later to become St David, in the 6th century. Legend states that a healing spring came forth from the moment he was born.

#Folklore #History #Wales

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Aug 7

The Salopian Journal reported that after the execution of two murderers on 6th August 1828, the bodies were cut down, and the hands of said corpses were passed over various individuals as a cure. These people were suffering various ailments.

#Folklore #Shropshire ##Folkbelief

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Aug 4

Over on patreon we've been sharing the story of Shropshire’s own Mad Jack Mytton! You can listen for free as a member!

www.patreon.com/posts/mad-ja...

#history #Shropshire #localhistory #folklore #ghosts #regency #hauntings

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The Shropshire Witches Podcast 🦇 @shropwitchespod.bsky.social · Aug 2

Amy's been in the newspaper archives again 🤣 here she shares 4 stories that were originally presented as 'strange'. They are free to all subscribers.

www.patreon.com/posts/strang...

#Folklore #history #Victorians #Shropshire

'Strange' events from the Newspaper archives | The Shropshire Witches Podcast

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