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James Wright @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social · 6d

Happy 259th anniversary of the Nottingham Cheese Riot to all those who celebrate...

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WillowWinsham @willowwinsham.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks so much Shanon! Have a great rest of your week and a wonderfully spooky October ahead!

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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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WillowWinsham @willowwinsham.bsky.social · 6d

It happens! Glad you're okay, looking forward to sharing lore again soon, spooky or otherwise! 👻

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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 · 6d

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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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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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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WillowWinsham @willowwinsham.bsky.social · 6d

You really do win at posting the most terrifying things!

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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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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

www.redbubble.com

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WillowWinsham @willowwinsham.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for the shoutout, you've been missed!

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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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WillowWinsham @willowwinsham.bsky.social · 6d

Hi Shanon! It's been a very spooky day so far!

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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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WillowWinsham @willowwinsham.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks so much Crystal! Have a great rest of your day!

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WillowWinsham @willowwinsham.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you Crystal! Hope you had a good one!

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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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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 6d

Superstition says mirrors can trap spirits. Covering them after death prevents the soul from being caught inside. Folklore treats reflections as doorways, thin as glass but deep as eternity. #FolkloreThursday

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 6d

#FolkloreThursday In 1864, a ghostly Woman in Black, veiled like a widow, appeared near Carbondale, Pennsylvania. She presaged a "black fever" epidemic, which killed 400 people and a deadly mine cave-in, which killed 14. When she reappeared in 1892, she was thought the omen of a cholera outbreak.

Black dress and mourning veil on a mannequin

Cover of The Ghost Wore Black with skeletal face under a sheer veil

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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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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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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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Yokai Parade @yokaiparade.bsky.social · 6d

At ghost story parties in old Edo, 100 candles were lit and one was blown out for each story told. It was said that - if you dared to go that far - a real ghost called Ao Andon would appear out of the smoke of the 100th candle. #folklorethursday art by @yokai.com

illustration of a blue ghost standing behind a paper lantern surrounded by burnt-out candles in a traditional japanese room

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EssAeEm @essaeem.bsky.social · 6d

Among the many ghosts that have been witnessed haunting the Tower of London is an apparition said to resemble a bear standing on its hind legs. In 1816, the encounter a guard had with this ghostly bear was so intense that he died of fright. #FolkloreThursday

Photo of The Tower of London from across the Thames River at night

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