Thank you hope you had a fantastic weekend 🧡🎃👻

This was achieved through various methods including the sowing of hemp seed, eating an apple while simultaneously combing the hair in a mirror in both Shropshire & Herefordshire and the throwing of a ball of yarn outside the window for the future lover to hold.🧶

May it be a blessed night for all🌟

In Monmouthshire a similar belief appears but the stile is said to be haunted by a Hobgoblin like creature/ Pwca instead.

Beyond the festivities of apple bobbing and the lightening of bonfires🔥, Halloween was the perfect night to portend the identity of a future lover

In Shropshire this was favourite resort for the adversary to linger & those who passed by would turn an article of clothing inside out to avoid his hostile enchantments😈. The Devils guise was often said to be a black pig; a feature that is similar to the Hwch ddu Gwta of North Wales.

Men in Montgomeryshire would adorn themselves in masks & sheep skin to scare locals while drinking & demanding gifts, known collectively as "Gwrachod"🧙‍♀️🧙‍♂️

We also find increased liminality at certain areas which form a boundary, with the most popular being the stile.

The Welsh Marches contains a diverse range of wonderful customs influenced by its hybridised culture.

Some customs include the carving of turnips(Turmit Lonturn) to frighten the locals and to keep evil spirits away.

Is she a forgotten Welsh Goddess? A narrative spirit invoked by the Bards to personify melancholy through the ages? Or perhaps she forms part of the human condition; the embodiment of sorrow to which we all encounter within this lifetime?

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On November 5th at 5pm my offering will be: The Songs of Heledd Awakening wisdom, divinity and magic from the lost lands of Cymru🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.

Join me on a soulful journey through the Canu Heledd to reveal the identity of this mysterious woman...

Thank you so much for including my book, it means the world to me 🥰much love and blessings 🩵🩵

This made me laugh so much 😂😂 from now on Sabrina can be known as the Goddess of Squirrels in her main lore 🐿🥜

No thank you so much this truly means the world to me that you enjoyed my book 🥹 it was so Important for me to feature not just the historical & cultural elements but also the environmental💚. ive been having a hard time recently but this has really cheered me up. Diolch o galon 🫂