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  1. 🐈‍⬛🐍🐈An old English superstition claimed that cats born in May would bring snakes into the house! #FolkyFriday #Caturday #FolkloreSunday

  2. 🐈‍⬛🐍🐈An old English superstition claimed that cats born in May would bring snakes into the house! #FolkyFriday #Caturday #FolkloreSunday

  3. Hannah Maynard was an innovative 19th-century photographer who lived in Victoria, Canada. She created surreal photographs that featured her multiple times in the same image. When her daughters died, Maynard became obsessed with spiritualism in order to speak with their ghosts. #FolkloreSunday

  4. Hannah Maynard was an innovative 19th-century photographer who lived in Victoria, Canada. She created surreal photographs that featured her multiple times in the same image. When her daughters died, Maynard became obsessed with spiritualism in order to speak with their ghosts. #FolkloreSunday

  5. The Tower of London keeps ravens because of a Victorian belief that if ever the Tower is without its ravens, Britain will fall and the Crown with it. Despite only appearing in 1883, this myth may connect back to the Welsh tale of Brân the Blessed #FolkloreSunday 🖼: M. Collins

  6. The Tower of London keeps ravens because of a Victorian belief that if ever the Tower is without its ravens, Britain will fall and the Crown with it. Despite only appearing in 1883, this myth may connect back to the Welsh tale of Brân the Blessed #FolkloreSunday 🖼: M. Collins

  7. The Tower of London keeps ravens because of a Victorian belief that if ever the Tower is without its ravens, Britain will fall and the Crown with it. Despite only appearing in 1883, this myth may connect back to the Welsh tale of Brân the Blessed #FolkloreSunday 🖼: M. Collins

  8. The Tower of London keeps ravens because of a Victorian belief that if ever the Tower is without its ravens, Britain will fall and the Crown with it. Despite only appearing in 1883, this myth may connect back to the Welsh tale of Brân the Blessed #FolkloreSunday

    🖼: M. Collins

  9. The Tower of London keeps ravens because of a Victorian belief that if ever the Tower is without its ravens, Britain will fall and the Crown with it. Despite only appearing in 1883, this myth may connect back to the Welsh tale of Brân the Blessed #FolkloreSunday

    🖼: M. Collins

  10. The Tower of London keeps ravens because of a Victorian belief that if ever the Tower is without its ravens, Britain will fall and the Crown with it. Despite only appearing in 1883, this myth may connect back to the Welsh tale of Brân the Blessed #FolkloreSunday

    🖼: M. Collins

  11. The Tower of London keeps ravens because of a Victorian belief that if ever the Tower is without its ravens, Britain will fall and the Crown with it. Despite only appearing in 1883, this myth may connect back to the Welsh tale of Brân the Blessed #FolkloreSunday

    🖼: M. Collins

  12. The Tower of London keeps ravens because of a Victorian belief that if ever the Tower is without its ravens, Britain will fall and the Crown with it. Despite only appearing in 1883, this myth may connect back to the Welsh tale of Brân the Blessed #FolkloreSunday

    🖼: M. Collins

  13. Among the first mermaids in history is Kulullû, half-man, half-fish, from Mesopotamia. Victorian archeologists wrongfully stated he was the agriculture god Dagon, leading writers like H.P. Lovecraft to wrongfully make Dagon a fish man. But is Kulullû Cthulhu? #FolkloreSunday

  14. Among the first mermaids in history is Kulullû, half-man, half-fish, from Mesopotamia. Victorian archeologists wrongfully stated he was the agriculture god Dagon, leading writers like H.P. Lovecraft to wrongfully make Dagon a fish man. But is Kulullû Cthulhu? #FolkloreSunday

  15. Among the first mermaids in history is Kulullû, half-man, half-fish, from Mesopotamia. Victorian archeologists wrongfully stated he was the agriculture god Dagon, leading writers like H.P. Lovecraft to wrongfully make Dagon a fish man. But is Kulullû Cthulhu? #FolkloreSunday

  16. Among the first mermaids in history is Kulullû, half-man, half-fish, from Mesopotamia. Victorian archeologists wrongfully stated he was the agriculture god Dagon, leading writers like H.P. Lovecraft to wrongfully make Dagon a fish man. But is Kulullû Cthulhu? #FolkloreSunday

  17. Among the first mermaids in history is Kulullû, half-man, half-fish, from Mesopotamia. Victorian archeologists wrongfully stated he was the agriculture god Dagon, leading writers like H.P. Lovecraft to wrongfully make Dagon a fish man. But is Kulullû Cthulhu? #FolkloreSunday

  18. Among the first mermaids in history is Kulullû, half-man, half-fish, from Mesopotamia. Victorian archeologists wrongfully stated he was the agriculture god Dagon, leading writers like H.P. Lovecraft to wrongfully make Dagon a fish man. But is Kulullû Cthulhu? #FolkloreSunday

  19. Among the first mermaids in history is Kulullû, half-man, half-fish, from Mesopotamia. Victorian archeologists wrongfully stated he was the agriculture god Dagon, leading writers like H.P. Lovecraft to wrongfully make Dagon a fish man. But is Kulullû Cthulhu? #FolkloreSunday

  20. Among the first mermaids in history is Kulullû, half-man, half-fish, from Mesopotamia. Victorian archeologists wrongfully stated he was the agriculture god Dagon, leading writers like H.P. Lovecraft to wrongfully make Dagon a fish man. But is Kulullû Cthulhu? #FolkloreSunday

  21. When we think of fairies today, wings immediately come to mind, but this was not always the case: in folklore itself, fairies rarely need wings to fly, instead using magic. It was not until Victorian artists gave them wings that fairies grew wings. #FolkloreSunday 🖼️: G.A. Kay

  22. When we think of fairies today, wings immediately come to mind, but this was not always the case: in folklore itself, fairies rarely need wings to fly, instead using magic. It was not until Victorian artists gave them wings that fairies grew wings. #FolkloreSunday 🖼️: G.A. Kay

  23. When we think of fairies today, wings immediately come to mind, but this was not always the case: in folklore itself, fairies rarely need wings to fly, instead using magic. It was not until Victorian artists gave them wings that fairies grew wings. #FolkloreSunday 🖼️: G.A. Kay

  24. When we think of fairies today, wings immediately come to mind, but this was not always the case: in folklore itself, fairies rarely need wings to fly, instead using magic. It was not until Victorian artists gave them wings that fairies grew wings. #FolkloreSunday

    🖼️: G.A. Kay

  25. When we think of fairies today, wings immediately come to mind, but this was not always the case: in folklore itself, fairies rarely need wings to fly, instead using magic. It was not until Victorian artists gave them wings that fairies grew wings. #FolkloreSunday

    🖼️: G.A. Kay

  26. When we think of fairies today, wings immediately come to mind, but this was not always the case: in folklore itself, fairies rarely need wings to fly, instead using magic. It was not until Victorian artists gave them wings that fairies grew wings. #FolkloreSunday

    🖼️: G.A. Kay

  27. When we think of fairies today, wings immediately come to mind, but this was not always the case: in folklore itself, fairies rarely need wings to fly, instead using magic. It was not until Victorian artists gave them wings that fairies grew wings. #FolkloreSunday

    🖼️: G.A. Kay

  28. When we think of fairies today, wings immediately come to mind, but this was not always the case: in folklore itself, fairies rarely need wings to fly, instead using magic. It was not until Victorian artists gave them wings that fairies grew wings. #FolkloreSunday

    🖼️: G.A. Kay

  29. 🌺📜🌺Floriography - the language of flowers - was popular in the Victorian era. "I am thinking of you" was conveyed by a gift of Pansies, whose name derives from the French pensée (thought). #FolkloreSunday

  30. 🌺📜🌺Floriography - the language of flowers - was popular in the Victorian era. "I am thinking of you" was conveyed by a gift of Pansies, whose name derives from the French pensée (thought). #FolkloreSunday

  31. 🌊🌙🌊"Pale rays of light tiptoed across the waters; and by and by there was to be heard a sound at once the most musical and the most melancholy in the world: the mermaids calling to the moon". 📖J. M. Barrie - Peter Pan. #BookWormSat #FolkloreSunday

  32. 🌊🌙🌊"Pale rays of light tiptoed across the waters; and by and by there was to be heard a sound at once the most musical and the most melancholy in the world: the mermaids calling to the moon". 📖J. M. Barrie - Peter Pan. #BookWormSat #FolkloreSunday

  33. 🥀🖤🥀'Night and Sleep' - by Evelyn De Morgan - shows Night guiding her son Sleep through a dusky sky, as he scatters poppies over the land. #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

  34. 🥀🖤🥀'Night and Sleep' - by Evelyn De Morgan - shows Night guiding her son Sleep through a dusky sky, as he scatters poppies over the land. #WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday

  35. According to folklore, when Merlin prophesized that a baby born on May 1st of that year would destroy King Arthur, Arthur ordered all the British babies born on that day to be placed into a little boat and pushed out to sea. All drowned in a storm except one - the newborn Mordred. #FolkloreSunday

  36. A May wedding as bad luck has two origins: one, that May was the month of Lemuria, the Feast of the Dead, meaning a marriage would end with a widow; the other is Gaelic, with women leaving home to watch the livestock after Beltane while the men farmed. #FolkloreSunday

  37. A May wedding as bad luck has two origins: one, that May was the month of Lemuria, the Feast of the Dead, meaning a marriage would end with a widow; the other is Gaelic, with women leaving home to watch the livestock after Beltane while the men farmed. #FolkloreSunday

  38. A May wedding as bad luck has two origins: one, that May was the month of Lemuria, the Feast of the Dead, meaning a marriage would end with a widow; the other is Gaelic, with women leaving home to watch the livestock after Beltane while the men farmed. #FolkloreSunday

  39. A May wedding as bad luck has two origins: one, that May was the month of Lemuria, the Feast of the Dead, meaning a marriage would end with a widow; the other is Gaelic, with women leaving home to watch the livestock after Beltane while the men farmed. #FolkloreSunday

  40. A May wedding as bad luck has two origins: one, that May was the month of Lemuria, the Feast of the Dead, meaning a marriage would end with a widow; the other is Gaelic, with women leaving home to watch the livestock after Beltane while the men farmed. #FolkloreSunday

  41. A May wedding as bad luck has two origins: one, that May was the month of Lemuria, the Feast of the Dead, meaning a marriage would end with a widow; the other is Gaelic, with women leaving home to watch the livestock after Beltane while the men farmed. #FolkloreSunday

  42. A May wedding as bad luck has two origins: one, that May was the month of Lemuria, the Feast of the Dead, meaning a marriage would end with a widow; the other is Gaelic, with women leaving home to watch the livestock after Beltane while the men farmed. #FolkloreSunday

  43. A May wedding as bad luck has two origins: one, that May was the month of Lemuria, the Feast of the Dead, meaning a marriage would end with a widow; the other is Gaelic, with women leaving home to watch the livestock after Beltane while the men farmed. #FolkloreSunday

  44. In one of England's great folklore crossovers, the Devil's Punchbowl in Surrey was formed when the Norse god Thor, annoyed at the Devil jumping over the Devil's Jumps, threw the earth at him, thus creating the Punchbowl. #FolkloreSunday

  45. In one of England's great folklore crossovers, the Devil's Punchbowl in Surrey was formed when the Norse god Thor, annoyed at the Devil jumping over the Devil's Jumps, threw the earth at him, thus creating the Punchbowl. #FolkloreSunday

  46. In one of England's great folklore crossovers, the Devil's Punchbowl in Surrey was formed when the Norse god Thor, annoyed at the Devil jumping over the Devil's Jumps, threw the earth at him, thus creating the Punchbowl. #FolkloreSunday

  47. In one of England's great folklore crossovers, the Devil's Punchbowl in Surrey was formed when the Norse god Thor, annoyed at the Devil jumping over the Devil's Jumps, threw the earth at him, thus creating the Punchbowl. #FolkloreSunday

  48. In one of England's great folklore crossovers, the Devil's Punchbowl in Surrey was formed when the Norse god Thor, annoyed at the Devil jumping over the Devil's Jumps, threw the earth at him, thus creating the Punchbowl. #FolkloreSunday