#folkyfriday — Public Fediverse posts

Yesterday's #wassailing.
Led by the #Eynsham #Morris, villagers processed through the orchard banging pots and pans to scare evil spirits, and singing to wake the apple trees and encourage them to produce a good harvest.

Spicy cider was readily available to everyone present, warmed on a roaring fire. And toast was hung in the trees - a gift for the good spirits. The birds will be pleased. 😀

Long may this ancient #folktradition continue!

#FolkCustoms #FolkloreSunday #folkyfriday #wassail

After wasting his summer doing nothing but making music, a grasshopper is left without any food to harvest come the autumn and learns the hard way that there's a time for work and a time for play in Aesop's fable of 'The Ant and the Grasshopper.' #FolkyFriday

🎨: Milo Winter

#Folklore #Fable #Aesop #AesopsFables #TheAntAndTheGrasshopper #TheGrasshopperAndTheAnts #Grasshopper #Ants #Harvest #MiloWinter

After purchasing all the meat from a butcher who was passing through Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood went to Nottingham in the butcher's place where, disguised as another butcher, he proceeded to sell the meat the poor of the city at a deep discount. #FolkyFriday

🎨: Howard Pyle

#Folklore #Folktale #RobinHood #England #EnglishFolklore #HowardPyle

The Rougarou is a Cajun variation of the French werewolf, the Loup-Garou, that lives in Louisiana's swamps and apparently loves a good party. According to folklore, Rougarous gather in Bayou Goula every year on St. John's Eve to hold a ball known as Le Bal Goula. #FolkyFriday

🎨: Maurice Sand

#Folklore #Rougarou #LoupGarou #Werewolf #StJohnsEve #Midsummer #Lousiana #CajunFolklore

According to the Cornish tale of ‘The Little Cake-Bird,’ Piskeys were known to sneak into the bedrooms of children via the keyhole and then pass over the child's nose in order to control their dreams. #FolkyFriday #FaerieFriday

🎨: Warwick Goble

#Folklore #Fairies #Faeries #FairyTales #Piskeys #Pixies #Dreams #CornishFolklore

Fairies are said to love most types of flowers, though there are exceptions. According to Richard Folkard's 'Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics,' they have a particularly strong dislike of yellow flowers that grow in hedgerows and avoid places where such flowers grow. #FolkyFriday

📷: Sergey Shmidt

#Folklore #Fairies #Flowers #PlantLoreLegendsAndLyrics
#FaerieFriday