http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/-t1.htm Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:19:29 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/gothic/logo.png http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/-t1.htm http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/weather-lores-t119.htm Silver Tigress Olde Weather Lores A blustering night is followed by a fair day. A cold May and windy Makes a full barn and *findy (*solid) A dry May and a dripping June bring all things into tune. A fair day in winter is the mother of a storm. A green (or mild) winter makes a full churchyard. A large crop of hips and hawthorn berries in autumn heralds a harsh winter ahead. A mackerel sky is never long dry. Bees always return to their hives before a ... Folk Lore Sat, 10 Jan 2009 13:19:29 GMT http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/weather-lores-t119.htm#131 http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/weather-lores-t119.htm http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/omens-of-witches-brews-t86.htm Silver Tigress Omens of Witches Brews Author(s) Unknown If a Witch's brew continues to boil after it has been removed from the fire, it is said to be a sign that the Witch will live to be a ripe old age! This omen originated in Europe in the Middle Ages. A quarrel with a friend or family member is portended if a Witch's brew should accidentally be spilled on the carpet. However, it is said to be a sign of good luck to accidentally spill some upon yourself. It ... Folk Lore Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:56:03 GMT http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/omens-of-witches-brews-t86.htm#87 http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/omens-of-witches-brews-t86.htm http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/british-new-year-traditions-t80.htm Silver Tigress The first person to cross your threshold after midnight brings luck into the house. In medieval Britain, the best possible first-footer was a tall dark-haired handsome man, who brought gifts of whisky, bread, a piece of coal or firewood and a silver coin. He entered in silence and no one spoke to him until he put the coal on the fire, poured a glass for the head of the house and wished everyone a Happy New Year. To this day it is customary for a dark-haired man to knock at doors with an ... Folk Lore Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:25:32 GMT http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/british-new-year-traditions-t80.htm#81 http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/british-new-year-traditions-t80.htm http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/when-a-ring-s-around-the-moon-t69.htm Silver Tigress When a Ring's Around the Moon The wee folk will be tripping, In their silver dancing shoon, Ring-around-the-meadow, When the ring's around the moon. Curtsy to the right and left, And curtsy to the middle--- The fiddler will be fiddling On his tiny fairy fiddle; In and out and round about, A magick circle making: The pipers will be piping 'Til their tiny throats are aching. Oh, few may watch the wee ones dance, For fairy guards are spying, And down ... Folk Lore Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:41:41 GMT http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/when-a-ring-s-around-the-moon-t69.htm#70 http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/when-a-ring-s-around-the-moon-t69.htm http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/halcyon-days-t68.htm Silver Tigress Tomorrow will be my dancing day, I would my true love would so chance, to see the legend of my play, to call my true love to my dance. Sing, O my love, O my love, my love, my love. This have I done for my true love. ~ Traditional Carol ~ In Greece, this was the period called the halcyon days - the weeks before and after the winter solstice. The name comes from that of an ancient heroine, Halcyone, who loved a fisherman named Ceyx. A dream told her that her beloved ... Folk Lore Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:35:53 GMT http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/halcyon-days-t68.htm#69 http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/halcyon-days-t68.htm http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/friday-cat-spell-t30.htm Silver Tigress Fae Friday Cat Spell According to a French superstition, you don't see many cats on Friday because they go to Finisterre to report to the devil after spending the week spying on human families. (Finisterre is the westernmost region of Brittany, a place with strong ties to a Celtic past.) Because such negative beliefs are often inversions of old traditions resulting from the church's attempt to put down the old religions, this may be a survival of a Pagan belief that ... Folk Lore Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:32:20 GMT http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/friday-cat-spell-t30.htm#31 http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/friday-cat-spell-t30.htm http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/elves-d-j-conway-t29.htm Silver Tigress Elves By the fern brake, deep and shady, There I met an elfin lady. Dressed in cobweb silk and flowers, There she whiled away the hours, Waiting until dark. On the soft green moss beside her, Lay a baby wrapped in eider. Skin so fair and hair like midnight, The lady watched the coming twilight, Waiting till ‘twas dark. Silently, I sat beside her, Hoping for some words to gather in my numb and startled mind. Said the lady, You’re most kind ... Folk Lore Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:30:16 GMT http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/elves-d-j-conway-t29.htm#30 http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/elves-d-j-conway-t29.htm http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/the-weather-t26.htm Silver Tigress Whether the weather be fine
Or whether the weather be not
Whether the weather be cold
Or whether the weather be hot
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather
Whether we like it or not.]]> Folk Lore Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:26:00 GMT http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/the-weather-t26.htm#27 http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/the-weather-t26.htm http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/friday-the-thirteenth-t15.htm Silver Tigress Friday 13 And The Most Widespread Superstition The sixth day of the week and the number 13 both have foreboding reputations said to date from ancient times; their inevitable conjunction from one to three times a year portends more misfortune than some credulous minds can bear. Folklorists say it's probably the most widespread superstition in America and the UK (and no doubt in other parts of the world, as well) - some people won't go to work on Friday the 13th; some won't eat in ... Folk Lore Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:53:28 GMT http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/friday-the-thirteenth-t15.htm#16 http://beyondthemists.forumotion.com/folk-lore-f1/friday-the-thirteenth-t15.htm