Month: January 2019

Hookland 1/12/19 23:26:43

Many old Christmas traditions have fallen away this century. There is little celebration now of Mr. Grimrag, the Master of Sprites, who at this time of year, would send out faeries to whip, scratch and bite bad children. – #CLNolan, 1935 BBC radio talk on the National Programme

Hookland 1/11/19 0:45:47

Some see superstition, see folklore, as a decrepit factory, a broken relic of foolish yesterdays. I see beauty. I see folklore an an undying power. – #MattAdams, 1980 #FolkloreThursday

Hookland 1/11/19 4:14:57

No Hookland child lights their first lantern knowing it is spirit ward. No child above ten lights one without knowing it is exactly that. #Halloween2019 #FolkloreThursday https://t.co/4LktiVhRKw

Hookland 1/11/19 4:49:05

@WitchesUK An old tweet you might like: ‘She wore a badge that read W.I.T.C.H. I asked her what it stood for and she said Women Inspired To Curse Hegemony. She said she is part of the occult resistance to Thatcher.’ ‰ÛÒ Matt Adams, 1981