Month: February 2020

@wilsonlawrence7 No. The grimoire was originally written/collated/commissioned (depends on which history of the tome you believe) by a member of De Barry family who found himself in exile in France, hence the use of the family arms, though the crest gets a symbolic translation in the book.

No. The grimoire was originally written/collated/commissioned (depends on which history of the tome you believe) by a member of De Barry family who found himself in exile in France, hence the use of the family arms, though the crest gets a symbolic translation in the book.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) April 1, 2020

@wilsonlawrence7 You will of course notice the non-traditional elements in the crest. Including a nod to the ‘GG’ of Masonic lore.

You will of course notice the non-traditional elements in the crest. Including a nod to the 'GG' of Masonic lore.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) April 1, 2020

Have you noticed Nokes how brittle intellectualism gets when smacked in the chops with a good story, fear and the collapse of daylight? ‰ÛÒ #DICallaghan

Have you noticed Nokes how brittle intellectualism gets when smacked in the chops with a good story, fear and the collapse of daylight? – #DICallaghan

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) April 2, 2020

@ChrisJosiffe Mike in his Wise-As-Yoda phase.

Mike in his Wise-As-Yoda phase.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) April 2, 2020

Outsiders always speculate on the secretive folklore surrounding the Fathom Brides of Spitstone, but folklore often likes to keep its mystery, likes to keep its meaning hidden deep. #FolkloreThursday https://t.co/yDeHZwWLnW

Outsiders always speculate on the secretive folklore surrounding the Fathom Brides of Spitstone, but folklore often likes to keep its mystery, likes to keep its meaning hidden deep. #FolkloreThursday pic.twitter.com/yDeHZwWLnW

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) April 2, 2020

@burdellen_ @thomashworth This seems an unlikely turn of events.

This seems an unlikely turn of events.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) April 2, 2020

Many cunning folk and witches were said to have the power to send out a fetch – a form of spirit-double – to achieve various actions. However, it was claimed only those born with a caul could make their fetch assume the shape of an animal. ‰ÛÒ George Kindred, 1965 #FolkloreThursday

Many cunning folk and witches were said to have the power to send out a fetch – a form of spirit-double – to achieve various actions. However, it was claimed only those born with a caul could make their fetch assume the shape of an animal. – George Kindred, 1965 #FolkloreThursday

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) April 2, 2020

@mulhollandrew Law of unintended consequence though … https://t.co/GzRlDXjhLq

Law of unintended consequence though … pic.twitter.com/GzRlDXjhLq

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) April 2, 2020

@anna_chorlton @FolkloreThurs Give her time, possibly a bit of training, it will come.

Give her time, possibly a bit of training, it will come.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) April 2, 2020

The Pope Paper company of Repton was responsible for printing the paper theatre sheets of characters and props that some parents in the 1880s claimed were ‰Û÷haunted‰Ûª or ‰Û÷cursed‰Ûª.

The Pope Paper company of Repton was responsible for printing the paper theatre sheets of characters and props that some parents in the 1880s claimed were ‘haunted’ or ‘cursed’.

— ReptonGuide (@ReptonGuide) March 1, 2020