Hookland 11/3/21 23:24:52

We have our Harvest Queen and Winter King. We‰Ûªve scythe saints, our reaping rites. Tell me again the lie that this modern age of Ferguson-Brown tractors and crystal radios on kitchen tables has no need for folklore. – #CLNolan, from a 1936 BBC radio talk #FolkloreThursday

ReptonGuide 11/2/21 1:24:06

People say the first female-only prison was Woking. Rubbish. Repton had the first female-only prison with hulk that was the former HMS Formidable. Where do you think the slang ‰Û÷Formidable femmes‰Ûª comes from? – Katy Ridge

Hookland 11/2/21 0:19:08

Stories accumulate around witches. We‰Ûªre never just some girl you used to know. We‰Ûªre your projected fears, we‰Ûªre where you pin uncomfortable desires. We‰Ûªve centuries of being used to it, but that doesn‰Ûªt reduce its wrongness. Nor our anger. – #EmilyBanting #WitchWednesday

Hookland 11/2/21 0:43:33

@BenjaminGearey @wetfutures @SJFTremoribus Mirefolk. The Empress Eel. Marsh Apes. Willo-the-Whisps in all their 87 different regional names. The Lilly Harvesters. The Drowned Dead. Free Trading ghosts. Stay Belows.

Hookland 11/2/21 1:13:00

For I am a witch and I know the song to sing the ashes of the dead. I know the song that will call them to pull themselves together as cloud of vengeance. Do not make me breathe deeply and purse my lips. – #EmilyBanting #WitchWednesday

Hookland 11/2/21 2:42:43

Mother Maidenhead, Mother Cox, Mother Borton who haunts the docks Mother Bloomfield, Mother Cate, Mother Horking who shuts fast the gate Mother Ford, Young Mother Farm, Mother Bliss who works the black charm – Trad. Hookland witch-list rhyme #WitchWednesday