Myth-weaver, Countess of Curls from Tír fo Thuinn, sharing enchanting and spooky tales with a sprinkle of magic. http://buymeacoffee.com/niftybuckles https://x.com/NiftyBuckles Follow me on Mastodon @NiftyBuckles
12 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
May 12th marks National Limerick Day in the U.K. This includes riddles and rhymes. Most nursery rhymes manifest from the times they were written in. Several Nursery Rhymes reflect famine, poverty, sickness and even death. Everything is not always ro...
5 May 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Nifty Buckles
Cinco de May Day. It is commemorated annually on May 5th by Mexicans. May 5th marks the victory of the Mexican people over Napoleon and his one hundred and eleventh army. The 1862 battle was fought at Pueblo Mexico. This battle united the Mexican peo...
1 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
The German festival of Walpurgisnacht, is April 30th similar to the UK Walpurgis or Beltane which runs from April 30th to May 3rd. It is also known as Lady Day or May Day in Germany. Walpurgis night 2018 photo credited to Karina Hessland In the...
26 Apr 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
Spring has arrived even if you dwell in a cooler climate, instead of April showers you may experience an April snowfall. Be grateful anyways, the soil is thirsty and moisture is the kiss of life to our beautiful planet or ginormous, green turtle if y...
30 Mar 2021 5 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
Hi folks! Hope you're all having a good week. Do you like porridge? Porridge is considered a heart healthy food by the American Heart Association. As a child I pretty much grew up on porridge for breakfast. I spent most of my days outside playing amo...
21 Mar 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
The Spring Equinox March ushers in a joyful Spring celebration. Watch out for the full Storm moon on March 28th! or a bit of March madness may nab you. The word March is from the Roman word 'Maritus,' meaning War. The historic event The Ides of March...
17 Mar 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
Shamrock, Gaelic seamarog is the little seamar a three leaf clover, a trefoil. Pagan version: Ancient bards professed that it was an object of reverence with the legendary race of Tuath-de-Danaan. The triple spiral symbol, or Triskelion, occurs at s...
23 Feb 2021 3 minute read 4 comments Nifty Buckles
British Robin Hood was he an early fore-bearer to Cryptocurrency? Retrieving and returning silver or gold coins from the rich masters who stole from the poor hard working folks. Gold and silver coins of Richard II London, in the British Museum Most...
5 Feb 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
Hi Folks! Hope your all having a fine week. Today I'm writing on one of my Favorite Folk Tales, Telling The Bees. What would we do without bees? Their one of Gaia’s major pollinators. Researchers today claim without bees humanity will cease to exist...
2 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
Groundhog Day, originated from North America & Europe. In North American weather lore, a Banded Woolybear Caterpillar or Isabella Tiger Moth or Pyrrharctia isabella (J.E. Smith, 1797 was used in place of a groundhog to predict the near future, weath...
