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
31 Dec 2020 3 minute read 1 comment Nifty Buckles
Beannaichte Hogmanay! Happy New Year! The Scottish celebration of Hogmanay is close at hand. Hogmanay is the Gaelic word for the last day of the year, celebrated on New Year’s eve. This is the time of year when Celtic folks in Scotland gather togeth...
18 Dec 2020 3 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
Yuletide folklore would not be the same without Iceland’s 13 Yule lads & Grýla the Mountain Troll & the Yule Cat. Yule Lads or (Icelandic: jólasveinarnir or jólasveinar) the countdown begins! Hold the Ho ho ho! Santa Claus move over the 13 Icelandic...
15 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
A very unusual story was revealed in the Icelandic newspaper, called Fréttablaðið. Meaning in English, frétt (“news”) + blað (“paper”) concerning some lava stone that a British tourist returned home with him a few years ago. According to the story...
4 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
Krampusnacht or Krampus night in (English ) originated in Bavaria, it's a winter festival celebrated on the eve of December the 5th an early pagan custom. People dress in Krampus masks and wear furry sheepskin,costumes with attached chains parading...
1 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
November 1st & 2nd Mexicans celebrate The Day of the Dead by remembering and honoring their deceased ancestors. Mexicans revere their dead ancestors with rich, authentic, and colorful traditions such as La Catrina - skeleton lady, festivals, parades...
31 Oct 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Nifty Buckles
Happy Halloween! According to Scottish #catlore the arrival of a strange black cat sitting on your front porch is a sign of good fortune. In Ireland & England it is regarded as good luck to see a black cat, on your wedding day. or at the start of a...
31 Oct 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Nifty Buckles
Halloween is tonight look to the sky! October is sporting two full Moons this Month: the full Harvest Moon on October 1 and the full Hunter’s Moon which is a Blue Moon on the 31st Halloween or Samhain. A bit of moonlore: To rid oneself o...
31 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! BLESSED SAMHAIN Ascribing to Celtic catlore, a faery cat is called ‘Cait Sidhe,’ In Scotland it’s termed Cait Sith. is a spectral cat known to spook the Scottish highlanders. Cait Sidhe guards entrance into the netherworld...
26 Oct 2020 2 minute read 2 comments Nifty Buckles
Hold onto your heads! The Halloween/Samhain countdown continues... 5 more days! The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a short fictional story crafted by Washington Irving in 1820. It was based on folklore of the American Revolution. A Hessian soldier was d...
16 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles
The Cunning folk of old and ancient Druids kept much tree knowledge and treelore they respected nature. The Sycamore in the U.K. is a cousin to the North American maple tree also known as the Western Plane-tree. illustration of a sacred grove u...
