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Ghosts of Glanmore House

13 Oct 2022 3 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles

The link to my new podcast https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/pn454VhP5tb October has now arrived ushering, in long shadows, chillier nights, dazzling, colored leaves, and a parade of flame-orange Cinderella pumpkins. Flame-orange Cinderella Pumpk...

Fascinating Fairy Rings

10 Aug 2022 5 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-atewn-128f775 Top of the evening to yah folks, wherever you may be.Welcome to Nifty Buckles Folklore Podcast.I am your host Nifty Buckles. Move over Crop circles! Hello Fairy Rings! On today’s podcast we journey into an...

Lughnasadh/Lammas Traditions of Celtic Pagan Festival ~ On August 1st

31 Jul 2022 3 minute read 1 comment Nifty Buckles

  Listen to my Nifty Buckles Folklore Podcast please click on the link. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/niftybuckles/lammas-lughnasdah-ancient-celtic-harvest-festival Lughnasadh pronounced Loo-NAS-ah  is an ancient Celtic, early pagan, harvest festival...

Crossroads: A Supernatural Journey

8 Jul 2022 3 minute read 2 comments Nifty Buckles

Have you journeyed onto the crossroads at night? #Crossroads are flooded with dark folklore and urban legends from deals with the devil, summoning deities to drivers being abducted by the Melon Heads   Let’s begin our supernatural journey to the cros...

Happy Krampus Night!

6 Dec 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Nifty Buckles

In Europe and other places around the world, the Pagan Wild Beast, Krampus arrives tonight! In German Krampusnacht translates in English as (Krampus Night) which happens annually on December fifth and the "ferocious beast" will be out accompany old S...

Friday The 13th Superstition

13 Aug 2021 3 minute read 0 comments Nifty Buckles

This famous superstition happened on Friday, 13 October 1307, on this day, King Philip IV of France arrested and tortured hundreds of the Knights Templar. Many of the Knights Templar just vanished! They were a special forces unit that were highly ski...

World Goth Day May 22nd 2021.

21 May 2021 3 minute read 2 comments Nifty Buckles

Each year on May 22nd World Goth Day is celebrated internationally. Notre Dame Catholic Cathedral comes to mind when I think of Gothic architecture. It is unfortunate that the lead roof and oak spire began to burn up from a fire that was caused by ne...

Cinco De Mayo Day

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...

Telling The Bees - Old Folklore Custom

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...

Groundhog Day Origins

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...