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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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
