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Showing posts with label
folklore
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01 February 2018
Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit
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Ready or not, here comes the foreteller who lives within the hedgerow.
25 January 2018
A Cure for All Care
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SlĂ inte mhath! January 25 is Burns Night, the annual observation of the birth and cultural contributions of Scotland’s most famous bard.
04 December 2017
Of Love and Cookies
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Hands down, baking batches (and batches and batches) of cookies is our second favorite dessert-related pastime.
02 February 2017
O Fortuna
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Today is the day of predictive cloud coverage, animals awakening on specific dates, and remembrances of fortuitous historic happenings.
23 January 2017
Best Laid Schemes
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One score and three years ago, we hosted our first Burns Supper, a celebration of the great Scottish poet, Robert Burns (1759-1796).
30 April 2016
Merry May Day
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For some, the idea of throwing a spring-themed party prompts the distress call, "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!"
01 April 2016
Apple Fools Day
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"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." – William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 5, Sce...
28 March 2016
Ding, Dong, Dyngus Day
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Happy Wet Monday! Roll out that barrel of Zyviec, set out plates of leftover Easter fare, put some polkas on the turntable, and let the dr...
20 March 2016
An Egg and the Green Goddess
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The mystical powers held by the vernal equinox are upon us. Let us gather some of the usual springtime myths and put them in the limelight....
15 March 2016
In the St. Paddy's Day Pink
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Saint Patrick's Day is fast approaching. And as in the case of most cataclysmic social events, the time is nigh to draft a civilized d...
29 February 2016
Leap Day Leap of Faith
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Today is National Leap Day, a day that exists for purely astronomical reasons.
11 February 2016
Oh, the rangoons!
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February 14 is fast approaching, and throughout America, committed couples, harried parents and singles alike are cursing this day of rom...
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