Scottish Halloween Plants: Folklore, Divination and Protection
Scottish Halloween Plants were woven into customs of protection, fortune-telling and seasonal...
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Category: Nature Lore
Witch’s Broom: Folklore Behind the Strange Growth on Trees
Around the corner from my house, there is a birch tree filled with what looks like giant nests I...
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Frogs and Toads in Scottish Folklore: Weather, Healing and Hidden Magic
Frogs and Toads in Scottish Folklore hold an awkward, liminal place in the rural imagination....
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Bats in Scottish Folklore: Superstitions, Witches, and Restless Souls
Bats in Scottish folklore have long haunted the shadowy boundary between daylight and total...
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Hares in Scottish Folklore: Witchcraft, Omens, and Shape-Shifting Hags
Hares in Scottish Folklore have been treated with suspicion and fear. These quiet creatures of...
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Cats in Scottish Folklore: Cait Sith, Clan Slogans and Cures
Cats in Scottish folklore have long been maligned, feared, and held in dark regard. In the...
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