Sometimes in life we don't even know we are missing something until we have it and then we wondered how we ever lived without it. Welcome to #FolkloreThursdays,
We have to warn you once you go down the rabbit hole of Folklore Thursdays is is nearly impossible to walk away. Where else are you going to learn that kissing a donkey will cure a toothache or that itchy thighs means you may be entering a new bed chamber soon. Ooh la la!
The Twitter account and hashtag were created by Dee Dee Chainey and Willow Winsham and we simply can't get enough of these tidbits of historic folklore.
The blue men of Minch can be found in Scotland. They float atop calm water and, when they spot a ship, call out two… https://t.co/L6mFN0WCCs— Jess Pagan (@Jess Pagan) 1535025909.0
👍It is lucky to meet a left-handed person on any day except Tuesday - then it's an ill omen. A superstition from ar… https://t.co/Ac4n6vcz7R— P J Richards (@P J Richards) 1535616097.0
#FolkloreThursday The phrase "Peeping Tom" comes from the historical story of Lady Godiva, who rode naked through t… https://t.co/FTqllrypzx— Kim (@Kim) 1535012710.0
In some German folklore the act of kissing a donkey is said to be a cure for toothache! And similarly in Greek folk… https://t.co/od0Rr8ebSx— Siân Esther Powell 〓〓🏴 (@Siân Esther Powell 〓〓🏴) 1535642370.0
Single? Itchy thighs? Your luck could be in! If one or both of your thighs itch, it's said that you'll be entering… https://t.co/NdudHpqKwU— 🦉🦇👻🕷️Liza Frankenstein 🇪🇺💙🎃🧟♀️ (@🦉🦇👻🕷️Liza Frankenstein 🇪🇺💙🎃🧟♀️) 1535641863.0
In Appalachian folklore, groups of white moths were believed to be ancestors that sought to provide protection and… https://t.co/0mkaTRf5eX— Sarah Chavez (@Sarah Chavez) 1535647107.0
An ancient Indian custom was to throw balls of clarified butter at statues of their God's ,seeking favour or good f… https://t.co/GmRonP604Z— Diane 💫 (@Diane 💫) 1535014031.0
Mermaids and sirens have appeared in folklore since long before this 13th C. Icelandic depiction. Seductress, preda… https://t.co/FEAkcimeF0— MagpieintheMoonlight (@MagpieintheMoonlight) 1535617716.0
Geez, some of this stuff gets kind of dark.
In the mythology of the Kwakwaka'wakw people of Canada, Dzunuḵ̓wa is an ogress, She is said to kidnap and eat child… https://t.co/vogYj4DjKu— Laura Wattie (@Laura Wattie) 1535616136.0
The #Romans believed that after eating eggs or snails you must break the shells, or pierce them with a spoon, to st… https://t.co/F7AS1gR7Il— Dr Jo Ball (@Dr Jo Ball) 1535013924.0
Removable eyes! The Greek Lamia had children with Zeus, so Hera killed her children and made her eyes forever open… https://t.co/3Sk2rEGBIz— RW Leaven (@RW Leaven) 1535632649.0
And we thought we had it bad with Twitter trolls. People in the olden days were brutal.
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