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Nessie is Back
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Another sighting on 3, June 2020 is an epic, of monstrous proportions. It becomes the fifth sighting this year,...
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Kelty Coal Race
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Towards the end of the 1800’s coal miners in Kelty, Fife, Scotland, would run home with lumps of coal, ‘rakers’ & ‘clugs’, at the end...
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Blackening Of The Bride And Groom Or Reschtach
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The Celtic custom of, ” blackening or Reschtach” is probably thought to be one of the more barbaric rituals...
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Sinister Nursery Rhymes
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“Rock-a bye baby, in the tree tops When the wind blows the cradle will rock When the bough breaks...
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Jumping The Broom Or Besom
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The earliest mention of this custom appears to come from the Celts in the early eighteenth century. It seems...
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The Fiery Cross Or Crann Tara
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Scotland was a dominate Roman Catholic country, so it is no revelation, to learn that the, “cross” figured a...
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Sinister Nursery Rhymes
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“Three blind mice, three blind mice, See how they run, see how they run ! They all ran after...
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Sinister Nursery Rhymes
louisa, , Customs/Superstitions, 0
“Ring A Ring of Roses A pocket full of posies A-tish-oo, a-tish-oo We all fall down” This rhyme...
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