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🍀⛅️🍀Though Fridays and the number 13 have historically been considered ominous, there's no record before the 19th century of #Friday13th being especially unlucky - it seems to be a relatively modern conjunction without a backstory, so don't worry!
#FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
A young woman in peasant clothes knits as her cow grazes nearby.
The titular Little Red Cow not only helps the heroine of this tale escape, provides her beautiful gowns, and cooks the Sunday lunch, but she’s also an enchanted princess! #AnotherCinderella #folkyfriday #FolkloreThursday #donkeyskin #folkloreandfairytales #notdisneyprincess 🎨Jean-Francois Millet
A watercolour painting of a man with beard and hair of green leaves.
During my recent stay in Brittany, I started a new series of paintings inspired by the Green Man. #FolkyFriday
5/ More suggested hashtags to join on a Friday
#FlowersOnFriday
#FlowerboxFriday
#FoxgloveFriday
#FungiFriday
#FollowFriday or #FF
#FolkyFriday
#PhantomsFriday
#PhobiaFriday
#FaustianFriday
5 of 8 #FridayHashtags
Friday
#FallFriday
#FashionFriday
#FaustianFriday
#FeatheredFriday
#FerrousFriday
#FictionFriday
#FindsFriday
#FingerpostFriday
#FishFriday
#FlowersOnFriday
#FolkyFriday
#FollowFriday or #FF
#FontsOnFriday
#FootpathFriday
#FootwearFriday
#ForestFriday
#FossilFriday
In Italy, Friday the 17th is unlucky, likely because 17 is XVII in Roman numerals. Rearranged, it spells vixi, a Latin word meaning "I have lived," which implies death is imminent. Also, in the Bible, the Great Flood happened on the 17th day of the 2nd month. [8/8] #FolkyFriday
Philip II of Macedon—18th King of Macedonia and father of Alexander the Great—was believed to have offended the 12 gods of Olympus by erecting a statue of himself next to statues of them, bringing the total to 13. He was assassinated immediately after, by one of his bodyguards. [7/8] #FolkyFriday
Another reason Greeks consider Tuesday the 13th unlucky is because Constantinople, capital city of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Fourth Crusade on Tuesday the 13th in 1204, and again to the Ottoman Empire on a Tuesday in 1453. The sum of 1+4+5+3 equals 13. [6/8] #FolkyFriday
The number 12 was significant in the Ancient Greek religion, as there were 12 major gods of Olympus. There were also 12 Labors of Hercules, 12 zodiac signs, 12 months, 12 hours of day, and 12 hours of night. The number 13 was an affront to divine perfection. [5/8] #FolkyFriday
Superstition surrounding Tuesday the 13th, and Tuesday in general, is spread throughout Spanish-speaking countries. There's a Spanish saying that translates to "On Tuesday, don't get married, don't get on board (a ship or plane), and don't leave the house." [4/8] #FolkyFriday
Tuesday the 13th is unlucky in Spain and Greece, because Tuesday is dominated by the Greek god of war, Ares. His Roman name, Mars, is the basis for Martes, the Spanish word for Tuesday. The Greek word is Triti, meaning third, and bad luck comes in threes. [3/8] #FolkyFriday
Tuesday the 13th is unlucky in some countries, partly due to the Biblical tale of Babylonians constructing the Tower of Babel to reach Heaven. On Tuesday the 13th, God cursed them to speak different languages so they couldn't communicate to finish it. [2/8] #FolkyFriday
Friday the 13th is considered unlucky due to the Biblical tale of Jesus being betrayed by a trusted apostle. He ate dinner with his 12 apostles, so 13 people sat at the table. He was arrested that night, then crucified the next day, on Friday the 13th. [1/8] #FolkyFriday
🍀🕷️🍀"If you wish to live and thrive, let the Spider run alive." - A traditional English saying born from the belief that spiders bring good fortune.
#FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
Across The Great Divide; Kate Wolf
#FolkyFriday
#NightMusic
#ForestFriday
open.spotify.com/track/1m3li7...
🍀🕷️🍀"If you wish to live and thrive, let the Spider run alive." - A traditional English saying born from the belief that spiders bring good fortune.
#FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
#Werewolf gargoyle at the Cathedrale Notre Dame de Moulins in Moulins, France #PhantomsFriday #FolkyFriday
RP @ansispurins.bsky.social #PhantomsFriday #FolkyFriday
Black and white illustration of two pretty young women, one dark-haired and one fair-haired, standing together. One girl has her finger under the other's chin.
After appearing from inside her hollow golden bull & winning the prince’s heart, the heroine is pushed into a charcoal burner’s pit by his fiancée. She survives & he throws his fiancée on a bonfire. Red flag? #AnotherCinderella #folkyfriday #donkeyskin #notdisneyprincess 🎨Helen Stratton
#FolkyFriday so let's hear them...
open.spotify.com/track/2xchn6...
5/ More suggested hashtags to join on a Friday
#FlowersOnFriday
#FlowerboxFriday
#FoxgloveFriday
#FungiFriday
#FollowFriday or #FF
#FolkyFriday
#PhantomsFriday
#PhobiaFriday
#FaustianFriday
5 of 6 #FridayHashtags
Friday
#FallFriday
#FashionFriday
#FaustianFriday
#FeatheredFriday
#FerrousFriday
#FictionFriday
#FindsFriday
#FingerpostFriday
#FishFriday
#FlowersOnFriday
#FolkyFriday
#FollowFriday or #FF
#FontsOnFriday
#FootpathFriday
#FootwearFriday
#ForestFriday
#FossilFriday
🍀💜🍀Dreaming of violets was said to foretell a change for the better in the dreamer's life.
#FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
Friday
#FallFriday
#FashionFriday
#FaustianFriday
#FeatheredFriday
#FerrousFriday
#FictionFriday
#FindsFriday
#FingerpostFriday
#FishFriday
#FlowersOnFriday
#FolkyFriday
#FollowFriday or #FF
#FontsOnFriday
#FootpathFriday
#FootwearFriday
#ForestFriday
#FossilFriday
Woodland myths endure because forests remain vast and unpredictable. Mystery still lives beneath leaves. #ForestFriday #Friday #FolkyFriday
Art: Sophie Xie
It's funny how dogs and cats know the inside of folks better than other folks do, isn't it?
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Eleanor H. Porter, Pollyanna, 1912
(1868 - 1920)
#FelineFriday
#FolkyFriday
#FidoFriday
link.deezer.com/s/32vgrW9G1m...
Woodlands often mark the boundary between civilization and the unknown. Crossing into them means leaving certainty behind. #ForestFriday #Friday #FolkyFriday
Art: Happy Little Paintings
