Llandaff Ghost Walk
Llandaff Ghost Walk On Friday night, 20th April 2012, I went on this walk with some friends and others. We …
Category Archives: History
Lammas
Today is Lammas, a name that derives from the Old-English hlafmaesse, which means ‘loaf-mass’. August 1st is also known as Lughnasadh or …
Flowers, folklore and folk-medicine
Our Fathers of Old Excellent herbs had our fathers of old – Excellent herbs to ease their pain – Alexanders …
The Calendar
Time to change your calendars and diaries over! Happy new calendar day for MMXI! The Sun and the Year It …
13th October 1307…
At dawn on 13th October 1307, the simultaneous arrest of all the Knights Templar in France occurred, on the orders …
Comets
“Comets are long-haired stars with flames, appearing suddenly, and presaging a change in sovereignty, or plague, or war, or winds …
Catching up, customs, celebrations.
Catching up… With the return to work last week, research and blogging has had to take a back seat, especially …
Fruitful art?
Arty things Well, I’ve just scanned in and added a pen and watercolour wash illustration of crab apples to yesterday’s …
Apples and Brambles
I’ve chosen apples and brambles for today’s blog as they always seem to go together. I noticed the blackberries on …
Beech and Sycamore Plant-lore
A bit more trolling round the world weird web, as well as my reference books, for information on some of …
