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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 19h

😈 Ten days vanished! On October 15, 1582. The Gregorian calendar took effect in parts of Europe: October 4th was followed by October 15th. The Devil looks suspiciously pleased with that trick! 😈 16 days until Halloween! #31DaysofHalloween 🎃 #HalloweenCountdown

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 19h

15 October is Kuprian and Ustinya in the Russian folk calendar a day to seek protection from witchcraft and evil spirits. Legend tells how the magician Cyprian sent demons against Justina, whose prayers defeated his spells. He later converted to Christianity. #SlavicFolklore #OnThisDay

Saint Justina of Antioch defeating a winged demon (alongside the magician Cyprian orchestrating the devils in the background).
art by Jacques de Besançon. (circa 1480–1490).

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 19h

#FolkloreThursday #AncientRome 🐎 On 15 October, ancient Rome honoured Mars with the October Horse ritual. After a chariot race, the winning team’s right-hand horse was sacrificed. The Subura and Via Sacra then fought over its head—a grisly neighbourhood trophy. #TheOctoberHorse 🏇🩸🗡️

🎨 "The Chariot Race," by Alexander von Wagner. Circa 1882.

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 19h

📜 In 1582, people in several Catholic countries went to bed on October 4th and woke up on October 15th, the Gregorian calendar reform erased ten dates overnight. And we think October flies by! 🎃👻 🎨The Italian School. #GregorianCalendar

Discussion of the calendar reform under Pope Gregory XIII (1502-85) replaced by the Gregorian Calendar, Rome. Art by The Italian School.

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Wyrd Wednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Thank you for a fantastic gloomy #WyrdWednesday! We enjoyed your stories, folklore, and art about the Dark Arts. We will announce a new topic next week. Stay safe and don't upset any otherworldly beings 👁️

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Evil Scary Hallway Ghost

ALT: Evil Scary Hallway Ghost

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Author Martha Perez @marthaperezbook.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

FASCINATING, UPROARIOUS, AND LEGENDARY BOOKS. STORIES FOR EVERYONE! Visit my website www.marthaperez.info AND AUTHOR PAGE. #Romance #bookworm #darkshortstories #ebook #motivational #hardcover #paperback #bookaddict #heartfelt #thrillersuspense "CHECK OUT MY CAPTIVATING BOOKS"

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🎃𝕷𝖎𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝕷𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖈𝖗𝖆𝖋𝖙🎃 @austereluna.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Today's #Halloween #tea is 'Lovecraft' from Adagio Teas. Black tea, orange, blue cornflowers, vanilla, bergamot, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, cardamom, marigold flowers, natural creme & pumpkin spice flavors. I wish the spices were a bit stronger but still a nice tea!☕️🎃 #TeaTime #teasky #AfternoonTea

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#RAWS My Halloween witch avatar honours Scotland’s witch-trial victims (1563–1736). My mother’s family is Scottish, so this remembrance is close to my💜 The tartan is a memorial; RAWS means Remembering the Accused Witches of Scotland. #RememberingTheAccusedWitchesOfScotland www.raws.scot

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#WyrdWednesday #Chirognomy The palm of the hand represents life’s road map, the directions one has taken or is soon to take. The divinatory art of Chirognomy is based on the secrets & symbols that lie literally in the palm of your hand. 🎨 "The Practice of Palmistry as told by Stone and Violet"

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#WyrdWednesday 🍵🫖 Uncover the mystical world of #Tasseomancy also called Tasseography. This ancient practice believes the drinker's energy infuses the tea, revealing secrets & predicting the future. Swirl, sip, & seek the truth in the leaves 🌿 #Spirituality #TeaLeafReading 🫖🌿

Reading Tea Leaves’ by Harry Herman Roseland (1906) Public domain

Te Leaf Reading Photo by MochaSwirl on Commons. Wikimedia.

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#WyrdWednesday #Necromancy 💀 Oracle of the Dead, Ephyra: a Greek nekromanteion. Homer’s Odysseus sought the spirits here and faced underworld visions. Pilgrims braved ritual darkness and offerings to consult the dead. Source: Daniel Ogden, Greek and Roman Necromancy #OracleoftheDead

📸 "GRC-10," is "catisonthetable" on Flickr.

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#WyrdWednesday 💧🔮 #Hydromancy Nostradamus, Renaissance seer, used hydromancy: a brass vessel of water, tiny pebbles for ripples, then a trance to read the future in the shifting surface. Anythingelsemancy at its most fluid. 🌊✨ 🎨 Michel Nostradame (Nostradamus) (1502-66) c.1840 ) French School

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Annie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Autumn Term 1934. Colwall Court School of Domestic Economy, Pages Avenue, Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. #WyrdWednesday

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Give me an old book over a crystal ball any day! Bibliomancy is a personal favorite. Close your eyes, let your thumb flick through the pages, and drop a finger down blind. It’s wild how often the page answers back with exactly what you need. #WyrdWednesday #Bibliomancy #Divination #FolkWitch

A tall stack of antique hardcover books with aged, yellowed pages, topped by an open volume lit warmly against a dark shadow.

Creative Commons Photograph:
https://flic.kr/p/7XifPB
Photographer: Sarah Browning

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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The 16th-century magician John Dee believed angels could communicate through a special language revealed during his sessions with Edward Kelley. The resulting material became known as Enochian. #WyrdWednesday

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The Swamp Wytch @theswampwytch.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

For “anythingelsemancy,” I read stones by scent. Catching a rock's aroma reveals its energetic work: folk charms, altar placement, or healing. A whiff of its energies tells me what work the stone does and where its medicine belongs. #WyrdWednesday #Clairalience #FolkWitch #Wyrd

A colorful assortment of smooth, polished stones, agates, and mineral specimens showing varied natural bands, earthy tones, and translucent hues.

Creative Commons Photo:
https://flic.kr/p/98Ysu5
Photographer: Ian Sutton - with caption "Minerals mostly collected from the Bowen Basin."

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RaggaMog (Morri-Arty) @raggamog.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

In Celtic lore, the Morrigan is a goddess of war, destiny, death, and sovereignty. She actively shapes the outcome of wars by instilling psychological terror, manipulating emotions, and delivering chillingly accurate prophecies of doom or victory, and hovers over the dead as a crow. #WyrdWednesday

An original artwork of a crow with a full moon beneath a starlit sky. Created using acrylic paints on A3 board.

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Dirk Puehl @wunderkammertales.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026

“Thus were they penned There crying, and before them Circe tossed Acorns and mast and cornel fruit for food, Such things as wallowing pigs are wont to eat.” (Homer) 🎨 Brighton Riviere “Circé aux cochons” (1896) #WyrdWednesday

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Rhamanta is an old #Welsh word for DIY divination. In 1896, Rev Elias Owen recounts an unpleasant ritual witnessed by a woman while it was actually being carried out. For reasons that will become obvious, Owen named neither party. It’s worth quoting in full because it’s not long... #WyrdWednesday

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Cacklin'.W. Reeve @cwreeve.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Necromancy, a 1972 American supernatural horror film directed by Bert I. Gordon and starring Orson Welles. The plot follows Cato, an enigmatic cult leader in a small California town who attempts to harness the powers of a local woman to resurrect his dead son. Look at that artwork! #WyrdWednesday

A poster for the 1972 film Necromancy, showing a pair of eyes imposed over two trees and a congregation of worshippers, and two coffins below. One coffin contains a cadaver, the other, a living, screaming person.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 14/10/2026

For @socantscot.bsky.social, 2023: 2 case studies by Louise Yeoman & Julian Goodare 1) the 1568 political conspiracy of Sir William Stewart of Luthrie, in which he summoned a spirit called “Obirion” 2) Ritchie Graham of North Berwick witch fame, 1590 #WyrdWednesday www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoJE...

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Scottish Necromancers and Elite Magic

YouTube video by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The Greek Oracle of Delphi delivered prophecies through the Pythia, a priestess of Apollo. Ancient writers describe rulers consulting her before major decisions. The answers could be famously ambiguous, proving that supernatural advice sometimes needed a second opinion. #WyrdWednesday

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bus_error @buserror5.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

#WyrdWednesday Mysteries of the Worm (1981) by Robert Bloch. A one-volume collection of his weird fiction, expanded in subsequent reprints. Many of the stories center around De Vermis Mysteriis, one of the books of occult lore that he concocted in his stories.

Cover of the 2009 printing. Art by Steve Gilberts. A creature with six thin limbs, six spikes on its head, and sharp teeth leaps in the air. Tiny humanoid figures below it are arranged in a circle and leap in the air with their arms raised. Tall spires rise up around the scene. Everything is dark reddish-orange with black and dark blue mottling.

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Annie Brassey @anniebrassey.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

"Black Magic In Britain The most searching investigation into evil ever made by a newspaper. Sunday Pictorial." Bexhill Observer 21.5.1955. #WyrdWednesday #1950s

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bob-the-curious.bsky.social @bob-the-curious.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Speaking of dark arts, an Old Babylonian (1900-1600 BCE) incantation wards against the evil eye - and folk-belief in the misfortune caused by it persists in Greece and Turkey. The nazar charm below acts as a ward! #WyrdWednesday More on the evil eye: reallyweirdrealworld.blogspot.com/2026/07/curs...

A nazar charm (shaped like a blue glass eye) is said to offer protection from the evil eye... (Pic by Soyoung HAN on Unsplash)

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Wyrd Wednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Wyrdlings! In the middle of everyone’s favourite season – witchy, wyrd, wynderful – we Mothers would be amiss if we did not give you: “Something Wicked This Way Comes – Dark Arts!” as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic. Come and conjure tales of Necromancy, Bibliomancy and Anythingelsemancy!

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

18 days until Halloween! 🎃 #HalloweenCountdown A gentleman at your door. A bat at your window. The same unwelcome guest. The VAMPIRE is a shapeshifter in tales such as Bram Stoker’s Dracula, appearing as a bat, a wolf, or creeping mist. 🌫️🦇 This October, be careful whom you invite inside. 🩸

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#31DaysofHalloween🐺🌕 Monster or villain? A curse, conception under a new moon, or sleeping beneath a full moon on a Friday—folklore offers several unsettling paths to becoming a #Werewolf 🐺🌕👰 Some tales make them dreadful wedding-crashers: seizing the bride and carrying her away into the darkness.

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English: Engraving of the Beast of Gévaudan devouring a woman. Original caption states "An exact Representation of the WILD BEAST now in France, in the Act of devouring a young Woman."
Date 1765

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The Universal Museum, and Complete Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, volume 1.

Photo taken by W. A. Mansell & Co. in the 19th century, becoming part of the Mansell Collection, now under Time Life.
Author Unknown author

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

#FairyTaleTuesday #FairyTaleFlash 🏚️✨ Baba Yaga’s hut stands on chicken legs. The Slavic witch may offer magical aid—or menace. Dare to knock? 🚪 📺 Yaga premieres Oct. 23 on Crave in Canada, starring Carrie-Anne Moss. 🎨 Art by James Schultz #BabaYaga #SlavicFolklore

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Paul Robichaud 🪨🐐 @pjrobichaud.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

'This book made me feel like a witch on a broomstick, swooping over Britain, Ireland and Brittany to alight at the ancient circles, dolmens and barrows and hear their stories... an enchanting and completely fascinating tour through the megalithic imagination.' — Fiona Robertson #booksky #megaliths

Stories of the Stones: Imagining Prehistory in Britain, Ireland, and Brittany, on a bookshelf beside a standing stone from Brittany

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Born #OnThisDay in 1875, Aleister Crowley would be 151! 🎂 The “Great Beast 666” founded Thelema, linked to modern mystery schools. His cake order: “Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.” The baker: “Could we just write Happy Birthday?”

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

For Halloween, I’m dressing as Nicnevin, the Scottish Fairy Queen, in MacIntyre tartan—a nod to my grandmother’s side of the family. A crown of twigs and vines completes the look! 👑🍂🎃 #Halloween #ScottishFolklore #Nicnevin

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

#MythologyMonday 🕯️🍂 Before pumpkins, carved turnips glowed in the Irish darkness. Their fearsome faces were said to ward off unwelcome spirits at #Samhain, when the Veil between worlds grew thin. A little light to keep the otherworld’s mischief at bay. 🧚‍♀️🎃✨ #Fae #Irishlore 🍀 🕯️ #TurnipLanterns

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

#MythologyMonday 🧚‍♀️🍂 As #Autumn draws us towards #Samhain, imagine the veil thinning, and your cat keeping watch. Could those sharp eyes pierce fairy glamour and glimpse the Fae beneath their disguises? Perhaps that empty corner isn’t empty after all. ✨ #Fairylore #catlore 🎨 John Anster Fitzgerald

🎨"Cat Among the Fairies,"
Art by John Anster Fitzgerald (1819 -1906)

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

#HalloweenCountdown 🧟‍♀️🗓️ 19 days until Halloween! 🎃 He came for the brains, but settled for counting on his fingers. 🧠 Now he’s two fingers short. #31DaysofHalloween 🧟🎃

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

🌹 Wickedly Delicious Some roses steal the show. This one steals suitors. A Gothic Victorian dark comedy. 5-star review from Zteve T. Evans! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ www.amazon.ca/dp/B0HFKWW9VQ Halloween Haunts 👻🖍️ 26 spooky illustrations to colour, with folklore to haunt your imagination! www.amazon.ca/dp/B0HKZSG5B7

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Happy International Kraken Day! 🦑🖤 The Kraken’s got a grip on October 11th —20 days until Halloween! 🐙🎃 #InternationalKrakenDay 🦑 #31DaysofHalloween 🎃 #Halloweencountdown 🗓️ 🦑

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BookWormSat @bookwormsat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

'O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing' -Percy Bysshe Shelley @signemaene.com welcomes you to #BookWormSat! 🍂 Victor Prouvé

A vision of autumn - painting of figures walking through autumn woods

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

"O'er pathless rocks, Through beds of matted fern, and tangled thickets, Forcing my way, I came to one dear nook Unvisited, where not a broken bough Drooped with its withered leaves..." - William Wordsworth, 'Nutting' 🎨John Glover, Cumberland Landscape, 1820 #BookWormSat #Cumbria #poetry

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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#SpookySunday tomorrow so please do feel free to join the feed. Use the hashtag to contribute posts on all things ghostly: #folklore, fiction, poetry, art, info on haunted locations and #ghosts in popular culture. I'm looking forward to another day of phantom fun! #31DaysOfHalloween #ghost

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#BookWormSat 🍂📖 Harvest feasts, golden fields, and fireside ghost stories—autumn fills Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” The Headless Horseman rides. 🎃🐎 📖 Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Published in 1928 by George G. Harrap & Co., London. #TheLegendofSleepyHollow 🎃 #AutumnReads 📖

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#BookWormSat 📗🎃 “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.” — L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XVI Anne dances in with maple boughs, reveling in autumn’s crimson and gold. Pure seasonal wonder for Autumn Literature. 🍁 #AnneOfGreenGables #AutumnReads

Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M.; Claus, M. A. and W. A. J. (Illust.): Good Hardcover (1909) Ninth Printing. | Underground Books, ABAA

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Nifty Buckles Folklore @niftybuckles.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

#BookWormSat 🍂 As autumn deepens, the Owens witches of "Practical Magic," by Alice Hoffman weave quiet spells of moon magic, sisterly bonds, and small-town enchantment. Everyday magic unfurls amid autumn’s long nights atmospheric, warm, and deliciously witchy. #AutumnReads #PracticalMagic ✨

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BookWormSat @bookwormsat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

‘Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.’ ~ Albert Camus. @racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of an autumnal #BookWormSat 🖼️ Ellen Robbins

Painting of a variety of Autumn leaves on a stone wall with trees in the background.

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Jussi @finnfolklorist.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The sky is veiled in clouds, the shore-tree stands stripped and bare; the wind churns the waves to a roar, and the blooming meadow turns yellow. Summer’s tender, gentle season endures but a fleeting while, yet within the heart, its memory may surge like the rolling waves. #BookWormSat

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