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Sharing folklore & pictures of things I like. Lover of nature, bees, animals & the wonderful world of myths & legends across all folk traditions.
Eimear Chaomhánach, author of 'The Keeper of the Bees' #booksky💙📚
The Keeper of the Bees
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Bees that primarily feast on rhododendron flowers (poisonous to people) are said to produce "mad honey" which can produce hallucinations along with loss of vision, balance, or consciousness in humans who consume it.
#FolkloreSunday
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Meadowsweet, Filipendula ulmaria, was once used to flavour mead, the ancient honey wine. Mead infused with herbs was called “metheglin”, from Welsh words meaning “healing drink”; a fitting name for a beverage flavoured with a plant long valued as a healing herb. #FolkloreSunday
Let's take a moment to appreciate this speckled Martagon Lily 🧡
Folk tradition says that if you treat this lily with respect it will bring good fortune & protection from mountain storms ✨
#YellowSunday #SundayYellow #Stunday #Folklore #Nature #Bloomscrolling #Flowers
The enterprising bumble for #Stunday
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Another gorgeous bumble for
#WorldBeeDay
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#Dublin #Ireland #Nature #Biodiversity #Pollinators
The beautiful & hard working bumblebee
#HappyWorldBeeDay
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As children, we used to hold a buttercup under eachothers' chins
If it glowed yellow it meant you loved butter!
Buttercups = fearbán in Irish ♡
Photographed yesterday by Dollymount Strand #Dublin
#folklore #irish #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #memories #ireland #speirghorm
Bellflowers or Campanula generally signify hope in folklore, perhaps because they flourish at this time of year
While their bell shape is said to be a portal to the fairies ☆♡☆
Found this honeybee investigating earlier today!
#folklore #plants #flowers #nature #photography #bees #pollinators
#Soft
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Taken in Dingle (An Daingean) last weekend during #feilenabealtaine
What a peaceful, happy little lamb!
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#Kerry #Ireland
Hawthorn epitomises this time in May for me
Known as the 'lone bush' in Irish folklore, it is said to be connected to the Sí (or fairies) & serve as a gateway to the Otherworld
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#folklore #fairies #myths #legends #flowers #plants #nature #photography #Ireland
