Folk Wisdom... Folk Arts... and words that want to be shared

As we begin our move away from August and roll into September, it's a grand time of year to make the most of all the beautiful flowers and herbs we've been enjoying through the summer months. It’s also the time of year we start preparing for a different season.

Loose incense is a wonderful...

As we come towards the halfway point between summer solstice and fall equinox, we enter the tide of Lammas (or Lughnasadh), an ancient festival time with Celtic roots celebrating the first harvest. The craft of corn dollies comes from old ways of honouring the spirit of corn, recognizing that...

‘Telling the bees’ is an old folklore tradition that comes from Celtic mythology. It’s still practiced in North American and Europe. It holds the remembrance that honeybees are part of the family and close to their caretakers and keepers. Letting the honeybees know of the death...

In many places around the world, since Ancient times, flower crowns have been worn to celebrate the season and promote good fortune. Flower crowns have honoured the Gods, paid tribute to warriors, inspired bards, honoured mother earth, acknowledged cultural lineage and traditional attire, gave...

European folktales tell us that the Fae (fairy folk) care greatly about the landscapes they live within.

They are happy to collaborate and cooperate with humans who also honour and care for those landscapes. If however humans don’t honour the shared landscape, the Fae can be tricky to deal...

Pysanky is the ancient Ukrainian art of egg decorating. The tradition began in Pagan times and was integrated into Christianity. Decorating eggs was originally a way of honouring the seasonal shift towards spring. Eggs tucked into the land, hearth and livestock spaces, were offerings designed to...