One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy… We’ve all heard some variation on this counting rhyme involving magpies. It’s actually a form of divination, predicting the future using the number of birds you see. But how did magpies go from being a death omen to a symbol of…

British big cats are not true cryptids since some sightings are of genuine big cats. But what of the others? Are they mere urban legend or actually real? Find out more about the ‘alien big cat’ phenomenon in this week’s episode of Fabulous Folklore! Find the images, videos and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/british-big-cats/…

From clocks to calendars, the folklore of time deals with omens and portents of doom. Find out more about these temporal superstitions here. Find out more about some unusual place names in this week’s episode of Fabulous Folklore! Find the images, videos and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/folklore-of-time/ Get your free guide to home…

Place names can be a treasure trove of information. They also attract folklore, so how do you sort the origin from the myth?  Find out more about some unusual place names in this week’s episode of Fabulous Folklore! Find the images, videos and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/folklore-of-place-names/ Get your free guide to home…