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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish history, archaeology, folklore & more~ 🐍 📚 Blog: https://theaddersden.wordpress.com/blog/ ✨ FB page: https://www.facebook.com/share/1An214KKj1/?mibextid=wwXIfr #FolkloreAgainstFascism

The remains for what seems to have been an old, stone well on the Scottish island of Eigg, with moorland and stoney hills/cliffs in the background
Large mural depicting a middle-aged white woman with thick, dark wavy hair wearing a green dress, a cloak closed with a brooch and a pendant, which we class with her hands. She is framed by purple fox gloves.
Black and white drawing shows a cloaked woman in medieval clothing waiting at a crossroads as the Fairy Host approaches
A road sign reads “Welcome to Lochaber” on a damp, cloudy day with trees & mountains in the background
A colour illustration of a brownie at work sweeping the stone floor of a house while the occupants sleep
Cattle graze on brackeny hills on a cloudy day in Skye. Small waterfalls trickle down the hills and a Rowan tree with red berries is in the foreground.
2 mountains loom out of the clouds, with some scattered snow on top and a narrow waterfall snaking down between them.
A waterfall - part of the Fairy Pools in Skye, Scotland
A river flanked by small Rowan trees flows from a waterfall towards the camera. In the background a small, but dramatic stony mountain looms under a cloudy sky.
Painting “Saint Bride” by Scottish artist John Duncan depicting Brigid being carried over the sea by 2 angles in order to become Mary’s midwife and Jesus’ foster mother, according to Gaelic legend. They are flanked by seagulls and a seal swims along below them.
Photo shows a close up of a heavily decorated Christmas tree with a “prohibited” emoji superimposed on top of it
Christmas Tree made out of sea shells with stained glass window & stone wall of church in background
A black and white photo shows a moon in a starless night sky, peeking through the clouds.
A circle of hag stones, with one hag stone in the middle, on a green & blue fabric background
Looking down the river at The Fairy Pools on the Isle of Skye on a cloudy day
Mochi mochi chocolate bread in the shape of a cute ghost with a white body, black eyes & a black mouth. A small sign in the shape of an orange pumpkin wearing a black witches hat is stuck in the side of it’s head, reads “Happy Halloween”
Close up of a Halloween turnip lantern ornament
A black cat perches on top of an ancient grey standing stone on a moor in Scotland
A bee rests on a thistle near the Scottish coastline
A photo of present day Gallow Green in Paisley - a walled back green behind tenement flats with a path through the grass leading to a well shaped memorial for the innocent victims of the town’s historic witch trials. It’s a driech day with autumn leaves scattered on the ground & on the memorial.
Text at top of meme: “Irish Missionaries asking Columba why he keeps hanging out with pagans in Scotland” Photo of Mark Scout character from Severance with subtitles saying: “The work is mysterious and important”
Black & mugshot of a Victorian woman with dark hair staring off to the side as she holds a slate with her name on it: Eliza Sinclair or Clafton. Caption reads: “Elizabeth (Eliza) Sinclair or Clafton of Ayrshire, murder - admitted 1871.”
Red Spider Lillies in Japan blooming round the back of a library around the Autumnal Equinox
A young woman with long blonde hair wearing a white dress is carried over the sea by 2 angels, while seagulls fly alongside & a seal swims below.
Triangular shaped corn dolly with white lace added to the bottom on a red background.