The Folklore of Warwickshire

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Exploring the folklore and folk life of Warwickshire. I can also be found at @hilaryrsparkes.bsky.social

Ilmington Morris side linked by large handkerchiefs
full moon rising above a bank of fir trees
Model lorry surrounded by wires and lights
Opaque glass ladybird
Cover of Richard Dorson's 'The British Folklorists: A History. Shows image of a cloaked druid in front of Stonehenge with a full moon in background
Card in museum with this rhyme on "One white foot, buy a horse Two white feet, try a horse Three white feet, look well about him Four white feet, go away without him"
Path through churchyard leading to lane behind the church
Tapestry picture of an old LNER train
Embroidered picture of the King's Stone
Wolvey church of St John the Baptist surrounded by gravestones
Kingsmen stone circle at the Rollrights in the snow
Male peacock wandering round an Elizabethan-style knot garden
Knitted robins on a Christmas tree
Robin on one of the Kingsmen stone circle at the Rollrights
A black rooster
Front view of Ragley Hall
Fairy dolls balanced on a pine cone
Part of the Kingsmen stone circle with pine trees in the background
Fairy in a red and white dress, cradling a cat, sitting under a red and white toadstool on a lawn
Illustration of a grumpy-looking cockerel
Portrait of George Fox
A yellowhammer on a branch
Magpie on a branch
Head shot of a magpie
A Dairylea cheese slice
Two swans on a river bank
Black and white photograph of Johannes Corvus's portrait of Henry Grey
A rook strutting purposefully
Statue of a naked Lady Godiva on horseback in Coventry city centre
Card on wall of museum reading: "Thistles cut in May come again next day. Thistles cut in June come up again soon. Cut them in July, they'll be sure to die
A side view of St Mary's church surrounded by churchyard
Four masonry tools each one inscribed with a word from Thou Shalt Not Suffer
The Great Silence by Elizabeth Allen
Two gulls in flight
The ruins of Guy's Cliffe House emerging from behind trees
Postbox topper featuring a mix of different species of birds and Spring flowers
white cat brooch on Sylvanian families broomstick against a backdrop of stars
A view down the chapel nave towards the altar
Nessie made of green tubing in a pond
A dry stone wall dividing fields
White stag in Charlecote parkland
Postbox topper featuring a nurse, peacock pearly queen and maybe a scout
Hawthorn blossom
Side view of St Gregory's church, Tredington complete with massive spire which can be seen for miles around
Photo of page from the Good News Bible where Saul meets the Witch of Endor
looking over from one side of the Kingsmen stone circle to a clump of trees at the far side. Not the witch tree which has long since gone.
Sandstone road bridge at Stoneleigh
Hellebore Green Issue on black starry background with glass bauble toadstool tealight holder.
Amiable goat staring at me through fencing
Cross made from blackthorn spikes with "blood" splattered over the centre.
Photo of Ettington Park Hotel as the Hall now is. Gothic to the extreme.
close up of carved green man face on tree trunk chair
Goldfinch sitting on a branch
Millie, a tabby cat, looking thoughtful
path leading to the church of St Mary and All Saints
Toy bear wearing spectacles with bunny ears attached and a headband with bunny ears and carrot attached
Sparkly running hare brooch
Hen, chicks and bunny post-box topper in Warwick
Plain stone cross against a backdrop of trees