Category: Magic, Myth & Folklore

The Month of June

The gypsy folk of times past often said that when there was no “R” in the month then it was “safe” to eat pork, how

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The Merry Month of May

Traditionally the Merry Month of May began with what was known as “Garland Day” on the 1st, probably because the Old Julian Calendar was still

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Shakespeare’s Apothecary

Among those specialised subjects that William Shakespeare had some unusual interest in is the medical, herbal and anatomical knowledge which would only have been of

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The “Springtime Fool”

It has often occurred to me that the characteristic archetypes of the season seem to be weighted more towards Winter and the Christmas celebrations with

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The Queen’s Sorcerer

In a letter to Edmund Spenser, the playwright and poet, Gabriel Harvey wrote:“Would to God in heaven I had awhile…the mysticall and super-metaphysical philosophy of

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Music of the Spheres

In his book “Shakespeare and Music”, Dr. Edward M. Naylor draws upon 33 plays and four volumes of poetry which make reference to or include

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