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Officially moth-obsessed, also easily distracted by birds, butterflies, flies, wasps and spiders. Musically devoted to an (un)holy trinity of Bruce Springsteen, Nick Cave and Leonard Cohen.
👤 Joined on 19 November 2024
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I remember adding that one with its long name!
Show Postout of the grate, it signaled a volatile relationship or a fickle partner. Alongside these fireside oracles, the evening featured other classic harvest customs like apple bobbing. It cemented the humble nut as a symbol of historical October folklore.
Show Posttools for fortune-telling. Young people would place two nuts side by side in the embers, naming them after themselves and a prospective lover. If the nuts burned quietly together, it foretold a peaceful, faithful marriage. However, if a nut hissed, cracked, or exploded
Show PostLast Halloween One. 🧵Nut-Crack Night" was a traditional northern and Scottish nickname for Halloween during the Regency and Victorian eras, named for the customs surrounding the autumn hazelnut harvest. On this night, communities gathered around fires to practice romantic divination using nuts as
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