Reaching, with excitement, the part of George Borrow's Wild Wales where he gets to my hometown. What details I might learn of my town in the mid 19th century "I reached Llan -, a small village halfway between Swansea and Neath, and without stopping continued my course, walking very fast" Oh. Okay

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Something Wicked This Way Comes in my top seasonal film. I like the Prophecy trilogy, but only as a trilogy. The first does not really stand well on its own. Also Killer Klowns from Outer Space. Also, if you can find it (I can't now) I really loved The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow.

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I never believed there would be an EU referendum because it seemed obvious to me leave would win. EU had to produce special material to counter our scum press. I knew multiple ordinary people who were obsessed anti-eu zealots. It was in every day speech everywhere.

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It only works if you expunge class from a bunch of historical/culturally marginal societies, at which point your folklore gets a bit Volk

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One of the reasons there's a Welsh tale about Magnus Maximus specifically is that Welsh royal/noble houses liked to have him in their official genealogies, it's not a particularly folksy-of-the-people storytelling motivation

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