Hops (Humulus lupulus) were valued for more than brewing. Their dried cones were stuffed into pillows in the belief that their scent encouraged sleep. A hop-filled pillow was even prescribed for George III, and later became a fashionable remedy for sleeplessness. #FolkloreSunday

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I'm able to take just one or two more pre-orders for my nature jewellery in time for🌲.They're detailed casts of real flowers eg snowdrops,lily of the valley,nature finds eg feathers & tiny sculptures of birds.I make each piece by hand A RT would help so much,thankyou 🌿🪶: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

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"Unhappy act! Not Orpheus himself, or Lot’s wife, paid much more dearly for a backward glance. And again came that shocking, wide-ranged piping—“Tekeli-li! Tekeli-li!” (H.P. Lovecraft "At the Mountains of Madness") 🎨 John Coulthart (2014) #bookwormsat

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“The house was very quiet, and the fog—we are in November now—pressed against the windows like an excluded ghost.” -E. M. Forster, “Howard’s End” 🖌️ John Atkinson Grimshaw “November Moonlight,” 1883 #art #BookSky

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"Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough to mask thy monstrous visage?" ~ Julius Caesar (A2,S1). #ShakespeareSunday #ChildhoodMemories

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