When were "air quotes" first used? - Mythology & Folklore Stack …
Apr 17, 2018 · Those aren't modern air-quotes (the skit involves him reading a passage from a book while drawing all the punctuation marks individually in the air and making silly noises) but …
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folklore - Were the grottoes of the Mitcham Fair in South London …
Jun 25, 2019 · In Mitcham in South London, children often used to build "grottoes" out of pebbles, pieces of broken pottery, candles, and sometimes shells, flowers, or pieces of mirror.
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What is the provenance of the reindeer antlers that are used in the ...
Feb 17, 2018 · Every year in September a "horn dance" is held in the village of Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England, a ceremony mentioned for example in J G Frazer's The Golden Bough. …
When was the first known account of the Tooth Fairy?
Imaginatively linking the mouse to the sun, they attempted to explain at one stroke the three commonest methods of tooth disposal: whether the child hurled the tooth into the air, threw it …
When did Korrigans become part of the Breton folklore?
Korrigans are part of the modern Breton folklore, as water spirits. Some sources give them an origin in ancient Gaul (Thomas Keightley's 1892 "The Fairy Mythology" for instance).
When did chicken become a synonym of cowardice? - folklore
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norse - Are there two Mímirs? - Mythology & Folklore Stack …
Oct 6, 2024 · Heimdall blows loudly, his horn is in the air. Odin speaks with Mímr ’s head. Apart from the obscure kenning "sons of Mímr ", which is typically rendered as 'giants' but whose …