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Spilled Salt: Bad Luck or Protection Against Dark Side?
The exploration into the origins of common superstitions continues with spilling salt as a bad omen.
British Legends: The Founding of Britain — Brutus of Troy and the Prophecy of Diana
![Full page miniature of the arrival of Brutus to England, the slaying of giants and the building of a city, possibly London" (BL Catalog of Illum. Mss.), from Geoffrey's Historia Regum Britannae, in Harley MS 1808, fol. 30, Held and digitised by the British Library.[1]](https://folklorethursday.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/brutus.png)
Brutus of Troy was a legendary Trojan exile who some medieval chroniclers claimed was responsible for the founding of Britain.
The Witch Files: Going to Sea in an Eggshell
Make sure you crush up your eggshells after eating an egg, otherwise witches will use them as boats and cause great harm!
Bringing Folk Tales to Life for Children
Folk tales tell us how we live and keep our local history alive. They pass on the stories and knowledge that may never be written down.
From the Gorgon to the Gift Shop: A Brief Archaeology of the Evil Eye
The matiasma is an apotropaic amulet designed to ward off the evil eye in Greek folklore.