Somehow, in the middle of New Hampshire, I found myself staring at it, high above the valley from the balcony of the Castle in the Clouds. As far…
If you are a folklore enthusiast and find yourself looking for things to do in Portland, Maine with limited time, then this is the post for you. …
Picture yourself in a dream, in a moonlit forest with towering trees. The cool damp air embraces your skin…and just as your eyes begin to focus on the…
The Vampire Hunt… What better way to celebrate Halloween at Dublin’s Bram Stoker Festival By now everyone in the internet using world should know how much The Fairytale…
From soul cakes to Candy… Oh how I loved trick or treating as a kid, and clearly I’m not alone. Every year millions of children dressed from princesses…
Ever wonder why we carve pumpkins? Every year children and families get giddy over carving out pumpkins for Halloween and Samhain, but does anyone know the jack-o-lantern origins?…
Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.” -anonymous folk rhyme Do you…
Naughty Children beware… The Boogeyman will get you! “You better go straight to sleep otherwise the Boogeyman will get you!” -Most of our mothers at some point Also…
It’s that time of year when the wind begins to whip, darkness takes over the light, and the shadows begin to creep. Halloween, now a very commercial holiday, has a…
The number one bloodsucker, or was he? Many of us know Vlad Dracula III from the notorious work of Bram Stoker’s, Dracula. The blood-letting vampire of Transylvania, the father of…
The islands that make up Great Britain and Ireland are filled with lore, mystery, and magic. There are hidden places everywhere you step — sacred hawthorn trees,…