Ahhh Fionn Mac Cumhail’s nemesis from across the sea! I had forgotten he was in Scotland. We have Jock o Benachie here in Aberdeenshire, guarding our local hill range - Benachie (the easternmost edge of the Grampian Mountains).
Hope you’re having a happy Hampshire Day! This looks fab! 🤗 I’m afraid I had to google Ascapart (my excuse is I’m from Aberdeenshire) 😳. Will definitely be having a listen to the podcast on the King Under the Hill.
I celebrate St. Swithin’s Day in my own way every year: hoping and praying for rain as I struggle with a relentless British summer of forty days without my blessed, nurturing 🌧️🙏. Have taken to wearing a wee magical rain brooch pinned to my postie uniform in the hope that it will bring rain like a rain dance. My colleagues curse me of course for wanting to bring in the rain 😂. Can you imagine my delight this morning. . . . . . .?! Up here it’s been a day of showers and sunlight- a glorious mix!
Is there a legend about St. Swithin’s bones being moved from their original resting place to a new location and the rain coming (taken as an omen as the saint didn’t want to be moved)?
I have a photo of my wee St. Swithin’s Day pin badge but cant’ quite figure out how to attach it here!
You’re welcome- so many tales!
And here’s my wee magical pin badge! https://open.substack.com/pub/sandragordon/p/happy-st-swithins-day?r=61xbo&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Ahhh Fionn Mac Cumhail’s nemesis from across the sea! I had forgotten he was in Scotland. We have Jock o Benachie here in Aberdeenshire, guarding our local hill range - Benachie (the easternmost edge of the Grampian Mountains).
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/elphinstone/map/text/36_Jock_the_Giant_of_Bennachie.pdf
Hope you’re having a happy Hampshire Day! This looks fab! 🤗 I’m afraid I had to google Ascapart (my excuse is I’m from Aberdeenshire) 😳. Will definitely be having a listen to the podcast on the King Under the Hill.
I celebrate St. Swithin’s Day in my own way every year: hoping and praying for rain as I struggle with a relentless British summer of forty days without my blessed, nurturing 🌧️🙏. Have taken to wearing a wee magical rain brooch pinned to my postie uniform in the hope that it will bring rain like a rain dance. My colleagues curse me of course for wanting to bring in the rain 😂. Can you imagine my delight this morning. . . . . . .?! Up here it’s been a day of showers and sunlight- a glorious mix!
Is there a legend about St. Swithin’s bones being moved from their original resting place to a new location and the rain coming (taken as an omen as the saint didn’t want to be moved)?
I have a photo of my wee St. Swithin’s Day pin badge but cant’ quite figure out how to attach it here!
Looks like we're in for 40 days of rain then!