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Claire Rakich

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Folklore MA student, traditional singer and songwriter with The Claras (www.theclaras.com). Woodland enthusiast. Reality eschewer.

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London is full of ghosts.

22.11.2025 13:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It was like that when I found it.

13.11.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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So excited to have my copy of Household Lore: Folklore, Traditions and Remedies for Every Room in your Home by the fabulous @lilithepunk.bsky.social safely in my keeping. Now to wander round my house with it and learn EVERYTHING!!

11.11.2025 11:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sussex skies.

06.11.2025 14:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sussex in autumn

17.10.2025 18:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Message in flint on the South Downs Way.

13.10.2025 18:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fabulous time Dancing in the Old in Lewes this weekend, from the hop-festooned church service celebrating Harvey’s Brewery, to drinking up the last of the old ale in the yard, served by members of various bonfire societies, while dancers entertained us.

Lewes does folklore pretty darn well.

05.10.2025 15:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.10.2025 15:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Autumn in the woods! πŸπŸ‚πŸ„πŸ‚πŸπŸ₯°

#autumn #trees #october

03.10.2025 21:37 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Very much am so far!

03.10.2025 17:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s such a good cover!

02.10.2025 07:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Very excited to receive my copy of Folklore: A Journey Through Past & Present by @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social and @odavies9.bsky.social today and cannot wait to read it!

02.10.2025 07:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Folklore, a gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore.

Written by two leading experts, @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social, this is the definitive guide to British folklore past & present.

Out September 2025.
#FolkloreThursday
@folklorethursday.bsky.social

12.06.2025 14:55 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

Please help the brilliant @milliefolklore.bsky.social out by sharing your experiences of Wookey Hole in this survey for her Folklore Studies MA!

10.06.2025 08:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much to everyone who participated in my Sussex woodland survey! I had an amazing response and the survey has hit its target and is now closed. Feeling very grateful and hopeful about the world and those who care about its woods. πŸŒ³πŸŒ³πŸ•ŠοΈ

25.05.2025 21:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I met a king yesterday.

23.05.2025 06:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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WE WON!

The Supreme Court has upheld the right to wild camp on Dartmoor. This is a huge win for access to nature.

But we're just getting started.

It was never just about Dartmoor.

We’re fighting to extend the right to roam, swim, and sleep under the stars - across all of England.

21.05.2025 10:55 πŸ‘ 523 πŸ” 145 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 22
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PARTICIPANTS WANTED for my Folklore Studies dissertation! I'm exploring human relationships with the Sussex woodland. Stories, knowledge, memories, experiences - I want to hear from you! Please complete and share my survey. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/herts/the-...

19.05.2025 14:14 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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They felled the diseased elm on my street and passers-by were using the hollow stump as a rubbish bin. My neighbours filled it with their garden compost to plant flowers but some squash and potato plants had other ideas. There is now talk of street soup. The elm is still trying to grow.

17.05.2025 05:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bluesky friends! I don't come here often, but I've got a folklore-related survey for my dissertation that I need your help with. Do you have a memory from a pub that sounds too wild to be true? Ever been to a pub where a true local legend resides? Take my survey!
tinyurl.com/5ytwucxh

01.05.2025 08:27 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
One of Ireland's wildlife success stories is the return of this bird Cranes were culturally significant in Ireland, kept as pets by nobility and may have been associated in folklore with death

The return of the crane is probably Ireland's greatest rewilding success story so far

www.irishtimes.com/science/2025...

15.05.2025 17:43 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Drones sow tree seeds in Devon and Cornwall rainforest project The Woodland Trust says 75,000 seeds have been scattered on hills around Bodmin.

Drones are being used to reforest areas of South West England.

75,000 seeds have been scattered so far. The UK's Woodland Trust said it hoped the new seeding technique would help triple the area of temperate rainforest in Devon and Cornwall by 2050, from 8% to 24% of land area.

22.03.2025 13:17 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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So looking forward to reading this. My favourite birds in folk songs are blackbirds - in folklore, they are supposed to be a symbol of rebirth and reinvention. When I heard that, I realised perhaps Paul McCartney knew that too when he wrote β€˜Blackbird’ for the Beatles. It’s a nice thought.

14.05.2025 08:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Publishing in September...

Folklore: A journey through the past and present by @odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social is a gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore.

Stay tuned for exciting event announcements soon! #FolkloreThursday #booksky

08.05.2025 07:50 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
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First time at Hastings Traditional Jack in the Green yesterday. A beautiful face-punch of all things folk, just wonderful.

06.05.2025 08:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0