Nifty Buckles Folklore

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Nifty Buckles Folklore is my brand! I'm Valerie Hopkins, weaver of folklore , poetry, myth & magic. Join me as we travel to the enchanted world of folklore!
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#HappyGoodFriday !🐰🥚✝️
On Good Friday in old England: bake hot cross buns—they never mould & protect your home from fire & ills.

Skip with long ropes for luck & harvests. 🥐

No digging iron tools in the earth! ⛏️

Hang the bread for protection. 🥐✝️
#EnglishFolklore

A Sneak Peek of my New Spring folklore coloring Book, March Madness: Leprechauns, Hares, & Witches Folklore. A Spring coloring Book for Adults.

Pre-Order on my site:
https://www.niftybucklesfolklore.fun/march-madness-leprechauns-hares-and-witches-folklore-pre-order

My Book launches in mid-March. 😺

🍀 #FairyTaleTuesday #FairyTaleFlash
Leprechauns🎩Hares🐰
🧙‍♀️Witches in flight🧹
Step into a world of Irish, Spring folklore and skylore—where gold glows beneath the rainbow, hares dance through spring fields, and witches ride the night sky. 🧹✨

📖 March Madness: 🍀🐰🧙‍♀️
Leprechauns, Hares & Witches Folklore.
A Spring Coloring Book 🍀
by Nifty Buckles
— Coming Soon ✨

🌈 Follow the magic. Chase the sky.
#Skylore #FolkloreMagic #ColoringBook #ComingSoon

#FairytaleTuesday🐴🪽 #FairyTaleFlash
In Greek myth, Pegasus—born of Medusa's blood & Poseidon's might—leaps skyward, wings beating against the night.
He soars among the stars, hooves striking sparks of lightning, forever etched as the great winged constellation. ✨
A guardian of heavens, thundering through eternity. #Pegasus 🐴 #Skylore
#vss #GreekMythology #Writingcommunity
🌙 #FairyTaleTuesday #Hecate #Moonlore
Hecate—Queen of Witchcraft, Crossroads, and the Moon—walks the space between worlds.
Triple-formed, key-bearing, and crowned in night, she guards the unseen and answers from afar. 🌑🔑✨
#FairyTaleFlash #GreekMythology 🌙
#FairyTaleTuesday 🌞 #FairyTaleFlash 🌕
In the Norwegian tale East of the Sun, West of the Moon (Asbjørnsen & Moe, 1841–44), a white bear carries a fearless girl to an enchanted castle. 🏰🐻
To break his spell, she travels beyond the edges of the world—where love burns brighter than the northern cold. ❄️🐻✨❄️🐻✨
#EastofTheSunWestofTheMoon 🌞🌕
#Skylore #vss #WritingCommunity

Hey Mastodon folks! Craving a cozy Appalachian folklore read?

Check out my short ebook Granny Magic Chocolates by Nifty Buckles Folklore:In quiet Brindle, 72-year-old chocolatier Millie Butterbloom crafts enchanted truffles using her granny’s old Appalachian folk recipes.

Shop:
On my Site https://www.niftybucklesfolklore.fun/granny-magic-chocolates-

PayHip https://t.co/tlIobv40em

KoBo https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/granny-magic-chocolates?sId=b2f7a185-e951-4b62-a61b-df9e5392b1a5&ssId=KSh8l4OL_irN0FXL35QOF&cPos=1

#MythologyMonday 🕸️✨
In Charlotte's Web by E. B. White, the spider becomes a fate-weaver. Like the Norns of old, Charlotte spins destiny into her web—words as spells, silk as salvation. A barnyard tale, yet steeped in ancient myth: that language itself can alter the threads of life. 🐖🕷️ #Charlottesweb
#MythologyMonday
In Celtic #Buglore, a ladybug with fewer than 7 spots foretold a plentiful harvest 🌾🍀 If one lands on you, luck follows—but harm it and misfortune stirs.
In Norse lands, the “Lady” may once have echoed Freyja—goddess of love & fertility. 🐞✨ #Ladybugs

#MythologyMonday
#Dragonflies shimmer between worlds. In Japanese lore they were emblems of courage & victory; in parts of Europe they were called “devil’s darning needles,” feared yet fascinating. Born in water, rising to air, they embody transformation, illusion & the magic of midsummer light. 💫

Art by Manabu Endo.