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Let Them Eat Cake: Cakes to Bring Love and Ward Off Witches
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According to the Venerable Bede, what we call February was called Sol-Monath by the ancient Britons. This translates to 'Month of Cakes' and the people gave cakes to the gods as offerings. I don't know about you, but that's a practice I could get behind.
It's worth bearing in mind that what we think of as 'cake' is not what people of earlier centuries had in mind. Often, early 'cake' was more like bread. The type of cake we eat now first emerges in its original form in the mid-17th century.
Yet that doesn't stop cake from accruing a whole range of folklore, helping people to ward off witches, find love, and celebrate important occasions. Let's explore this folklore in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore!
Find the images and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/cake-folklore/
Water, Water, Everywhere class (Water in British Folklore) for Miskatonic London: https://miskatonicinstitute.com/events/water-water-everywhere-british-sea-based-folklore/
Get your free guide to home protection the folklore way here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/fab-folklore/
Become a member of the Fabulous Folklore Family for bonus episodes and articles at https://patreon.com/bePatron?u=2380595
Enjoyed this episode and want to show your appreciation? Buy Icy a coffee to say 'thanks' at: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick
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Manage episode 358932333 series 3340847
According to the Venerable Bede, what we call February was called Sol-Monath by the ancient Britons. This translates to 'Month of Cakes' and the people gave cakes to the gods as offerings. I don't know about you, but that's a practice I could get behind.
It's worth bearing in mind that what we think of as 'cake' is not what people of earlier centuries had in mind. Often, early 'cake' was more like bread. The type of cake we eat now first emerges in its original form in the mid-17th century.
Yet that doesn't stop cake from accruing a whole range of folklore, helping people to ward off witches, find love, and celebrate important occasions. Let's explore this folklore in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore!
Find the images and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/cake-folklore/
Water, Water, Everywhere class (Water in British Folklore) for Miskatonic London: https://miskatonicinstitute.com/events/water-water-everywhere-british-sea-based-folklore/
Get your free guide to home protection the folklore way here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/fab-folklore/
Become a member of the Fabulous Folklore Family for bonus episodes and articles at https://patreon.com/bePatron?u=2380595
Enjoyed this episode and want to show your appreciation? Buy Icy a coffee to say 'thanks' at: https://ko-fi.com/icysedgwick
Request an episode: https://forms.gle/gqG7xQNLfbMg1mDv7
Tweet Icy at https://twitter.com/IcySedgwick
Find Icy on Mastodon: @IcySedgwick@mastodonapp.uk
Get extra snippets of folklore on Instagram at https://instagram.com/icysedgwick
'Like' Fabulous Folklore on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fabulousfolklore/
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