Folklore

Bedtime Stories: The Spider, the Arabian Cinderella and Her Fairy Godfish...

Rym Tina Ghazal | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Folklore, Arab, Arab Childhood, Child Folklore, Childhood Fairtytales, Middle Eastern Fairytales, Childhood Folklore, Arab Fairytales, Bedtime Stories, Children's Bedtime Stories, Culture News

I loved those times, growing up as a child in Saudi Arabia in the 1980s. My friends would come and sleep over just to listen to my mother's bedtime stories.

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Strange Brew: Woman Charged With Unbelievable Crime

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 05.23.2012

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This is not the best part of waking up. The Straits Times, an English-language newspaper in Singapore, is reporting that a 24-year-old maid there h...

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'Open, Gates of Fairyland': Faerie Festivals of the Eastern United States

Stephen D. Winick | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Folklore, Festivals, Travel, Fairies, Entertainment, Music, Fairy Tales, Culture, Music Festivals, Renaissance Festival Pennsylvania, Renaissance Festival, Renaissance Festival Maryland, Festival, Renaissance Festival East Coast, Renaissance Festival New York, Culture News

If you live in the mid-Atlantic U.S., though, it's easier than ever to find sprites and sprigguns. The region is home to some of the largest and most popular faerie celebrations in the world, and faerie season is just about to begin.

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Things That Go Bump in the Night-Before-Christmas

Varla Ventura | Posted 02.19.2012

Read More: Halloween, Awkward Family Photos, Christmas, Ghosts, Goblins, Witches, Trolls, Dumb Supper, Krampus, Folklore, Christmas Myths, Weird News News

There are a number of traditions that are far more sinister than your usual red-suit wearing, welcome-lapped Santas. I'm not talking about those known "helper" elves or magical flying deer.

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Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Elicits A Big Crowd And Long Waits

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 12.04.2011

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New York -- Just before 8 p.m. -- and an hour after the tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center began -- Gino Palacios stood at the southeast cor...

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8 'Old Wives Tales' That Are Dumb

Dumb As A Blog | David Moye | Posted 10.04.2011

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For centuries wives have had the coveted job of nagging their families about all the things they should and shouldn't do. These fussy sayings are lov...

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A Turning of the Seasons: The King Is Dead by The Decemberists

Rob Kirkpatrick | Posted 05.25.2011

I'm not sure if this is The Decemberists' best album. But there's not a bad song in the bunch here, and it's clear The King Is Dead captures this Aughties folk-rock band hitting a groove.

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The Vernal Equinox: Hatching The World Egg

Donna Henes | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Folklore, Celebration, Goddess, Vernal Equinox, Mythology, Spring, Fertility, Egg, Universe, Spirituality, Healthy Living News

If the Winter Solstice signals the birth of the sun, then the Spring Equinox exclaims the birth of the earth -- the resurrection of nature from the dark death of winter.

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Remembering Bess Lomax Hawes

Peter Dreier | Posted 05.25.2011

Throughout her life, Bess Lomax Hawes was a political radical who fought for a better future, but who also understood the importance of preserving the many cultural traditions of America's past.

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Will Charlie Ever Get Off That Train?

Peter Dreier and Jim Vrabel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kingston Trio 50th Anniversary, Folklore, Folk Music, Folk Songs, Mta, Protest Music, Kingston Trio, Oregon, Entertainment News

Since the Kingston Trio's self-censored version became a hit fifty years ago, "M.T.A." has become a part of American folklore.

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