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Europe

Get your blackberries before the Púca does!

Siobhan Ball introduces TWH’s readers to the folklore of the blackberry – including why you need to eat them before the Faerie Folk claim them for their own – and also offers a delicious recipe for a blackberry and apple crumble.

Culture

Banish demons and slay your enemies… with parsley

By Siobhan Ball | August 18, 2024

Whatever you think of the taste and its position in the culinary hierarchy, parsley’s role in folklore and magic is significantly more dramatic, bringing together life, death, love, and demons like the very best of operatic metal albums.

Culture

Recipes to celebrate the Sun: strawberries, milk, and walnuts

By Siobhan Ball | June 16, 2024

There’s something about the solstices that seems to connect with a deep, fundamental part of the human psyche. The solstice is a moment where the world seems to hold its breath, the sun hung motionless overhead or hidden below the horizon, before it dives across the threshold of one side of the year to the other: light to dark and dark to light.

Arts & Culture

Mint: welcome summer with the sweet herb of love, death, and birth control

By Siobhan Ball | May 19, 2024

Siobhan Ball introduces readers to the magical lore that surrounds mint and pennyroyal, a family of herbs associated with the goddesses and gods of the underworld, and offers up a refreshing mint, tomato, and coriander salad that’s perfect for a barbecue.

Arts & Culture

Behold, the power of cheese! An investigation into tyromancy and Welsh Rarebit

By Siobhan Ball | April 22, 2024

Siobhan Ball delves into the mysterious world of tyromancy – yes, divination via cheese! Also included is a recipe for Welsh Rarebit that would provide several opportunities for different approaches to tyromancy (and a tasty lunch to boot.)