My wonderful mother-in-law was from Scotland and every New Year’s she would remind us that the first person to enter her house on New Year’s Day needed to be a tall, dark, and handsome man bearing a small gift. Luckily for her, she had two dark-haired, handsome sons. The superstition is called “first footing” and…
Month: December 2020
Pukwudgies
Pukwudgies – one of those words that freak out my spellcheck and also sound suspiciously like a type of candy. I had never heard of them until the Astonishing Legends podcast included them in one of their episodes. The Algonquin Indian tribe believes them to be a North American version of a gnome or fairy….