Greetings, dear Bibliophiles! Apologies for the recent absence. I’ve just committed to an adventurous project that will require a 3 month hiatus from #BookologyThursday. #BookChatWeekly resumes next week. Thank you for your understanding, and looking forward to seeing you here!

Custard the dragon had big sharp teeth, 
And spikes on top of him and scales underneath, 
Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose, 
And realio, trulio, daggers on his toes. ~Nash Thank you for your flummadiddle posts, dear Bibliophiles!

Reposting because I forgot to tag #BookologyThursday, like a plum!

C.W. Reeve@cwreeve.bsky.social · 5mo ago

For reasons known only to themselves, Kinder decided to use a cursed version of Humpty Dumpty spouting gibberish to advertise Kinder Surprise in the 1980s. Genuinely horrifying stuff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSVG... #WyrdWednesday

There was an Owl lived in an oak, Whiskey, Whaskey, Weedle; And all the words he ever spoke Were Fiddle, Faddle, Feedle. Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes (1877) art by Lily Seika Jones #BookologyThursday #WyrdWednesday

Ogre is a French word, linked to the Etruscan god Orcus. These legendary giants are famous for their unfortunate cannibalistic tendencies, foul body-odor, rotten teeth, and rancid halitosis. They dwell in deep forests and mucky swamps. #FolkloreThursday #BookologyThursday

In Wales, dragonflies are called gwas y neidr, adder's servants, and we meet the adder today, in our 47th #darkspringtide tale, in the valley of the Eglwyseg River in Powys. Gwas y neidr collect prayers for her, those that should rather not be prayed. Read the story below.

Ogre is a French word, linked to the Etruscan god Orcus. These legendary giants are famous for their unfortunate cannibalistic tendencies, foul body-odor, rotten teeth, and rancid halitosis. They dwell in deep forests and mucky swamps. #FolkloreThursday #BookologyThursday

When ploughing your fields make sure to put a little cake in the soil as an offering to the spirits of the land. #FolkloreThursday For more food folklore pre-order my book here 👇 share.google/42hZ3kYT9rES...

There was an Owl lived in an oak, Whiskey, Whaskey, Weedle; And all the words he ever spoke Were Fiddle, Faddle, Feedle. Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes (1877) art by Lily Seika Jones #BookologyThursday #WyrdWednesday

Welcome to #BookologyThursday @bookcat.bsky.social here teaming up with #BookologyThursday & #WyrdWednesday for the topic: “Absurd Words, Nonsense Poems, and Nursery Rhymes” along with: Odd slang, Silly Archaic Insults, Onomatopoeia, and Unusual Etymologies in literature, art, and lore.

Look what arrived in the mail just in time for #FolkloreThursday Willow Winsham’s latest book! Curious Cats and Fantastical Felines Can’t wait to read it!

Look what arrived in the mail just in time for #FolkloreThursday Willow Winsham’s latest book! Curious Cats and Fantastical Felines Can’t wait to read it!

The Scroobious Pip looked gaily round And sang these words with a chirpy sound: Snippetty Whip; Whippetty Snip;— My only name is the Scroobious Pip. ~Edward Lear's (1872) unfinished poem, completed in (1968) by Ogden Nash #BookologyThursday #WyrdWednesday

🌳🦄🌳Unicorns were believed to live within the undisturbed hearts of deep forests. #FairyTaleTuesday #WyrdWednesday #FolkloreSunday

Join us tomorrow and Thursday for our literary #WyrdWednesday / #BookologyThursday crossover with @bookcat.bsky.social!

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BookCat@bookcat.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hey! Diddle, diddle! #BookologyThursday is ‘over the moon’ as we team up with #WyrdWednesday for a wynderful collaboration to celebrate Dr Johnson’s famous dictionary with: "Absurd Words, Nonsense Poems, and Nursery Rhymes" as this week's joined topic!

Good morning, lil' wyrdlings! Welcome to this week's wynderful #WyrdWednesday / #BookologyThursday crossover! The theme: “Absurd Words, Nonsense Poems, and Nursery Rhymes!” @cwreeve.bsky.social here - SHOW ME SOME WYRD 👻👻

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'Twinkle, twinkle, little bat! How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in the sky.' - The Mad Hatter #WyrdWednesday #LewisCarroll

’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. @bookcat.bsky.social here teaming up with #BookologyThursday & #WyrdWednesday for the topic: “Absurd Words, Nonsense Poems, and Nursery Rhymes”

In dandelion season, when the Lilliputian lions spread magic at our feet, weave the magical golden flowers into your wedding bouquet for good luck, drink dandelion tea for psychic dreams and blow the seeds into the wind to make your wish come true. 🎨P. Cavallini (1259-1330)

‘Then the unicorns came out of the sea.' from ‘The Last Unicorn' by Peter S. Beagle illustrated by Lily Seika Jones

Hey! Diddle, diddle! #BookologyThursday is ‘over the moon’ as we team up with #WyrdWednesday for a wynderful collaboration to celebrate Dr Johnson’s famous dictionary with: "Absurd Words, Nonsense Poems, and Nursery Rhymes" as this week's joined topic!

Wyrd Wednesday@wyrdwednesday.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Wyrdlings, 271 years ago #OnThisDay, Dr Johnson published his famous dictionary & even if “aardvark” was left out, #BookologyThursday’s BookCat & the Mothers of #WyrdWednesday team up, take the opportunity & give you: “Absurd Words, Nonsense Poems, and Nursery Rhymes” as this week’s joined topic!

Wyrdlings, 271 years ago #OnThisDay, Dr Johnson published his famous dictionary & even if “aardvark” was left out, #BookologyThursday’s BookCat & the Mothers of #WyrdWednesday team up, take the opportunity & give you: “Absurd Words, Nonsense Poems, and Nursery Rhymes” as this week’s joined topic!

Curious Cats and Fantastical Felines is finally here! 😻The first seeds for this one were planted way back in lockdown, so it feels extra special being able to finally share it with everyone - huge thanks to @batsfordbooks.bsky.social for making it a reality!

‘Then the unicorns came out of the sea.' from ‘The Last Unicorn' by Peter S. Beagle illustrated by Lily Seika Jones

Sometimes we all need a unicorn to believe in. Sometimes we need a unicorn to believe in us. ~Claudia Bakker

In dandelion season, when the Lilliputian lions spread magic at our feet, weave the magical golden flowers into your wedding bouquet for good luck, drink dandelion tea for psychic dreams and blow the seeds into the wind to make your wish come true. 🎨P. Cavallini (1259-1330)

And She Never Returned by Alfonso Simonetti (1885)

He was part of my dream, of course - but then I was part of his dream, too. ~Lewis Carroll (1871) 'Through the Looking-glass: And what Alice Found There'

Something old had nested in the numerous caves of the Apuseni Mountains in Western Romania and the people had their own peculiar rituals to keep it up there and out of their villages. Most didn't work particularly well, though. Read more in our 44th #darkspringtide tale below. 🎨 Abigail Larson

When a cat washes behind its ears, it is thought to be a sign of impending rain and gales. In Welsh folklore, cats are thought to bring luck good luck into the home #folklore