(Photo by Felix Mittermeier on Unsplash) Today, as scientific knowledge increases, many of the old superstitions have died away but even now, many of us hold core beliefs that are as irrational as any believed by “primitive man”. Some delusions are still clung to, such as a drowning man goes down three times, or milkContinue reading “OLD BELIEFS THAT DIE HARD”
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A Raven Like a Writing Desk
A distinctive black shape often seen in the updraughts of a misty mountain crag, their ‘gronking’ call is an evocative sound of Britain’s uplands. The raven is the largest member of the crow family and one of the world’s most intelligent and playful birds. In the realm of myth, folklore and fable it is aContinue reading “A Raven Like a Writing Desk”