Magpies are an incredibly common sight around Britain. They’re also well-represented in British bird lore. They appear as both omens of death and a fixture in a popular form of divination, the magpie rhymes. According to Lynx at Druidry.org, there are 20 species of magpie and treepie. The common magpie is exactly that in the […]
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Who is Icy Sedgwick?
Icy is a folklore blogger and host of the Fabulous Folklore podcast. She is based in the north east of England, where she was born and raised amid the folk tales and legends of Tyneside and Northumberland. Icy is fascinated by history, cinema, art, and the occult, and griffins will always be her favourite mythical beast. She also writes dark fantasy novellas, Gothic short stories and the occasional weird Western, and she holds a PhD in Film Studies!