Old European culture

In County Kerry, Ireland, there is a holly well known as Tobar na nGealt, ( Well of the mad ), also known as the  Gall's well , whose wa...

Q: "Which way to turn myself I know not?"  A: "If you worship the gods, right-hand wise, I apprehend." Ever wondered why...

This Sunday started quite well... Archaeologist Neil Jackman @JackmanNeil posted this very interesting picture on his twitter account: With...

Shepherds chapel, Velebit, Croatia dedicated to Holy Mary. The altar is actually bedrock, around which the church was built, indicating that...

Harvesting in Scotland by a Scottish painter Joseph Farquharson (1846-1935).  Scottish harvest customs. From " Carmina Gadelica - Hym...

Cockerel standing on top of the sun gate, on the border between the darkness and light, between the land of the dead (where sun spends night...

There is a very unusual story about a king with long (goat's or donkey's or horse's or ox's) ears and his barber. This story...

This is Dún Briste (literally Broken Fort) in Co. Mayo, Ireland. This 50 metres tall sea-stack stands just off Downpatrick Head, in the town...

In the past, at Imbolc, the first day of Spring according to Gaelic calendar, St Bride's "bannock" or "bonnach" was ...