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Tag Archives: Halloween
Tiptoe Through the Tombstones
Pumpkins, spiders and zombies galore! Halloween is coming up. Did you know that the original Hallowmas, (the evening before the Christian festival of All Hallows) was a time to remember deceased loved ones or saints. It had nothing to do … Continue reading
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Tagged All Hallows, Amsterdam graveyard, Halloween, Hallowmas, Huis te Vraag, Oud Zuid, Quiet Places, Rituals
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Meet Merrily Watkins, Herefordian ghost-buster
Merrily Watkins is a favourite fictional character of mine. She lives in rural Herefordshire, the county where I was born and grew up. She is a parish priest and deliverance minister or ghost-buster, in the vernacular. Merrily is in her … Continue reading