“Making corn dollies under the watchful eye of Mrs Darley was an absolute must for all of us living in the tiny Cornish hamlet on Bodmin Moor.” — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“Mrs Darley, I noticed, always had her corn dolly amidst an arrangement of cornflowers and poppies (albeit they were artificial!). The corn, I was to later understand, represented the God, the red poppies his sacrificial blood and the blue cornflowers… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“Tea was the order of the day, neat for the hardened drinker or containing a tot of whiskey for those who liked it watered… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“Listen,’ she whispered and pointed towards the window. ‘Whenever the wind blows from the east and the wind chimes dance in the moonlight, there… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“My work as a Meridian Psychotherapist and Clinical Hypnotherapist has taught me that people often feel guilty about the way they feel or think… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“The Old Cornwall Society decided during the 1920s to revive the custom of lighting fires along the Cornish peninsula, beginning in the east and… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“The festival of the spring equinox speaks of freshness and youth, of excitement and endless possibilities. Nature begins to quicken and early flowers open… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“In times when the grain was harvested by hand, many traditions and superstitions grew up around this important event.” — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“The Green Man has also become synonymous with Cernunnos, the Celtic horned God, often portrayed in Celtic art as part man, part stag, who… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“Legend tells us that the High King of Tara, who ruled supreme over all the Kings of Ireland, looked out from his castle one… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“The spring equinox celebration included a dawn trip to the nearby Rillaton Barrow, a Bronze Age burial mound high up on the Cheesewring Moor,… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“Saturday morning brought an Imbolc gift of thick fog, as our select company of three set off onto the rain-sodden moor. ‘Here we are,’… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“Strange as it may seem, the association of eggs and bunnies at Easter time are actually connected and, to discover more, we must once… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
“Pagan paths, of which there are many, more often than not, are based upon an acknowledgement of a Divine presence within nature, as acknowledged… — Carole Carlton Copy Share Image
