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jpak

(41,760 posts) Thu Apr 30, 2020, 06:19 PM Apr 2020

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Tonight is Walpurgis Night - and Brown Jenkin has been seen

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Tonight is Walpurgis Night - and Brown Jenkin has been seen (Original Post) jpak Apr 2020 OP

I'd never heard of this underpants Apr 2020 #1

It's still a Big Thang in Europe - lots of bonfires and pagan pageantry jpak Apr 2020 #2

... jpak Apr 2020 #3

underpants

(182,950 posts)

1. I'd never heard of this

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2020, 06:25 PM

Apr 2020

Saint Walpurga was hailed by the Christians of Germany for battling "pest, rabies and whooping cough, as well as against witchcraft."[

jpak

(41,760 posts)

2. It's still a Big Thang in Europe - lots of bonfires and pagan pageantry

Reply to underpants (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 30, 2020, 06:36 PM

Apr 2020

Brown Jenkin is a character in H. P,. Lovecraft's "The Dreams in the Witch-House" - he was a familiar that appeared on Walpurgis Night.

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jpak

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Reply to jpak (Original post)

Thu Apr 30, 2020, 07:56 PM

Apr 2020

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