Garlic in Romanian Folklore #Im4Ro alluringcreations.co.za/wp/garlic-ro...
November 29, 2024 at 5:23 AM
Garlic in Romanian Folklore #Im4Ro alluringcreations.co.za/wp/garlic-ro...
In Romanian folklore the tiny wren confronts avian titans among frost-kissed boughs. She represents the past year warbling through winter as a flickering beacon of hope and resurgence.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #winter #birds
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #winter #birds
January 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
In Romanian folklore the tiny wren confronts avian titans among frost-kissed boughs. She represents the past year warbling through winter as a flickering beacon of hope and resurgence.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #winter #birds
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #winter #birds
❄️🐥🦊❄️🐿 Romanian lore suggests that if farm animals choose to rest on their left side on #Christmas day, they foretell a long winter, its icy embrace stretching over long and chilling months ahead.
#Im4Ro #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreSunday #folklore #woodland
#Im4Ro #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreSunday #folklore #woodland
December 11, 2024 at 7:42 PM
❄️🐥🦊❄️🐿 Romanian lore suggests that if farm animals choose to rest on their left side on #Christmas day, they foretell a long winter, its icy embrace stretching over long and chilling months ahead.
#Im4Ro #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreSunday #folklore #woodland
#Im4Ro #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreSunday #folklore #woodland
🌲 Listen to that! Hear it? The evergreen forest is noisy
The thaw is near. Twigs snap, snow sighs, rivers hum awake. Spring is tiptoeing in, shaking winter’s grip with every drip and drop.
#Spring #folklore
#BookologyThursday #Im4Ro
🎨 Ion Andreeacu
The thaw is near. Twigs snap, snow sighs, rivers hum awake. Spring is tiptoeing in, shaking winter’s grip with every drip and drop.
#Spring #folklore
#BookologyThursday #Im4Ro
🎨 Ion Andreeacu
March 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🌲 Listen to that! Hear it? The evergreen forest is noisy
The thaw is near. Twigs snap, snow sighs, rivers hum awake. Spring is tiptoeing in, shaking winter’s grip with every drip and drop.
#Spring #folklore
#BookologyThursday #Im4Ro
🎨 Ion Andreeacu
The thaw is near. Twigs snap, snow sighs, rivers hum awake. Spring is tiptoeing in, shaking winter’s grip with every drip and drop.
#Spring #folklore
#BookologyThursday #Im4Ro
🎨 Ion Andreeacu
In Romanian #folklore the small black bird, "mierla" is believed to be a girl who went out into the world in search of her missing mother. Dressed in her ma's black attire, she sings of her misfortune, calling her mother's name, always hopeful.
#BookWormSat #Im4ro #birds
🎨 Tim Cantor
#BookWormSat #Im4ro #birds
🎨 Tim Cantor
November 30, 2024 at 1:38 PM
In Romanian #folklore the small black bird, "mierla" is believed to be a girl who went out into the world in search of her missing mother. Dressed in her ma's black attire, she sings of her misfortune, calling her mother's name, always hopeful.
#BookWormSat #Im4ro #birds
🎨 Tim Cantor
#BookWormSat #Im4ro #birds
🎨 Tim Cantor
🏰 Fall of Constantinople #OTD 1453, last breath of Byzantium, first toll of the #EndOfMiddleAgesDay.
Dante born 1265 weeps across time “O human race, born to fly upward,
wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?"
#History #BookologyThursday #medieval Corvin Castle #Im4Ro
Dante born 1265 weeps across time “O human race, born to fly upward,
wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?"
#History #BookologyThursday #medieval Corvin Castle #Im4Ro
May 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🏰 Fall of Constantinople #OTD 1453, last breath of Byzantium, first toll of the #EndOfMiddleAgesDay.
Dante born 1265 weeps across time “O human race, born to fly upward,
wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?"
#History #BookologyThursday #medieval Corvin Castle #Im4Ro
Dante born 1265 weeps across time “O human race, born to fly upward,
wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?"
#History #BookologyThursday #medieval Corvin Castle #Im4Ro
In Romania folklore says that washing one's hair on Epiphany Day offends the blessed waters' sanctity by sullying them. Elders caution that it will invite headaches for a whole year. A superstition & sacred tradition from times when rivers were treasured water source. #Im4Ro #OTD
January 6, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Drink a glass of Sauerkraut juice, then walk backwards to your bedchamber. You will dream of your destined lover -he'll offer you a glass o' water! A sure way to learn his face.
Sweet dreams. ✨️❤️
#folklore #Romania #Im4Ro #superstition #live
🎨 Sleeping Beauty, Henry Meynell Rheam
Sweet dreams. ✨️❤️
#folklore #Romania #Im4Ro #superstition #live
🎨 Sleeping Beauty, Henry Meynell Rheam
November 28, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Drink a glass of Sauerkraut juice, then walk backwards to your bedchamber. You will dream of your destined lover -he'll offer you a glass o' water! A sure way to learn his face.
Sweet dreams. ✨️❤️
#folklore #Romania #Im4Ro #superstition #live
🎨 Sleeping Beauty, Henry Meynell Rheam
Sweet dreams. ✨️❤️
#folklore #Romania #Im4Ro #superstition #live
🎨 Sleeping Beauty, Henry Meynell Rheam
In Romanian lore the poppy #flower whispering of sleep and oblivion, yet are stained with the blood of the fallen. It sways over forgotten graves, its crimson petals like spectral echoes of sacrifice, lingering lament for souls lost to war and time.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro
February 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In Romanian lore the poppy #flower whispering of sleep and oblivion, yet are stained with the blood of the fallen. It sways over forgotten graves, its crimson petals like spectral echoes of sacrifice, lingering lament for souls lost to war and time.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro
Romanian villages often had a baba or moașă—an old woman skilled in charms and herbal remedies. One who, how else, inherited the renowned Dacians' knowledge. These women were sought after for everything from healing wounds to ensuring safe childbirth.
#MythologyMonday #Im4Ro 📸 K Hjorth, R Ikonen
#MythologyMonday #Im4Ro 📸 K Hjorth, R Ikonen
February 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Romanian villages often had a baba or moașă—an old woman skilled in charms and herbal remedies. One who, how else, inherited the renowned Dacians' knowledge. These women were sought after for everything from healing wounds to ensuring safe childbirth.
#MythologyMonday #Im4Ro 📸 K Hjorth, R Ikonen
#MythologyMonday #Im4Ro 📸 K Hjorth, R Ikonen
📜 #OnThisDay in 1459 #Bucharest stepped into history:
A charter issued by Vlad Dracula, ruler of Wallachia, first mentioned "the fortress of Bucharest,” confirming property rights & freedom from taxes and certain services.🏰
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#TodayInHistory #Im4Ro
A charter issued by Vlad Dracula, ruler of Wallachia, first mentioned "the fortress of Bucharest,” confirming property rights & freedom from taxes and certain services.🏰
alluringcreations.co.za/wp/vlad-tepe...
#TodayInHistory #Im4Ro
September 20, 2026 at 5:42 PM
📜 #OnThisDay in 1459 #Bucharest stepped into history:
A charter issued by Vlad Dracula, ruler of Wallachia, first mentioned "the fortress of Bucharest,” confirming property rights & freedom from taxes and certain services.🏰
alluringcreations.co.za/wp/vlad-tepe...
#TodayInHistory #Im4Ro
A charter issued by Vlad Dracula, ruler of Wallachia, first mentioned "the fortress of Bucharest,” confirming property rights & freedom from taxes and certain services.🏰
alluringcreations.co.za/wp/vlad-tepe...
#TodayInHistory #Im4Ro
🏡In #WhenSecretsBloom, Scheii hill is the area where the local folks live. Outside the walls of Kronstadt fortress. There, a lot happens, especially at night.
Mybook.to/wsb
There are many crosses like this one (raised in 1867) along the road.
#staircasesaturday #history #Brasov #Im4Ro
Mybook.to/wsb
There are many crosses like this one (raised in 1867) along the road.
#staircasesaturday #history #Brasov #Im4Ro
June 20, 2026 at 4:26 PM
🏡In #WhenSecretsBloom, Scheii hill is the area where the local folks live. Outside the walls of Kronstadt fortress. There, a lot happens, especially at night.
Mybook.to/wsb
There are many crosses like this one (raised in 1867) along the road.
#staircasesaturday #history #Brasov #Im4Ro
Mybook.to/wsb
There are many crosses like this one (raised in 1867) along the road.
#staircasesaturday #history #Brasov #Im4Ro
🐥 One legend from Hen's Mountain, Muntele Găina, Romania, speaks of a 🧚♂️ fairy who owned a hen that laid golden eggs. The lovers who came, with open hearts, to confess their love received a golden egg as a wedding gift.
Then greed showed up.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #truelove
Then greed showed up.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #truelove
February 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🐥 One legend from Hen's Mountain, Muntele Găina, Romania, speaks of a 🧚♂️ fairy who owned a hen that laid golden eggs. The lovers who came, with open hearts, to confess their love received a golden egg as a wedding gift.
Then greed showed up.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #truelove
Then greed showed up.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #truelove
An ancient #superstition asks that the final grapes in the vineyard to not be gathered by human hand but rather left as an offering. Let the birds feast and let Heaven be honored as the vines rest for half a year.
Tried and tested:
#Folklore #Im4Ro #birds #gardening
Tried and tested:
#Folklore #Im4Ro #birds #gardening
November 30, 2024 at 1:42 PM
An ancient #superstition asks that the final grapes in the vineyard to not be gathered by human hand but rather left as an offering. Let the birds feast and let Heaven be honored as the vines rest for half a year.
Tried and tested:
#Folklore #Im4Ro #birds #gardening
Tried and tested:
#Folklore #Im4Ro #birds #gardening
Romanian Drob, a Lamb-Terrine for Easter, its History, Symbology and Traditional Recipe #Im4Ro alluringcreations.co.za/wp/drob-for-... @patfurstenberg.bsky.social
Romanian Drob, a Lamb-Terrine for Easter, its History, Symbology and Traditional Recipe #Im4Ro - Patricia Furstenberg, Writer of Historical Fiction, Children's Books
The Romanian drob, herb-scented lamb-terrine, is the centerpiece of an Easter meal, learn of its millennial history and culinary tradition.
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April 3, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Romanian Drob, a Lamb-Terrine for Easter, its History, Symbology and Traditional Recipe #Im4Ro alluringcreations.co.za/wp/drob-for-... @patfurstenberg.bsky.social
"At my wedding tell
How a bright star fell,
Sun & Moon came down
Hold my bridal crown,
Firs & maple trees
Were my guests; my priests
Were mountains high;
Fiddlers-birds that fly;
Torchlights, stars on high."
Romanian "Mioriţa"
#bookchatweekly #Im4Ro #bookquote #ballad #comingofage
How a bright star fell,
Sun & Moon came down
Hold my bridal crown,
Firs & maple trees
Were my guests; my priests
Were mountains high;
Fiddlers-birds that fly;
Torchlights, stars on high."
Romanian "Mioriţa"
#bookchatweekly #Im4Ro #bookquote #ballad #comingofage
November 30, 2024 at 2:33 AM
"At my wedding tell
How a bright star fell,
Sun & Moon came down
Hold my bridal crown,
Firs & maple trees
Were my guests; my priests
Were mountains high;
Fiddlers-birds that fly;
Torchlights, stars on high."
Romanian "Mioriţa"
#bookchatweekly #Im4Ro #bookquote #ballad #comingofage
How a bright star fell,
Sun & Moon came down
Hold my bridal crown,
Firs & maple trees
Were my guests; my priests
Were mountains high;
Fiddlers-birds that fly;
Torchlights, stars on high."
Romanian "Mioriţa"
#bookchatweekly #Im4Ro #bookquote #ballad #comingofage
Where did Vlad the Impaler live?
Sighișoara. The Ottoman world. Târgoviște. Bucharest. Hungary.
Each place reveals another piece of his extraordinary story—and another layer of the Dracula legend.
alluringcreations.co.za/wp/vlad-drac...
#VladTheImpaler #VladDracula #Transylvania #Im4Ro
Sighișoara. The Ottoman world. Târgoviște. Bucharest. Hungary.
Each place reveals another piece of his extraordinary story—and another layer of the Dracula legend.
alluringcreations.co.za/wp/vlad-drac...
#VladTheImpaler #VladDracula #Transylvania #Im4Ro
Vlad Dracula: The Historical Man Behind the Legend | Patricia Furstenberg
Discover the real Vlad Dracula, also known as Vlad the Impaler: his childhood, Ottoman captivity, Wallachian reign, battles, letters, family, places and the history behind the Dracula legend.
alluringcreations.co.za
September 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Where did Vlad the Impaler live?
Sighișoara. The Ottoman world. Târgoviște. Bucharest. Hungary.
Each place reveals another piece of his extraordinary story—and another layer of the Dracula legend.
alluringcreations.co.za/wp/vlad-drac...
#VladTheImpaler #VladDracula #Transylvania #Im4Ro
Sighișoara. The Ottoman world. Târgoviște. Bucharest. Hungary.
Each place reveals another piece of his extraordinary story—and another layer of the Dracula legend.
alluringcreations.co.za/wp/vlad-drac...
#VladTheImpaler #VladDracula #Transylvania #Im4Ro
Valentine’s Day in Romania is Today! Dragobete ♥
♡what to do
♡what to try
♡what to say
https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/valentines-day-romanian-folklore-dragobete-ziua-indragostitilor/
#folklore #love #2ndchances #CelebrateLove #spells #OldWivesTales #TodayInHistory #OTD #Im4ro
♡what to do
♡what to try
♡what to say
https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/valentines-day-romanian-folklore-dragobete-ziua-indragostitilor/
#folklore #love #2ndchances #CelebrateLove #spells #OldWivesTales #TodayInHistory #OTD #Im4ro
February 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Valentine’s Day in Romania is Today! Dragobete ♥
♡what to do
♡what to try
♡what to say
https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/valentines-day-romanian-folklore-dragobete-ziua-indragostitilor/
#folklore #love #2ndchances #CelebrateLove #spells #OldWivesTales #TodayInHistory #OTD #Im4ro
♡what to do
♡what to try
♡what to say
https://alluringcreations.co.za/wp/valentines-day-romanian-folklore-dragobete-ziua-indragostitilor/
#folklore #love #2ndchances #CelebrateLove #spells #OldWivesTales #TodayInHistory #OTD #Im4ro
🎄 🎁 📚 ✨
ENJOY reading #books this #Christmas
http://mybook.to/SilentHeroes
http://mybook.to/JoyfulTrouble
http://mybook.to/100WT
http://mybook.to/dreamro
#gift #histfic #Transylvania #dogs #folklore #war #Im4Ro #gift #giftideas #dad #Christmasgifts #traveling #bookstoread
ENJOY reading #books this #Christmas
http://mybook.to/SilentHeroes
http://mybook.to/JoyfulTrouble
http://mybook.to/100WT
http://mybook.to/dreamro
#gift #histfic #Transylvania #dogs #folklore #war #Im4Ro #gift #giftideas #dad #Christmasgifts #traveling #bookstoread
December 3, 2024 at 5:23 PM
"My heart is as open as the valleys ahead. As I stroll along the mountain path my foot awakens the echo that's been sleeping... My arms sweep over hills and plains. I bring you and armful of beauty."
mybook.to/dreamro
#bookquote #Im4Ro #giftideas
#BooksMakeGreatGifts
mybook.to/dreamro
#bookquote #Im4Ro #giftideas
#BooksMakeGreatGifts
November 28, 2024 at 3:09 AM
"My heart is as open as the valleys ahead. As I stroll along the mountain path my foot awakens the echo that's been sleeping... My arms sweep over hills and plains. I bring you and armful of beauty."
mybook.to/dreamro
#bookquote #Im4Ro #giftideas
#BooksMakeGreatGifts
mybook.to/dreamro
#bookquote #Im4Ro #giftideas
#BooksMakeGreatGifts
In Romanian folklore the tiny wren confronts avian titans among frost-kissed boughs. She represents the past year warbling through winter as a flickering beacon of hope and resurgence.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #winter #birds
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #winter #birds
January 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In Romanian folklore the tiny wren confronts avian titans among frost-kissed boughs. She represents the past year warbling through winter as a flickering beacon of hope and resurgence.
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #winter #birds
#FolkloreSunday #Im4Ro #winter #birds
Entities that scarry us carry the weight we entrust them with. Growing to accommodate it.
A man sees a wolf. Deadly clows. Hungry beast.
Daisies see playful whiskers, a kiss as soft as a breeze. A free spirit dancing through the forest.
#Folklore #Im4Ro #perceptions #winter
A man sees a wolf. Deadly clows. Hungry beast.
Daisies see playful whiskers, a kiss as soft as a breeze. A free spirit dancing through the forest.
#Folklore #Im4Ro #perceptions #winter
November 29, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Entities that scarry us carry the weight we entrust them with. Growing to accommodate it.
A man sees a wolf. Deadly clows. Hungry beast.
Daisies see playful whiskers, a kiss as soft as a breeze. A free spirit dancing through the forest.
#Folklore #Im4Ro #perceptions #winter
A man sees a wolf. Deadly clows. Hungry beast.
Daisies see playful whiskers, a kiss as soft as a breeze. A free spirit dancing through the forest.
#Folklore #Im4Ro #perceptions #winter
🏰 ⚜️ A large gothic chalice?
The bronze baptismal font, since 1472, of Black Church #Brasov.
Church was smaller and known as St Mary's during the time of my latest historical fiction novel...
#FontsOnFriday #ferrousFriday #research #Transylvania #Im4Ro
📸 Black Church
The bronze baptismal font, since 1472, of Black Church #Brasov.
Church was smaller and known as St Mary's during the time of my latest historical fiction novel...
#FontsOnFriday #ferrousFriday #research #Transylvania #Im4Ro
📸 Black Church
July 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🏰 ⚜️ A large gothic chalice?
The bronze baptismal font, since 1472, of Black Church #Brasov.
Church was smaller and known as St Mary's during the time of my latest historical fiction novel...
#FontsOnFriday #ferrousFriday #research #Transylvania #Im4Ro
📸 Black Church
The bronze baptismal font, since 1472, of Black Church #Brasov.
Church was smaller and known as St Mary's during the time of my latest historical fiction novel...
#FontsOnFriday #ferrousFriday #research #Transylvania #Im4Ro
📸 Black Church
You've got only tonight, on #SummerSolstice, to search those woods. Find the plant that'll unlock any lock. Set you free.
🌿 White Swallow-Wort (Iarba Fiarelor, Romania) blooms like gold one night alone. Called the robbers’ grass.
#folklore #Im4Ro #Solstice #flowers
🌿 White Swallow-Wort (Iarba Fiarelor, Romania) blooms like gold one night alone. Called the robbers’ grass.
#folklore #Im4Ro #Solstice #flowers
June 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
You've got only tonight, on #SummerSolstice, to search those woods. Find the plant that'll unlock any lock. Set you free.
🌿 White Swallow-Wort (Iarba Fiarelor, Romania) blooms like gold one night alone. Called the robbers’ grass.
#folklore #Im4Ro #Solstice #flowers
🌿 White Swallow-Wort (Iarba Fiarelor, Romania) blooms like gold one night alone. Called the robbers’ grass.
#folklore #Im4Ro #Solstice #flowers
You've got only tonight, on #SummerSolstice, to search those woods. Find the plant that'll unlock any lock. Set you free.
🌿 White Swallow-Wort (Iarba Fiarelor, Romania) blooms like gold one night alone. Called the robbers’ grass.
#folklore #Im4Ro #Solstice #flowers
🌿 White Swallow-Wort (Iarba Fiarelor, Romania) blooms like gold one night alone. Called the robbers’ grass.
#folklore #Im4Ro #Solstice #flowers
June 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
You've got only tonight, on #SummerSolstice, to search those woods. Find the plant that'll unlock any lock. Set you free.
🌿 White Swallow-Wort (Iarba Fiarelor, Romania) blooms like gold one night alone. Called the robbers’ grass.
#folklore #Im4Ro #Solstice #flowers
🌿 White Swallow-Wort (Iarba Fiarelor, Romania) blooms like gold one night alone. Called the robbers’ grass.
#folklore #Im4Ro #Solstice #flowers