by Kate Dolan | Apr 11, 2020 | Faith, Holidays, Religion and Magic
This afternoon, as we took a windy walk, we passed a dogwood tree in full bloom and I asked my daughter if she knew the legend of the dogwood at Easter. I hope the owner of the tree doesn’t mind, because I took a flower home for Good Friday. Then I started researching...
by Kate Dolan | Dec 23, 2019 | Articles, Faith, Holidays, Living History, Religion and Magic
When I started building my nativity set, we could only afford to buy a few figures and I got animals to go along with the nuclear holy family because I thought a young child would find furry four-legged creatures more interesting than men in bathrobes. Each year we...
by Kate Dolan | Oct 8, 2017 | Articles, Faith, Holidays, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Religion and Magic, The Irish
I once saw a guy in my office printing out drawings of jack o’lanterns with a line through them. At first, I wondered what he had against pumpkins. How can any parent not like a smiling vegetable? Then I read the message under the picture “Sorry, no trick...
by Kate Dolan | Feb 2, 2016 | Articles, Faith, Holidays, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Religion and Magic
Happy Cross Quarter Day! It’s better known to most of us as Groundhog Day. Today we celebrate the fact that we are halfway between Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. Okay, in the age of electric lighting the Cross Quarter is not a big deal for most of us,...
by Kate Dolan | Feb 13, 2015 | Articles, Faith, Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Religion and Magic
Many superstitions date back to the medieval days when people believed that you could tell if your neighbor was a witch based her buoyancy in the local pond. But the “bad luck on Friday the 13th” thing doesn’t show up in lore until fairly recently....
by Kate Dolan | Oct 29, 2013 | Kate Dolan, Latest Posts, Living History, Religion and Magic
Maryland’s most famous haunted statue is no longer in Maryland. An empty pedestal stands in Druid Ridge Cemetery where, for years, “Black Aggie” lured thrill seekers and ghost hunters out to visit at night. It was said that if you sat in her lap, she...
