#FolkloreThursday: One account from the 19th century tells of an encounter with the #Puca during the Kildare Hunt: `The #Pooka easily leaped across a gorge, disappearing into woodlands, but the pack of hounds hard on scent of the fox went headlong into the turbulent waters below.`
“Looking down, Grennan saw fox and hounds trying desperately to swim to safety through swirling swell; other hounds dashed against rocks were yelping in pain and dying. He wept as most of pack went under. Suddenly his sorrow give way to terror, he heard a diabolical neighing, like an animal laughing – from woods opposite. Grennan knew then it was Pooka." #Celtic
Source: The Pooka | Emerald Isle Irish and Celtic myths, fairy tales and legends

https://www.unexplained.ie/article/1115-the-unreal-irish-mythology-meets-modern-mischief-rte-streaming-ireland-television/ #television #show #tv #ireland #irish #irishparanromal #paranormal #puca #ghost #spirit #fae #fairies #rte #unexplainedie #unexplained

Siobhan Ball introduces TWH’s readers to the folklore of the blackberry – including why you need to eat them before the Faerie Folk claim them for their own – and also offers a delicious recipe for a blackberry and apple crumble.

https://wildhunt.org/2024/09/get-the-blackberries-before-something-else-does.html

#kitchenwitch #blackberry #puca #folklore #pagan #blackberryandapplecrubble #michaelmas #recipe

https://www.unexplained.ie/article/1032-puca-festival-celebrating-the-origins-of-halloween-in-ireland/ #puca #festival #halloween #halloween2024 #ireland #unexplainedie #unexplained

The Celtic Púca, a shape-shifting faerie creature, is known for its mischievous nature and folkloric significance. #Puca #celticfolklore https://connectparanormal.net/2024/08/29/puca-captivating-faerie-creature-in-celtic-culture-and-mythology/

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#puca #irishtiktok #irishfolklore #irishfolkmusic #trickster #drawing #art #illustration #paintmarker #paperbag #paperbagart #brownbag #brownbagart #lunchbag #lunchbagart #snackbag #snackbagart #snackadelic #MastoArt #mastoartist

Happy #StPatricksDay! An Irish folktale about the púca tells of how it, in the form of a horse, once abducted a young and inexperienced piper and took him to a great feast in the house of the Banshee, where the lad and his pipes became the party's entertainment. #FolkloreSunday

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#Folklore #Folktale #Puca #Pooka #ThePucaAndThePiper #Ireland #IrishFolklore #IrishFolktale

Learn about #Samhain, the mischievous #Púca, and #Halloween's Irish roots https://pucafestival.com/origins/. #history #Ireland

My cat's name is "Pica" ... but that's one letter off from a puca and I don't think that's an accident.

She is a gremlin. #caturday #pica #puca #fae

About to head into our first, self-organised "Feminist #Killjoy" Reading Group + #Púca sends his regards to all other angry, inconvenient "buzzkills", "complainers", and "snowflakes" out there ✊

#KilljoySolidarity
#TheFeministKilljoyHandbook
#wearefeministkilljoys

To help with the #SundayScaries: Here is #Púca {looking} drunk on #Chewdog 🍺 (by #BrewDog).

Today, on our evening walk, #Púca was scared to pass an #Aontú poster on a lamppost.

He must have sensed the danger that derives from #antichoice politicians. - Smart Dog!

#northernireland #election #prochoice #abortion #womensrights

In this state, we like to refer to #Puca as Boggo-Doggo

#Bales2023FilmChallenge April 9: #EasterSunday freebie

James Stewart is Elwood P. Dowd. An ordinary man with an extraordinary claim: his best friend is an invisible, six feet three and a half inches-tall #pooka – a mythological Celtic, shapeshifting creature – who in Mr Dowd's case resembles a rabbit called #Harvey. Elwood's sister and niece, who also occasionally see the furry goblin, have their relative send to a sanatorium where the doctors and us viewers learn more about this curious case.

Harvey (1950), based on Mary Chase's #PulitzerPrize Play with the same name, is guaranteed to bring a smile on your face, this humbug's scout's honour! Have a nice #Easter, CineMastodons!

#film #cinema #HenryKoster #JamesStewart #púca #ShapeShifters #Easter #comedy #drama #FilMastodon #CineMastodon @film https://letterboxd.com/12pt9/list/bales2023filmchallenge/

In case you also have the #SundayScaries: Here's #Púca relaxing in a lush green field surrounded by snowdrops 🌼

#Púca and I can't be at the @REPHRAIN1 sandpit today, but gosh, he would so rock wearing his name badge. Plus, I bet he would have some worthy research ideas on the reduction of #online harms, especially when it comes to #animal #abuse 🐾!

Don't think #Puca fully understands how amazing it is that he got his very own (!) #REPHRAIN (Research Centre on Privacy, Harm Reduction and Adversarial Influence Online) name badge 😂! Just a shame he can't attend today's #showcase - he certainly would have added much cuteness 💖

❄️#Púca, watching the #snow ❄️

#Puca says you should really consider applying!

1️⃣Research Fellow in Technology Facilitated Abuse (#TechAbuse)
👉https://ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?nPostingId=2140&nPostingTargetId=2756&id=Q1KFK026203F3VBQBLO8M8M07&LG=UK&mask=extResearch

2️⃣Research Fellow in Natural Language Processing (#NLP)
👉https://ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs/details?nPostingId=2144&nPostingTargetId=2795&id=Q1KFK026203F3VBQBLO8M8M07&LG=UK&mask=ext

[Deadline for both posts 16/01]

I'm 15 mins from leaving my apartment to travel internationally but remembered that I hadn't gotten the PÚCA DSP board I recently got to work. Used some of the example sketches provided by the creator but couldn't get them to work. I bought another board with the same chip, wrote a program, tried it, and then tried it on the puca. Worked. This was obviously the best moment to do this 🤣 but in all seriousness, I'd be worried all break if I didn't verify this.

#esp32 #puca #dsp #diy #electronics