KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore

@BeeFolklore

Website: http://www.beefolklore.ie Sharing folklore from my book 'The Keeper of the Bees' I'm mostly here now: @beefolklore.bsky.social

Ireland

Joined August 2024

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KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore@BeeFolklore · Oct 24

So happy that it is out in the world now! Available in all bookshops & online: obrien.ie/the-keeper-of-… #IrishBookWeek #Folklore #SaveTheBees 🐝🐝

TThe O'Brien Press@OBrienPress · Oct 21

Happy publication day to ‘The Keeper of the Bees’ by Eimear Chaomhánach, Illustarted by Jane Carkill 🐝 Available in bookshops now! @BeeFolklore #thekeeperofthebees #new #irishpublishing #obrienpress

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The O'Brien Press@OBrienPress · Jul 21

Eimear Chaomhánach, a beekeeper’s daughter and a student of folklore, will be in conversation with Anthony Freeman this Saturday, 26th July at @Liberties_Fest, discussing her book ‘The Keeper of the Bees - Bees and Beekeeping in Irish Folklore.’ Tickets are now available!

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KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore@BeeFolklore · Dec 7

'They are the last romantics, these candles: Upside down hearts of light tipping wax fingers, And the fingers, taken in by their own haloes...' ✍️Candles by Sylvia Plath #BookwormSat #BookChatWeekly

BeeFolklore's tweet image. 'They are the last romantics, these candles:
Upside down hearts of light tipping wax fingers,
And the fingers, taken in by their own haloes...'

✍️Candles by Sylvia Plath

#BookwormSat #BookChatWeekly

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KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore@BeeFolklore · Dec 6

Happy St Nicholas Day, today 6th Dec! From a gift-giver in folklore, to the character of Father Christmas and the magical entity that became Santa Claus - he really is the pinnacle of Christmas time for most! 🎅 #folklore #stnicholasday #otd #christmas

BeeFolklore's tweet image. Happy St Nicholas Day, today 6th Dec!
From a gift-giver in folklore, to the character of Father Christmas and the magical entity that became Santa Claus - he really is the pinnacle of Christmas time for most!
🎅

#folklore #stnicholasday #otd #christmas

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KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore@BeeFolklore · Nov 28

A natural antiseptic, the ultimate cure-all & the magic, ritual and folklore inspired by #Honey 🍯 Here's an article I wrote for @IrishCountryMag 🐝 #TheKeeperOfTheBees @OBrienPress #Beekeeping

IIrish Country Magazine@IrishCountryMag · Nov 28

We might think of it as a basic kitchen staple but there is so much more power in this simple food than most of us realise eu1.hubs.ly/H0f1hbD0 #honey #healingpower #historyofhoney @beefolklore

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Good Food Ireland®@GoodFoodIreland · Apr 9

Hop into spring with “Spring on a Plate – with a Hint of Irish Honey” by Eimear Chaomhánach! Celebrate Easter with seasonal flavours & sweet Irish honey. Read & shop her books: goodfoodireland.ie/spring-on-a-pl… 🌸🍯🐣 #GoodFoodIreland #EasterRecipes #IrishFood

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Chapters Bookstore Dublin@chaptersbooks · Mar 12

Eimear Chaomhánach in signing her book The keeper of the Bees - which is also in our window at the moment! 🐝❤️🐝 This is gorgeous book - beautifully conceived & illustrated, full of the important stuff we are in danger of forgetting.

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KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore@BeeFolklore · Jan 27

I'm now over here: @beefolklore.bsky.social 🐝

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KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore@BeeFolklore · Dec 28

'Flightless now and shivering, around their Queen they cling; every bee a gift of heat; she will not freeze within the winter cluster of the bees.' ✍️The Bee Carol by Carol Ann Duffy #BookwormSat #Poetry #QueenBee 👑🐝

BeeFolklore's tweet image. 'Flightless now and shivering,
around their Queen they cling;
every bee a gift of heat;
she will not freeze
within the winter cluster of the bees.'

✍️The Bee Carol by Carol Ann Duffy
#BookwormSat #Poetry #QueenBee 👑🐝

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Irish History Bitesize!@lorraineelizab6 · Dec 28

There's been some fabulous books published in 2024! Here's just some of them in my collection!!! Do YOU have any favourites?! I'd love to see/hear about them! @OBrienPress @Gill_Books @WalkerBooksUK #IrishHistory #folklore #WritersLift 📚

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The O'Brien Press@OBrienPress · Dec 18

Need some inspiration for additional #gifts for under the tree this #Christmas?🎄 ‘The Keeper of the Bees’ by Eimear Chaomhánach, illustrated by Jane Carkill, and ‘A Place Called Home’ by Alice Taylor, are wonderful additions to any bookshelf! Available in all good bookshops.

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KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore@BeeFolklore · Dec 18

It was Christmas Eve babe In the drunk tank An old man said to me, won't see another one And then he sang a song The Rare Old Mountain Dew I turned my face away And dreamed about you 🎶 A true legend: Shane MacGowan 🖤The Pogues 🖤 Fairytale of New York 🖤 #LegendaryWednesday

BeeFolklore's tweet image. It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won't see another one
And then he sang a song
The Rare Old Mountain Dew
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you
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A true legend:
Shane MacGowan 🖤The Pogues 🖤 Fairytale of New York 🖤

#LegendaryWednesday

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KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore@BeeFolklore · Dec 18

Integrating candles into calendar customs is a beloved tradition in Irish folklore. Lighting a candle & leaving it on a windowsill on #ChristmasEve was said to illuminate the path for the holy family should they be looking for a night’s shelter. 🕯️ #LegendaryWednesday

BeeFolklore's tweet image. Integrating candles into calendar customs is a beloved
tradition in Irish folklore. Lighting a candle &amp; leaving it on a windowsill on #ChristmasEve was said to illuminate the path for the holy family should they be looking for a night’s shelter.
🕯️
#LegendaryWednesday

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KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore@BeeFolklore · Dec 17

An absolute pleasure being interviewed by wildlife expert #ÉannaNíLamhna for @NatureRTE's 'Mooney Goes Wild' last night. Listen back (45:30) for some bee folklore chat! 🐝 rte.ie/radio/radio1/m…… @OBrienPress #TheKeeperOfTheBees #Bookchatweekly #FairytaleTuesday

BeeFolklore's tweet image. An absolute pleasure being interviewed by wildlife expert #ÉannaNíLamhna for @NatureRTE's 'Mooney Goes Wild' last night.

Listen back (45:30) for some bee folklore chat!
🐝 rte.ie/radio/radio1/m……
@OBrienPress #TheKeeperOfTheBees #Bookchatweekly #FairytaleTuesday

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KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore@BeeFolklore · Dec 12

#StAmbrose was the patron saint of beekeepers, born in Germany, reared in Rome & known as St Ambrose of Milan. As a baby, St Ambrose was visited by a swarm of bees in his crib. They were said to endow a #gift of eloquence; making the child honey-tongued! #BookologyThursday

BeeFolklore's tweet image. #StAmbrose was the patron saint of beekeepers, born in Germany, reared in Rome &amp; known as St Ambrose of Milan.

As a baby, St Ambrose was visited by a swarm of bees in his crib. They were said to endow a #gift of eloquence; making the child honey-tongued!

#BookologyThursday

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KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore@BeeFolklore · Dec 8

Using a smoker to pacify the bees has ancient evolutionary origins. Bees associate smoke with their forest being on fire & it prompts them to huddle together, stay calm & weather the elements 🐝 #FolkloreSunday #WeatheringTheStorm

BeeFolklore's tweet image. Using a smoker to pacify the bees has ancient evolutionary origins. Bees associate smoke with their forest being on fire &amp; it prompts them to huddle together, stay calm &amp; weather the elements
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#FolkloreSunday
#WeatheringTheStorm

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Irish Archaeology@irarchaeology · Dec 2

Bees in Irish Folklore, a fascinating and beautifully illustrated book by @BeeFolklore

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KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore@BeeFolklore · Dec 2

In Irish lore, the tale of Aristotle & the bees has unique elements. Named Harry Stattle, he is outwitted by the bees as he tries to decipher how bees make honey. In anger, he kicks a glass box holding a swarm. The bees rise & sting Harry, leaving him blind. 🐝 #MythologyMonday

BeeFolklore's tweet image. In Irish lore, the tale of Aristotle &amp; the bees has unique elements. Named Harry Stattle, he is outwitted by the bees as he tries to decipher how bees make honey. In anger, he kicks a glass box holding a swarm. The bees rise &amp; sting Harry, leaving him blind.
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#MythologyMonday

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KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore@BeeFolklore · Nov 30

“The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive.” 🐝 ― #OscarWilde who died #OTD in 1900 #bookchatweekly

BeeFolklore's tweet image. “The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive.”
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― #OscarWilde who died #OTD in 1900
#bookchatweekly

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KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore@BeeFolklore · Nov 30

"...Jim said that bees won't sting idiots, but I didn't believe that, because I tried them lots of times myself and they wouldn't sting me..." 🐝 ~ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, chapter 8. #BookWormSat #GrowingUp #bees

BeeFolklore's tweet image. "...Jim said that bees won't sting idiots, but I didn't believe that, because I tried them lots of times myself and they wouldn't sting me..."

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~ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, chapter 8.
#BookWormSat #GrowingUp #bees

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KeeperOfTheBees_IrishFolklore@BeeFolklore · Nov 29

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TThe Stinging Fly@stingingfly · Nov 29

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