Meta tags:
description=Memento Mori, Folklore, Horror & the Macabre.;
keywords=occult,folklore,gothic,folk horror,memento mori;

Headings (most frequently used words):

king, of, terrors,

Text of the page (most frequently used words):
the (39), and (7), with (5), basel (5), museum (5), during (4), century (4), london (4), switzerland (4), urso (4), more (3), jack (3), green (3), morris (3), hastings (3), city (3), was (3), folk (3), chimney (3), for (3), who (3), that (3), historical (3), history (3), fridolin (3), bristol (2), revived (2), revival (2), 1983 (2), through (2), streets (2), summer (2), famously (2), man (2), celebrations (2), other (2), tradition (2), had (2), died (2), from (2), may (2), sweeps (2), southwark (2), back (2), winchester (2), sex (2), his (2), landolf (2), gave (2), land (2), macabre (2), memento (2), mori (2), king (2), terrors (2), load, posts, 1992, pigsty, inspired, great, walked, once, herald, coming, custom, 1970s, 1980s, most, mad, later, since, then, has, evolved, into, overtly, folkloric, infused, celebration, recognised, today, declined, victorian, era, were, further, undermined, following, 1875, sweepers, act, authorities, increasingly, condemning, festivals, their, rowdy, disorderly, behaviour, much, like, many, traditional, customs, period, early, 20th, almost, entirely, out, despite, its, appearance, festival, relatively, recent, addition, calendar, england, emerged, late, 18th, earliest, written, reference, appearing, 1775, evolving, day, involving, milkmaids, working, trades, 19th, become, strongly, associated, paraded, elaborate, leaf, covered, jacks, festivities, while, collecting, money, quieter, months, crossbones, graveyard, historic, unconsecrated, former, paupers, burial, ground, south, serves, powerful, monument, marginalized, outcast, dead, dating, least, 16th, final, resting, place, geese, nickname, medieval, workers, operated, local, brothels, this, ironic, title, arose, because, fell, outside, law, instead, controlled, bishop, licensed, regulated, heavily, taxed, area, trade, panel, painting, images, devils, when, brother, contested, gift, saint, brought, life, could, testify, court, frightened, even, own, according, legend, glarus, named, monk, large, piece, body, danse, porcelain, figurines, dance, death, ornaments, archive, home, folklore, horror,

Text of the page (random words):
king of terrors king of terrors memento mori folklore horror the macabre home archive memento mori basel historical museum switzerland dance of death ornaments basel historical museum switzerland danse macabre porcelain figurines basel history museum switzerland st fridolin with the body of urso according to legend a man from glarus named urso gave the monk fridolin a large piece of land when urso died his brother landolf contested the gift the saint brought urso back to life so that he could testify in court landolf was so frightened that he even gave fridolin his own land basel history museum switzerland panel painting with images of devils basel history museum crossbones graveyard is a historic unconsecrated former paupers burial ground in southwark south london that serves as a powerful monument to the city s marginalized outcast dead dating back to at least the 16th century it is famously the final resting place for the winchester geese a historical nickname for the medieval sex workers who operated in local brothels this ironic title arose because southwark fell outside the law of the city of london and was instead controlled by the bishop of winchester who licensed regulated and heavily taxed the area s sex trade london uk despite its appearance the jack in the green festival is a relatively recent addition to the folk calendar of england the tradition emerged in the late 18th century with the earliest written reference appearing in 1775 evolving from london may day celebrations involving milkmaids chimney sweeps and other working trades by the 19th century it had become strongly associated with chimney sweeps who paraded elaborate leaf covered jacks through the streets during may festivities while collecting money during the quieter summer months the celebrations declined during the victorian era and were further undermined following the 1875 chimney sweepers act with authorities increasingly condemning the festivals for their rowdy and disorderly behaviour much like many other traditional folk customs of the period by the early 20th century the tradition had almost entirely died out the custom was revived during the folk revival of the 1970s and 1980s most famously in hastings in 1983 by mad jack s morris later hastings rx morris since then it has evolved into the more overtly folkloric and green man infused celebration recognised today the bristol jack in the green revived in 1992 by pigsty morris inspired by the great hastings revival of 1983 walked once more through the city streets to herald the coming of summer bristol uk 1 1 2 3 4 5 97 load more posts