Before the Pumpkin, There Was the Turnip
Long before the grinning pumpkin became the face of Halloween, people in Ireland carved something considerably less cheerful. The story of the
Folklore Story Origins
Story Origins
Where familiar tales began and how they changed.
The archive
Latest Story Origins
Why Do We Leave Coins With the Dead?
Charon’s fare is the famous answer. It is not quite the whole one. The Greek underworld was not disorganised: On the