I Spent So Long Trying To Find A New Color As A Kid. I Admit I Still Try To Imagine A New Color To This

I spent so long trying to find a new color as a kid. I admit I still try to imagine a new color to this day.

shoutout to all the kids who spent hours trying to imagine a new color and didn't understand why it wasn't working

LOL this is me like literally I almost feel called out

Me: *sees bad omen*

Me: i choose to ignore this

Can’t argue with the facts!!!!!!!

there is something so darkly comical about tumblr potentially outliving twitter

tumblr, which is held together with duct tape and madness, run by three raccoons in blood stained Yahoo! hats and a handful of crabs, its only discernible source of income the sale of shoelaces from an inside joke so inside no one knows the original source anymore and fake blue checkmarks... that website still lives on

truly the cockroach of social media and I love it for that

Just a reminder, since Halloween came from Ireland, there is no “Sam Hain” in Irish mythology.

Samhain (pronounced sow-in), the word for November is Irish, is also the name of the holiday Samhain, celebrated on November 1st. This is the holiday from which Halloween (oíche shamhna in Irish) was born.

The idea of “the veil” between worlds thinning is actually a Victorian idea. Yes, it is believed that loved ones spirits return, and other creatures roam, but nothing about a “thinning veil”. Some say that they come through portals that appear in certain places like holy monuments and tombs.

Basically it was a festival for the dead. People would set and extra place at the dinner table, or leave food out for spirits. They’d light candles in the windows so dead relatives would know where to go and that their relatives were home.

Bonfires were lit and cattle sacrificed for various gods. The first Jack o lanterns were carved turnips made to ward off unwanted spirits and travellers. People wore costumes to trick evil spirits into thinking they were one of them.

Now a days Halloween in Ireland is pretty much the same as everywhere else. Although it still consists of bonfires and a LOT of fireworks. Like good luck trying to sleep the whole month of October.

Anyways, happy Halloween!/ Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh!

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LGBTQ Terminology in the Celtic Languages

As it is LGBTQ History Month in the United Kingdom, here at the Association of Celtic Students of Ireland and Britain, we wanted to take a m

Lists of Queer terms in various Celtic languages!