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Should you find yourself loitering without intent in Chichester around 6pm on Thursday 4 December, why not join me at The Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction for a talk on all things household folklore? It's free!

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And so The Great Household Lore Publication Day Quiz comes to an end and with it all the answers to today's quiz...

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This time you get four final fiendish folklore questions! So what might you sprinkle, apply, close your curtains for, or sleep on? Leave your answers in the comments!

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It's now time for Part Two of today's Household Lore Publication Day Quiz! Don't be shy with your comments, all answers are good answers. They just might not necessarily be correct...

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It's Publication Day! 🥳 And to celebrate I've written a quiz all about household folklore (well, obvs). All the answers can be found amongst the pages of Household Lore, so if the postman has thudded one out on your doorstep this morning, be sure to rifle through its chapters for inspiration! Here are the first three questions...

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First came the lemon. Then came the onion. And now comes the swede. And I am still coughing up a lung. Find out whether sweating a swede was as a delightful experience as it sounds...

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I am super stoked to announce that Household Lore has been recorded as an audiobook! And not just that, it has been recorded by one of my most favourite voice actors, Kristin Atherton...

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A reader about to move house asks the Folklore Agony Aunt for tips on how best to manage their household spirits...

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A web-strewn reader asks the Folklore Agony Aunt for help shifting an abundance of spiders in their downstairs loo...

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Sometimes when worlds collide beautiful things happen, like tortoiseshell cats or deep-fried Mars bars. Other times it's just me, tip tapping on my computer and thinking, I might just be able to get away with this… Welcome to Household Agony, a mash up of Household Lore and Folklore Agony! 

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