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Morgan Sheppard (1036 KP) created a post

May 29, 2026  
Happy Folklore Friday for the 29th! 🌿

Today I want to talk about the Cyhyraeth, one of the quieter, stranger figures in Welsh folklore and one that has always fascinated me.

At first glance, a Cyhyraeth is like the Irish Banshee. It’s a wailing female spirit that acts as a death omen, heralding an impending loss. But unlike the Banshee, the Cyhyraeth is never seen, only ever heard, particularly along the Welsh coast and near water.

The cry was understood as a portent of death, arriving before illness, before disaster, before shipwrecks claimed their dead. Sometimes she was said to wail three times, each cry growing fainter, and those who heard her knew that something irrevocable was already in motion.

What makes the Cyhyraeth so compelling is how much she does with so little. There's no figure to describe, no face to imagine, only a sound moving through the darkness and the particular dread of knowing that a warning has already come too late to change anything. 🌊

She belongs to a rich tradition of Welsh omens and heralds, sitting alongside the Gwrach y Rhibyn and the corpse candle as one of the ways Welsh folklore gave shape to the unspeakable. Some things, it seems, need a voice even when there's no one left to hear them.

#FolkloreFriday #TalesFromWales #WelshFolklore #FolkloreFantasy #MythAndMoonlight
      
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Morgan Sheppard (1036 KP) May 29, 2026

And for those of you wondering... it's pronounced Kuh-HUR-aith 💙
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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2605 KP) rated Seams Like Murder in Books

Oct 4, 2022 (Updated Oct 4, 2022)  
Seams Like Murder
Seams Like Murder
Dorothy Howell | 2022 | Mystery
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8.0 (1 Ratings)
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Can Abbey Sew Up a Murder?
When her life in Los Angeles falls apart, Abbey Chandler heads up the California coast to the town of Hideaway Grove where she spent many happy summers as a child visiting her aunt. Abbey’s hardly arrived before she catches a glimpse of a hit and run behind her aunt’s bakery. Now, instead of trying to figure out what to do with her life, Abbey is trying to figure out who killed the town’s new librarian. Everyone seemed to love the victim. Who wanted her dead?

This book gets out to a quick start, but then the pacing becomes uneven. There is lots of set up for future books in the series here. I enjoyed seeing Abbey reconnect with old friends and making new ones as well as discovering a love of sewing, but it did slow things down. Don’t misunderstand, there is a good mystery here, and I like how things came together at the end. I also really liked most of the characters, although the sheriff was shockingly clueless. There are many scenes in the aunt’s bakery that will have you drooling, but this is a crafting cozy series, so our extra is a guide to creating pillowcase dresses. If you are looking for a promising new series, this is one to check out.