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I want this to be true so bad but I’m way too tired to research it right now
https://fabulousfolklore.substack.com/p/hedgehogs-in-folklore-witches-familiars
Best I found, it mentions the fruit but it’s a lot more modern, I think it makes it plausible for the myth to be older.
Yet B. at The Irish Penny Journal assured readers that no, they could not, after trying to see if he could make it work himself (1840: 167).
Interesting. I’ve seen this stereotype retained in cartoons
This is Czechoslovak Little Mole from 1970
When I was a kid and drew or modeled a hedgehog I always used to put fruit on it because it was depicted like that a lot :3
medieval times
when I was a kid
…hmmm
