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Given that it's #FolkloreThursday, I thought I might tell you a story about witches and fart runes (yes, fart runes) from the #Westfjords of #Iceland. THREAD 
The Westfjords are a large peninsula in northwestern Iceland, one of the truly remote regions of the country. Only 7,000 people live in an area roughly half the size of Scotland. No wonder that this remote region has for centuries been associated with dark arts and witchcraft.
The main attraction here is the solitude and breathtaking scenery: the cliffs at Látrabjarg comprise the longest bird cliff in the northern Atlantic Ocean, and the uninhabited and dramatic Hornstrandir peninsula is a hiking paradise for those seeking solitude in summer.
