Folkways: The Folklore of Britain and Ireland

Let's look at May Day and Beltane traditions across Britain and Ireland, from ancient fires to seasonal folk customs.🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠big.big.sky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw💌 Get in contact [email protected]👋 @folkwayspodcastSOURCES:Carmichael, Alexander, *Carmina Gadelica*, Vol. I (1900).Cormac mac Cuilennáin (attributed), Sanas Cormaic (c. 900–1000).Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, Faust. Part I (1808).Gregor, Walter, Folklore of the North-East of Scotland (1881).Guest, Lady Charlotte, trans., The Mabinogion (1849).Jones, Gwyn and Thomas Jones, trans., The Mabinogion (1949).Lomax, Alan, *Padstow May Day / Obby Oss Ceremony*, field film recording (1953).Pepys, Samuel, The Diary of Samuel Pepys (1660–1669).Pennant, Thomas, A Tour in Scotland (1771).Praetorius, Johannes, Blockes-Berges Verrichtung (1668).Phillips, Alan Robert, “The Rituals surrounding Calan Mai – the Welsh May Day – and their Functions” (modern essay / unpublished paper, c. 2020s).*The Irish Folklore Commission*, National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin: 20th-century field collections.Bromwich, Rachel and D. Simon Evans, eds., Culhwch and Olwen: An Edition and Study of the Oldest Arthurian Tale (1992).

Walk across the sea with me. From legends of angels and giants, to a mysterious ley line known as 'the dragon line'... to a bizarre discovery made inside the chapel... let's explore the history and folklore of Cornwall’s most iconic landmark. 🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠big.big.sky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw💌 Get in contact [email protected]👋 @folkwayspodcastMORE INFO AND CREDITSAnna BerskaPaul Weston, The Michael Leyline https://bit.ly/41UGtpXYuri Leitch, The Dragon Line mapIthell Colquhoun, The Living Stones (1957)Jack The Giant Killer (1962)Featuring folktales of Tom Hickathrift (East Anglia, England) and Red Ettin the Giant (Scotland)Poetry on the mount by Humphrey Davy (1799), John Davidson (1909), Richard Carew (1602)Both William Bottrell and Robert Hunt collected Cornish folklore and made accessible overviews in the 1800s. Without these two folklorists' work, many classic Cornish stories would be lost.Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall (Bottrell, 1870) and Popular Romances of the West of England (Hunt, 1865) are highly recommended.

Something different! The show has talked a great deal about deity and ancestral veneration in the past tense, with the aim of understanding it within a historical context. But what about those with a living practice today? How does it work? Here is just one example, looking at Nordic Paganism (other examples likely to come the future!) So... with the intention to banish some winter blues, enjoy this warming chat with Fiona Aedgar on the old gods and the ancestors.Who are the old gods?How do we approach them?How does an ancestral practice in general fit into this?What about the ancestors we DON'T want to connect with? 🚫And most importantly... What's the point? How can this practice improve our lives?(Video title taken from my favourite Sin Eater tshirt!)https://fionaaedgar.com/🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw💌 Get in contact [email protected]👋 @folkwayspodcast*Image credit:Niren Sengupta: AncestorsJulia Jeffrey (@StoneMaidenArt): The TraditionMeetings in the SmokeQueen of Stones Arthur Rackham collectionPhotographs of London graveyards: Paul Hudson, David Holt*

Let's explore a mystery that has hovered over the Downs since the 1970s. We visit Chanctonbury and Cissbury Ring, then head into the notorious Clapham Woods...🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠big.big.sky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6📺 ⁠⁠⁠⁠F⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠olkways ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw💌 Get in contact [email protected]👋 Instagram and X 👉 @folkwayspodcast

🐈 Let's take a seasonally-appropriate trip to a mysterious cave in County Roscommon, said to be Ireland's 'gateway to hell', and also the origin of Halloween...We meet Queen Maeve, monstrous cats, the Morrigan, and of course... the sidhe!📍 Oweynagat, Co. Roscommon, IrelandFeaturing the texts:Táin Bó Cúailnge (1. Queen Medb's Revenge)Fled Bricrenn / Bricriu's Feast(2. The Cats' Test)Echtra Nerai (Adventures of Nera)(3. Samhain's Threshold)The Metrical Dindshenchas(4. Meet the Morrigan)🌟 Related episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(S4E7) Stone and Sidhe with Thomas Sheridan⁠⁠💎 Related bonus episodes: ⁠⁠Are The Fairies The Dead⁠⁠?Norah and the Fairies (specifically the second half looking at the sidhe/sithean)🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠big.big.sky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6📺 ⁠⁠⁠F⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠olkways ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw💌 Get in contact [email protected]👋 Instagram and X 👉 @folkwayspodcast

Folkways welcomes back esteemed guest Thomas Sheridan! 🍻Today we talk about the Irish Sidhe, and the stone circles and hills associated with them.The circle on a roundabout mentioned is The Abbeyquarter stone circle, Sligo.Featuring Darby O' Gill and the Little People, 1959. A place called Knocknasheega features in the film, which is likely based on the hill Knocknashee (Irish: Cnoc na Sí), county Sligo.💎 Bonus episode: Thomas and the Sardinian fairy experience🌟 Related episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠(S4E4) Christmas Ghost Stories with Thomas Sheridan⁠🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB🎧 Soundtrack especially scored by ⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠⁠⁠big.big.sky⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6📺 ⁠⁠F⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠olkways ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw💌 Get in contact [email protected]👋 Instagram and X @folkwayspodcast

‘Jesters, clowns, shamans and poets belong to this border realm...’ An extract of the introduction to Boundaries and Thresholds, by Hilda Davidson.📖 Boundaries and Thresholds from The Folklore SocietyDavidson, H.E., Stroud, Thimble Press (1993), Boundaries and Thresholds, Papers from a Colloquium of The Katharine Briggs Club🌟 Related episode: ⁠(S2E5) Places Between Places⁠🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB🎧 Soundtrack especially scored by ⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠⁠big.big.sky⁠⁠⁠: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6📺 ⁠F⁠⁠⁠⁠olkways ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw💌 Get in contact [email protected]👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram and X @folkwayspodcast

In 1929 an occultist was drawn to the Scottish Isle of Iona, her eerie story contributing to the island's already substantial mythos. 🌀💎 Enjoy no less than 3 bonus sections created for this episode!⁠Norah and the Fairies⁠Dion Fortune talk on the Green Ray, 1933 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Are The Fairies The Dead⁠⁠⁠⁠?🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB🎧 Soundtrack especially scored by ⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠big.big.sky⁠⁠: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6📺 F⁠⁠olkways ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw💌 Get in contact [email protected]👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcastFEATURING:Phillipa Cookman: Dion FortuneCasper C: Norah FornarioGaz Kerr: John DuncanConor Charlton: Calum Cameron

Welcome to the broadcast! Some Lide winds blow the cobwebs away, before we head up into the Curlew Mountains to view some strange lights...🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw💌 Get in contact [email protected]👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast| LINKS + SOURCES |P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3vMRKKf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Almanac: A Stargazer's guider to 2025'. (Glasgow: Collins, 2023) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3FTHfqL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3hG1Wft⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.talkingtreesbooks.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2025'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2023) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.lialeendertz.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Roud, Steve 'The English Year' (London: Penguin Books, 2008) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3txP9RQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019) https://www.foragerscalendar.net

Welcome to the broadcast! Let's wander around some places associated with St Brigid, including a very famous street in central London... 🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast | LINKS + SOURCES | P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3vMRKKf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Almanac: A Stargazer's guider to 2025'. (Glasgow: Collins, 2023) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3FTHfqL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3hG1Wft⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.talkingtreesbooks.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2025'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2023) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.lialeendertz.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Roud, Steve 'The English Year' (London: Penguin Books, 2008) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3txP9RQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.foragerscalendar.net⁠

Welcome to the broadcast! Step back with me into Ordinary Time as we celebrate Twelfth Night... Welsh style! Plus let's pay a visit to Pentre Ifan, said to be the entrance to Annwn... 🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast | LINKS + SOURCES | Morgan, Trefor M. 'Mari Lwyd: A Study of Welsh Seasonal Customs'. Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1992. Roberts, Huw. 'Welsh Folk Customs'. Llandysul: Gomer Press, 1991. John, Gwenllian F. 'Welsh Folklore and Folk Customs'. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1978 Ifans, Dafydd and Rhiannon. 'Y Gwyliau Gaeaf a’u Harferion yng Nghymru (Winter Festivals and Their Practices in Wales)'. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales Press, 1980. P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3vMRKKf⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Almanac: A Stargazer's guider to 2024'. (Glasgow: Collins, 2023) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3FTHfqL⁠⁠⁠⁠ Hutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3hG1Wft⁠⁠⁠⁠ Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.talkingtreesbooks.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠ Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2025'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2023) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.lialeendertz.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ Roud, Steve 'The English Year' (London: Penguin Books, 2008) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3txP9RQ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.foragerscalendar.net⁠

I sit down for the ultimate winter chat with Thomas Sheridan! We discuss everything from Alternative Folklore, Winter liminality, James Joyce, Irish Christmas traditions, The Snowman... to the symbolic murdering of the year! Not under any circumstances to be missed! 🚫Featuring the end of John Huston's The Dead, 1987 🌟 Related episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(S4E3) SOLSTICE: The Real Story of Yule (referenced in the episode)(S4E7) STONE AND SIDHE: Irish Fairies with Thomas Sheridan🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠@⁠big.big.sky⁠: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6📺 F⁠olkways ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw💌 Get in contact [email protected]👋 Instagram and X @folkwayspodcast

Please enjoy the original stunning radio play 'Solstice' by Alison Mcleay, first broadcast Sat 21st Dec 1985, 10.30pm on BBC Radio 4. Original blurb: 'It is now the Winter Solstice, the night when the sun dies and is reborn: a night of magic, which has more to do with our traditional Christmas celebrations than people might like to admit. Just for tonight, the Shaman lives...' With the voices of Michael Elder, Diana Olsson and Paul Young. Produced by Patrick Rayner for BBC Scotland. This can additionally be found at the end of A Sleigh Ride Through Christmas from Folkways Podcast https://spoti.fi/3pfx2PB Merry Solstice! 🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠@big.big.sky: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ ⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast

Welcome to the broadcast! Thinking about Britain's Germanic heritage, this Christmas we raise a glass to the ancient northern spirits: the mothers at Modraniht, and the Norse dísir and their Dísablót. 🌬 Plus December's stargazing and a trip to St Anthony's Well!Happy Jól / Yule! 🎄| LINKS + SOURCES |P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3vMRKKf⁠⁠⁠Dunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Almanac: A Stargazer's guider to 2024'. (Glasgow: Collins, 2023) ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3FTHfqL⁠⁠⁠Hutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3hG1Wft⁠⁠⁠Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) ⁠⁠⁠https://www.talkingtreesbooks.co.uk⁠⁠⁠Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2024'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2023) ⁠⁠⁠https://www.lialeendertz.com/⁠⁠⁠Roud, Steve 'The English Year' (London: Penguin Books, 2008) ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3txP9RQ⁠⁠⁠Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019) ⁠⁠⁠https://www.foragerscalendar.net⁠

Due to the lateness of this episode (extreme tech issues), please enjoy a juicy extra-long section on Halloween 🎃 So... what does romance have to do with All Hallows / Samhain / Calan Gaeaf? ♥️ Find out in this month's broadcast! 🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast | LINKS + SOURCES | Scottish Halloween Customs, Tobar An Dualchais bit.ly/4eJyvVD Century-old Tricks for Finding Your True Love on Halloween, Library of Congress https://bit.ly/4fgkvCB P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3vMRKKf⁠⁠ Dunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Almanac: A Stargazer's guider to 2024'. (Glasgow: Collins, 2023) ⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3FTHfqL⁠⁠ Hutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3hG1Wft⁠⁠ Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) ⁠⁠https://www.talkingtreesbooks.co.uk⁠⁠ Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2024'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2023) ⁠⁠https://www.lialeendertz.com/⁠⁠ Roud, Steve 'The English Year' (London: Penguin Books, 2008) ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3txP9RQ⁠⁠ Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019) ⁠⁠https://www.foragerscalendar.net⁠

🦉 Today the podcast takes a very different approach to last episode, as we head through the trees on a bit of a Cornish epic. We meet different characters amongst the graves, including Tony Doc Shiels, Leonora Carrington... and Ithell Colquhoun! But will they be able to help us...? 🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠@big.big.sky: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ ⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast #owlman #cryptid #mawnan

📻 Welcome to the broadcast! This month we talk the Autumnal Equinox, Scottish Selkies and Harvest Supermoons 🌾🌕 📍 PLACE OF THE MONTH: ⁠St Trothans or Olrig Kirk⁠, Castletown, Caithness https://bit.ly/3MzlaCZ Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@big.big.sky⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw Get in contact [email protected] Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast

It's the month of Lughnasadh or Lammas, so let's head out into the fields! 🌾 Also talk of August's supermoon and some exquisite verse from Hugo Williams 🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@big.big.sky⁠⁠⁠: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast | LINKS + SOURCES | P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3vMRKKf⁠⁠ Dunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Almanac: A Stargazer's guider to 2022'. (Glasgow: Collins, 2021) ⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3FTHfqL⁠⁠ Hutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3hG1Wft⁠⁠ Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) ⁠⁠https://www.talkingtreesbooks.co.uk⁠⁠ Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2023'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2021) ⁠⁠https://www.lialeendertz.com/⁠⁠ Roud, Steve 'The English Year'. (London: Penguin Books, 2008) ⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3txP9RQ⁠⁠ Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019) ⁠⁠https://www.foragerscalendar.net⁠

Get out your sunscreen and Mr Whippy's as we consider what July has in store for us in the heavens and hedgerows, including talk of St Swithin's Day and Sirius, plus Thomas Hardy and some early Irish verse. 🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@big.big.sky⁠⁠: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast | LINKS + SOURCES | P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) ⁠https://bit.ly/3vMRKKf⁠ Dunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Almanac: A Stargazer's guider to 2022'. (Glasgow: Collins, 2021) ⁠https://amzn.to/3FTHfqL⁠ Hutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) ⁠https://bit.ly/3hG1Wft⁠ Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) ⁠https://www.talkingtreesbooks.co.uk⁠ Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2023'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2021) ⁠https://www.lialeendertz.com/⁠ Roud, Steve 'The English Year'. (London: Penguin Books, 2008) ⁠https://bit.ly/3txP9RQ⁠ Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019) ⁠https://www.foragerscalendar.net⁠

🎈 Welcome to Season 4! Today we're plunging into one of the strangest stories in contemporary British folklore... Monsters in the woods at Mawnan, Cornwall. 🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠@big.big.sky: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ ⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast #owlman #cryptid

Let's take a look at the reflection of Mars in the Celtic languages, plus St David, St Piran and St Patrick, and the strange fairy lore of Milford Haven... 🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠⁠@big.big.sky⁠: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast

Welcome to the new format! The almanac will now be uploaded as an individual video here (streaming platforms), with the main show uploaded separately. As is done on Youtube. This is in acknowledgement of time sensitivity for episodes - as many people listen in the archive, often years later, and the almanac at the end of an episode may not be relevant! 🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠@big.big.sky: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ ⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast

Let's head to Loch Sween, Argyll, Scotland, as we linger by a patch of rocks, rumoured to be an entrance to the Otherworld... 🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠@big.big.sky: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ ⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ @folkwayspodcast THE KIST: The Magazine of the Natural History & Antiquarian Society of Mid-Argyll http://kist.scot/The%20Kist%2021%20(1981).pdf http://kist.scot/The%20Kist%2085%20(2013).pdf

Write to me! Plus the Friends of Folkways Winter Solstice Competition Winners. 💌 Merry Christmas! 🎄 Some more festive offerings... 🎄 ❄️ THE ANCESTORS (are watching) https://bit.ly/3RTt1xx ❄️ A SLEIGH RIDE THROUGH CHRISTMAS https://bit.ly/3GUn7H6 ❄️ SOLSTICE: The Real Story of Yule https://bit.ly/47cjfft ❄️ GHOST STORIES FOR CHRISTMAS https://bit.ly/3vbdq4C

This Yule, come in from the cold, warm your feet by the fire, grab a mulled wine if you like, as it’s time to consider The Ancestors. 🔥 Plus we talk Anglo Saxon Christmas, the Winter Solstice, JRR Tolkien, and more in December's Almanac. 📅 🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠@big.big.sky: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ ⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ @folkwayspodcast

What happened in Kersey, Suffolk, October of 1957? Find out in this atmospheric episode for Samhain. 🍂 Plus, the latest almanac! 🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠@big.big.sky: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ ⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ @folkwayspodcast

In this episode we continue our look at the folk traditions surrounding the early harvest feast. This time we look at the fairs of Tailtiu or Carmen; plus we play 'an hour in the hay', and mull over the significance of that very first loaf. 🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠@big.big.sky: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ ⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ @folkwayspodcast

A look at the folk traditions surrounding the early August feast that opens the harvest, also known at Lugh's Funeral Games. Stay tuned for part 2, coming this week. 🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠⁠@big.big.sky: https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ ⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ @folkwayspodcast

🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠@big.big.sky⁠⁠📺 Folkways ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠☕️ ⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠💌 Get in contact [email protected]👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ @folkwayschannel

🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠⁠@big.big.sky⁠⁠📺 Folkways ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠☕️ ⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠💌 Get in contact [email protected]👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ @folkwayschannel

Welcome to Season 3! Today we're exploring time-slips and their link to the Otherworld... Featured: Niamh and Oisín (Ireland) King Herla (England) Shon ap Shenkin / Sion ap Siencyn (Wales) The lad from Scorrybreac (Scotland) 🤝 Become a valued ⁠Friend of Folkways⁠ 🎧 Soundtrack by ⁠@big.big.sky⁠ 📺 Folkways ⁠Youtube⁠ ☕️ ⁠Buy me a coffee⁠ 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or ⁠Twitter⁠ @folkwayschannel Oss Oss Wee Oss! https://bit.ly/42dLat8

❄️🌞 Enjoy Icebreak in full https://bit.ly/3ljU2NO ❄️🌞 🎧 Soundtrack by @big.big.sky 📺 Folkways Youtube ☕️ Buy me a coffee 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel

Welcome to the next episode in our series The Otherworld. Part 4: Gifts from the Gods.  🎁✨ Today we delve into some of the mystical presents that have been imparted from 'beyond the veil', including a fairy flag and stories of music and artistry.  This one's for all the dreamers out there... ✍️ Full episode script + show notes 🤝 Become a valued Friend of Folkways 🎧 Soundtrack by @big.big.sky 📺 Folkways Youtube ☕️ Buy me a coffee 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel ✍️  SCRIPT + SHOW NOTES  ✍️  1/2  https://bit.ly/3ZdytxU 2/2 https://bit.ly/3icNwYd

Welcome to the next episode in our series The Otherworld. Part 3: The Adventures of Cherry of Zennor. ✍️ Full episode script + show notes  🤝 Become a valued Friend of Folkways  🎧 Soundtrack by @big.big.sky 📺 Folkways Youtube ☕️ Buy me a coffee  💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel |  LINKS + SOURCES  | Hunt, Robert 'Popular Romances of the West of England' (Palala Press, 2018)  Hartland, Edwin Sidney 'English Fairy and Other Folk Tales' (2022) -------- Ditchfield, P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) https://bit.ly/3vMRKKf Dunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Almanac: A Stargazer's guider to 2022'. (Glasgow: Collins, 2021) https://amzn.to/3FTHfqL Hutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) https://bit.ly/3hG1Wft Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) https://www.talkingtreesbooks.co.uk Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2022'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2021) https://www.lialeendertz.com/ Roud, Steve 'The English Year'. (London: Penguin Books, 2008) https://bit.ly/3txP9RQ Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019) https://www.foragerscalendar.net

Welcome to the second episode in our series The Otherworld, where we take a cautious step into liminal spaces.✍️ Full episode script + show notes🤝 Become a valued Friend of Folkways 🎧 Soundtrack by @big.big.sky📺 Folkways Youtube☕️ Buy me a coffee💌 Get in contact [email protected]👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel|  LINKS + SOURCES  |Davidson, Hilda 'Boundaries and Thresholds: Papers from the Katharine Briggs Club' (Exeter: The Thimble Press, 1993) https://bit.ly/3PnfACySikes, Wirt 'British Goblins' (London: The Lost Library, 2010) https://bit.ly/3bTTz0kWilde, Jane 'Legends, Charms and Superstitions of Ireland'. (London: Dover Publications, 2006) https://amzn.to/3bWX3z9Bottrell, William 'Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall'. (London: Franklin Classics, 2018) https://bit.ly/3bZGa6Z✍️ FULL SHOW NOTES (Including the - likely! - location of the cave)--------ALMANACDitchfield, P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) https://bit.ly/3vMRKKfDunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Almanac: A Stargazer's guider to 2022'. (Glasgow: Collins, 2021) https://amzn.to/3FTHfqLHutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) https://bit.ly/3hG1WftLagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) https://www.talkingtreesbooks.co.ukLeendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2022'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2021) https://www.lialeendertz.com/Roud, Steve 'The English Year'. (London: Penguin Books, 2008) https://bit.ly/3txP9RQWright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019) https://www.foragerscalendar.net

What is the connection between the dead, fairies and the otherworld? Let's explore some of the main themes in this first part of The Otherworld series. ✍️ Full episode script + show notes 🤝 Become a valued Friend of Folkways 🎧 Soundtrack by @big.big.sky 📺 Folkways Youtube ☕️ Buy me a coffee 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel

Welcome to the first episode in our unique series Folklore (Why Bother?) Part 1: The Land Men who eat Ringforts https://bit.ly/3KysPxT 🤝 Become a Friend of Folkways 💎 https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by @big.big.sky  https://spoti.fi/3hwjFG4 📺 Folkways Youtube https://bit.ly/3hIwlcZ ☕️ Buy me a coffee https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel

The show returns with the second instalment of atmospheric folk tale The Bells of Minsmere. Also included is April's mini-almanac, where we wash white lions in the tower of London, buy some striped paint, as well as beg for eggs at our neighbours' doors. 🤝 Become a Friend of Folkways 💎 https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by @big.big.sky  https://spoti.fi/3hwjFG4 📺 Folkways Youtube https://bit.ly/3hIwlcZ ☕️ Buy me a coffee https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel |  LINKS + SOURCES  | The Bells of Minsmere is a folk tale that has almost disappeared. It has been compiled from our own orally-collected sources, combined with Kirsty Hartsiotis's excellent work in the publication below. Hartsiotis, Kirsty 'Suffolk Folk Tales'. Gloucestershire: The History Press https://bit.ly/3KffGtO Hill, Susan 'The Magic Apple Tree'. London: Hamish Hamilton https://amzn.to/3JwpFvn -------- Ditchfield, P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) https://bit.ly/3vMRKKf Dunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Almanac: A Stargazer's guider to 2022'. (Glasgow: Collins, 2021) https://amzn.to/3FTHfqL Hutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) https://bit.ly/3hG1Wft Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) https://www.talkingtreesbooks.co.uk Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2022'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2021) https://www.lialeendertz.com/ Roud, Steve 'The English Year'. (London: Penguin Books, 2008) https://bit.ly/3txP9RQ Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019) https://www.foragerscalendar.net

A warm welcome to the first episode of Season 2, where we're heading deep into the marshes for the Bells of Minsmere. Also included is March's mini-almanac, where we muse the Spring Equinox, do some 'shriving' and learn the true origin of Mothering Sunday. Soundtrack to The Bells of Minsmere by Big Big Sky https://spoti.fi/3hwjFG4 🤝 Become a Friend of Folkways 💎 https://bit.ly/34awiDB ☕️ Buy me a coffee https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact [email protected] 📺 Folkways Youtube https://bit.ly/3hIwlcZ 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel |  LINKS + SOURCES  | The Bells of Minsmere is a folk tale that has almost disappeared. It has been compiled from our own orally-collected sources, combined with Kirsty Hartsiotis's work (see below). Please become a Friend of Folkways to review more detailed show notes. Hartsiotis, Kirsty 'Suffolk Folk Tales'. Gloucestershire: The History Press https://bit.ly/3KffGtO Hill, Susan 'The Magic Apple Tree'. London: Hamish Hamilton https://amzn.to/3JwpFvn -------- Ditchfield, P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) https://bit.ly/3vMRKKf Dunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Almanac: A Stargazer's guider to 2022'. (Glasgow: Collins, 2021) https://amzn.to/3FTHfqL Hutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) https://bit.ly/3hG1Wft Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) https://www.talkingtreesbooks.co.uk Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2022'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2021) https://www.lialeendertz.com/ Roud, Steve 'The English Year'. (London: Penguin Books, 2008) https://bit.ly/3txP9RQ Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019) https://www.foragerscalendar.net

It's Christmas Eve! Wrap up warm, pour yourself a mulled cider and hop on board as tonight we take a sleigh ride through Christmas. We're visiting Newgrange for the Winter Solstice, dropping by on a Roman Saturnalia, as well as encountering the Holly King and that jolly Saint Nick.  If you enjoyed, feel free to buy me a coffee https://bit.ly/3dxssVw If you have any thoughts on today’s show, please get in contact [email protected] | Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel Music by Big Big Sky @big.big.sky  |  Excluding Many Points of Light by Judson Lee | Christmas piano carols by Roberto Diana

The final instalment in our popular mini-series Still Waters Run Deep. Today we hike through both Snowdonia and the Otherworld as we discover further tales of the Gwragedd Annwn, or, the ladies of the lakes. ☕️ If you enjoyed, feel free to buy me a coffee https://bit.ly/3dxssVw  💌 If you have any thoughts on today’s show, please get in contact [email protected] 🤝 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel Soundtrack by Big Big Sky @big.big.sky  |  Excluding Many Points of Light by Judson Lee |  LINKS + SOURCES  | Myddfai Memories https://bit.ly/2WboSIN (with thanks to William Britton) Davies, Jonathan Ceredig 'Folk-Lore of West and Mid-Wales' Ebook, P. 93 https://bit.ly/3mk5Fio Further discussion of Nelferch from lake Llyn y Forwyn https://bit.ly/2Lq8zp9 Folklore of the Welsh Lakes overview  https://bit.ly/3nJWLfm. Sikes, Wirt (1880) ‘British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions’. Reprint, Glastonbury: The Lost Library, 2010 https://bit.ly/3lCV95U Ralls-Maclead, Karen (2000) 'Music and the Celtic Otherworld'. Edinburgh: Polygon https://bit.ly/37n3Ugx Stevenson, Peter ‘Welsh Folk Tales’ Gloucestershire: The History Press, 2017 https://bit.ly/3nSqR10 Soundtrack by Big Big Sky @big.big.sky  |  Excluding Many Points of Light by Judson Lee 

We’re returning to our exploration of the the Ladies of the Lakes as we rejoin Rhiwallon in the Brecon Beacons, as the dramatisation of the lady of Llyn y Fan Fach concludes. The second episode in a three-part mini-series. ☕️ If you enjoyed, feel free to buy me a coffee https://bit.ly/3dxssVw  💌 If you have any thoughts on today’s show, please get in contact [email protected] 🤝 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel Soundtrack by Big Big Sky @big.big.sky  |  Excluding Many Points of Light by Judson Lee  |  Maenwen and Rhiwallon played by voice actors Ruth Pownall and Dafydd. |  LINKS + SOURCES  |   1. Llyn y Fan Fach and directions (Coordinates 51°52′55″N 3°44′31″W)  https://bit.ly/36YfNrx    Folklore of the Welsh Lakes  https://bit.ly/3nJWLfm.    YHA Youth Hostel Info  https://bit.ly/395p5Vr.    Sikes, Wirt (1880) ‘British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions’. Reprint, Glastonbury: The Lost Library, 2010 https://bit.ly/3lCV95U     Stevenson, Peter ‘Welsh Folk Tales’ Gloucestershire: The History Press, 2017 https://bit.ly/3nSqR10        

Today we’re getting out our hiking boots and heading into the mountains to dive into the world of the Gwragedd Annwn: the water women of the Welsh lakes. We start with the most famous lake lady of all - the keeper of Excalibur in the legends of King Arthur - before finding ourselves in the Brecon Beacons for the story of Rhiwallon and the Lady of Llyn y Fan Fach. The first of a three-part mini-series. ☕️ If you enjoyed, feel free to buy me a coffee https://bit.ly/3dxssVw  💌 If you have any thoughts on today’s show, please get in contact [email protected]    🤝 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel  🎧 Soundtrack by Big Big Sky @big.big.sky https://spoti.fi/3wqTA2d  |  Excluding Many Points of Light by Judson Lee |  LINKS + SOURCES  |    Sikes, Wirt (1880) ‘British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions’. Reprint, Glastonbury: The Lost Library, 2010 https://bit.ly/3lCV95U Stevenson, Peter ‘Welsh Folk Tales’ Gloucestershire: The History Press, 2017 https://bit.ly/3nSqR10       Malory, Thomas (1485) ‘Le Morte D’Arthur’. Reprint, Independently published, 2019  https://amzn.to/2FiGmhl     

We’re talking to Rob Jones of Black Dog Zine - a striking new publication looking at East Anglian landscape and lore. We talk cities that fell in the sea, black dogs, white dogs and green children. Plus our relationship with the landscape around us, experimental music scenes, “deep touristing” and the lingering touch of MR James. Not to be missed!      ☕️ If you enjoyed, feel free to buy me a coffee  💌 If you have any thoughts on today’s show, please get in contact [email protected] 🤝 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel 🎧 Soundtrack by Big Big Sky @big.big.sky https://spoti.fi/3wqTA2d  |  Excluding Many Points of Light by Judson Lee |  LINKS + SOURCES  |    Black Dog Zine www.blackdogzine.co.uk Instagram @blackdogzine    Newell, Martin (1999) 'Black Shuck: The Ghost Dog of Eastern England'. https://bit.ly/2ZE9I0y     Mike Burgess, 'Shuckland: The biggest collection anywhere of East Anglian legends and encounters with the ghostly hound Black Shuck' https://bit.ly/35A71Rz     Mike Burgess, 'Hidden East Anglia: Landscape Legends of Eastern England' http://www.hiddenea.com     Abraham Fleming, 'A Strange and Terrible Wunder' Original pamphlet published in 1578 https://bit.ly/3lVr6rm     Unlikely Records https://bit.ly/2RsEvJu     Leendertz, Lia (2019) 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2020.' London: Octopus Publishing Group Ltd. https://bit.ly/3iqf72N     Toulson, Shirley (1979) 'East Anglia: Walking the Ley Lines and Ancient Tracks'. London: Wildwood House. https://bit.ly/2ZEoXqp    Adam Scovell, ’“No Diggin’ ‘Ere!” Revisiting the ghostly locations of A Warning to the Curious’ BFI.org.uk, 28 October 2018. https://bit.ly/2QW92Pl   

Welcome to the show's second episode on Midsummer! We're taking a deep-dive into the customs surrounding the Summer Solstice - from fires on the hill tops of Ireland, dreaming of your future lover, to the occult past of St John's Wort.       ☕️ If you enjoyed, feel free to buy me a coffee 💌 If you have any thoughts on today’s show, please get in contact [email protected] 🤝 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel  🎧 Soundtrack by Big Big Sky @big.big.sky https://spoti.fi/3wqTA2d  |  Excluding Many Points of Light by Judson Lee Additional thanks to voice actor Johnpaul Wright.   

Welcome to our maiden voyage! This is the first of 2 episodes on the folklore of Midsummer - that period celebrated between 19 - 25 June, with Midsummer's Day traditionally falling on the 24. We'll be providing context for sun worship in the modern age, pausing for a moment to smell the damn roses, and issuing a warning about stone circles that come alive and dance on Old Midsommers Eve...      ☕️ If you enjoyed, feel free to buy me a coffee 💌 If you have any thoughts on today’s show, please get in contact [email protected] 🤝 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel 🎧 Soundtrack by Big Big Sky @big.big.sky https://spoti.fi/3wqTA2d  |  Excluding Many Points of Light by Judson Lee