A stroll through the rich and fascinating folklore of Britain and Ireland. From music, to psychogeography, to what to do if you notice the devil following you to church. It's a long, strange trip and there are no guarantees you'll be home in time for dinner. Each episode also includes a mini-almanac for the month ahead. If you enjoy this show, feel free to buy me a coffee https://bit.ly/2SWoNqH Music by @big.big.sky | Additional artists referenced in each episode | Logo design James Fisher
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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 ☕️ …
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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…
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(S4E1) 🌲 INTO THE TREES: The Strange Case of Mawnan, Cornwall (Part 1)
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🎈 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 coff…
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(BONUS) 🎬 BEHIND THE SCENES (⚡️S4 Coming Soon!)
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⚡️ Season 4 returns shortly! In the meantime, here's a rare self-indulgent ramble about life at Folkways HQ... 🤝 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…
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🌼 MARS & MILFORD HAVEN: March 2024 Almanac
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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 …
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🕯 BRIGID & BOSCASTLE: February 2024 Almanac
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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 relev…
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(S3E8) 🎶 PORTALS: The Fairy Music of Loch Sween
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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 💌…
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(BONUS) 💌 Postal Address + FOF Winter Competition Winners 2023
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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…
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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://sp…
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(S3E6) 🌀 BACK, AGAIN: The Kersey Slip (Halloween special)
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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/3dxssV…
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(S3E5) 🍎 FIRST FRUITS: Lughnasadh and Lammas (Part 2)
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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://s…
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(S3E4) 🌾 FIRST FRUITS: Lughnasadh and Lammas (Part 1)
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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 …
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(S3E3) 📍 SPIRIT OF THE PLACE: Interview with Bethan Briggs-Miller
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Travel with us to Wivenhoe, north Essex, as we muse over the role of folklore today, fairy trees, plus bizarre lockdown sightings with folklore researcher Bethan Briggs-Miller. BBM's work: 🎧 Eerie Essex Podcast https://t.ly/p8tw 🎧 Spectre of the Sea Podcast https://t.ly/KKxZ 📺 Death and the Landscape: Glamorgan and the Llynfi Valley https://t.ly/V9…
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(S3E2) 🏴 GHOSTS OF GLAMORGAN: Interview with Bethan Briggs-Miller
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Enjoy this adventure to folklorist Bethan Briggs-Miller's childhood home in Tondu, Wales. Bethan is a great raconteur and regales us with tales of the spectres that may still linger at the family fireplace... A frank, vivid, and personal conversation. BBM's work: 📺 Death and the Landscape: Glamorgan and the Llynfi Valley https://t.ly/V98h 🎧 Spectre…
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(S3E1) ⌛️ THE OTHERWORLD, Part 5: Out Of Time
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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 cont…
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❄️🌞 Enjoy Icebreak in full https://bit.ly/3ljU2NO ❄️🌞 🎧 Soundtrack by @big.big.sky 📺 Folkways Youtube ☕️ Buy me a coffee 💌 Get in contact folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel
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(S2E7) 🎁 THE OTHERWORLD, Part 4: Gifts from the Gods
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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 Frien…
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(S2E6) 🍒 THE OTHERWORLD, Part 3: Cherry of Zennor
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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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel …
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(S2E5) ✨ THE OTHERWORLD, Part 2: Places Between Places
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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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkway…
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(S2E4) ☠️ THE OTHERWORLD, Part 1: Dead Can Dance
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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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 Connect with …
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(S2E3) FOLKLORE (WHY BOTHER?) Part 1: The Land
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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 folkw…
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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://spo…
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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…
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(BONUS) 📕 GHOST STORIES FOR CHRISTMAS: The Darker side of Yule (Chat with Eerie Essex) Winter Solstice | Folk Horror | Traditions
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Solstice greetings! The longest night of the year is upon us. To help pass the dark hours, why not listen to this conversation between Folkways and Eerie Essex, in which we contemplate the darker side of this time of year. ☕️ 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 i…
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(S1E7) 🦌 A SLEIGH RIDE THROUGH CHRISTMAS: The Solstice to Santa
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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…
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(S1E6) 💧 STILL WATERS RUN DEEP, Part 3: Reflections
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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 folkw…
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(S1E5) 💧 STILL WATERS RUN DEEP, Part 2: The Lady of Llyn y Fan Fach concludes
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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 i…
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(S1E4) 💧 STILL WATERS RUN DEEP, Part 1: Ladies of the Lakes
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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 L…
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(S1E3) 🌾 EAST ANGLIAN LANDSCAPE + LORE: Interview with Rob Jones of Black Dog Zine
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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! …
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(S1E2) 🔥 MIDSUMMER, Part 2: Burn Baby Burn! Love, Bonfires and Botany.
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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 …
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(S1E1) 🌞 MIDSUMMER, Part 1: The Summer Solstice, Sun Worship and Standing Stones that Dance.
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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 com…
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