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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.
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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.
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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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 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! 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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 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…
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedI 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 🤝 Become a valued Friend of Folkways : https://bit.ly/34awiDB 🎧 Soundtrack by @ big.big.sky : https://spoti.fi/47jvok6 📺 F olkways Youtube : https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ Buy me a coffee : https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast…
1 (S4E3) 🎄🌞 SOLSTICE: The Real Story of Yule (BBC R4, 1985) 25:47
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedPlease 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 📺 F olkways Youtube : https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF ☕️ Buy me a coffee : https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast…
1 ❄️⚡️ NORTHERN SPIRITS: December 2024 Almanac | Christmas, Yule 15:05
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedWelcome 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/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…
1 🔮 LIMINAL LOVE DIVINATIONS: October 2024 Almanac 21:39
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedDue 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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 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…
1 (S4E2) 🦉 INTO THE TREES: The Strange Case of Mawnan, Cornwall (Part 2) 1:02:44
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like Liked🦉 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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast #owlman #cryptid #mawnan…
1 🌝 SELKIE SUPERMOONS: September 2024 Almanac 11:52
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like Liked📻 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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 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…
1 (S4E1) 🌲 INTO THE TREES: The Strange Case of Mawnan, Cornwall (Part 1) 38:51
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like Liked🎈 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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast #owlman #cryptid…
1 (BONUS) 🎬 BEHIND THE SCENES (⚡️S4 Coming Soon!) 15:53
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like Liked⚡️ 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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast…
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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast…
1 🕯 BRIGID & BOSCASTLE: February 2024 Almanac 12:49
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Play Later Play Later Lists Like LikedWelcome 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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast…
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