Folkways: The Folklore of Britain and Ireland
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
(S5E5) ⚰️ THE DEAD DON'T REST: The Highgate Vampire (Halloween Special)
In the shadows of London's historic Highgate Cemetery, something sinister was said to be lurking...
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, chilling reports emerged of a mysterious, dark figure stalking the graves of Highgate Cemetery. Witnesses claimed to have encountered a tall, terrifying apparition with glowing red eyes, while rumours of occult rituals, disturbed graves and supernatural activity spread across London.
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(S5E4) 🌲 VALLEY OF THE FAIRIES: The Folklore of Ardennes Forest
Deep in Belgium's Ardennes lies a world of fascinating fairy folklore. Discover the Valley of the Fairies and its connection to Marcel - Chouffe's famous Gnome.
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[SOURCES]
Anonymous (1909) La Chanson des quatre fils Aymon: d'après le manuscrit La Vallière. Edited by F. Castets. Montpellier: Coulet et Fils.
Griffis, W. E. (1919) Belgian Fairy Tales. Illustrated by G. L. Carlson. New York: Th...
(S5E3) 🌹 LOST ENGLAND: The forgotten Stories and History (with Past and Curious)
England is full of history… but so much has been forgotten.
In this video I sit down with Jack from Past and Curious to talk sin-eating, the first English fairy story, the pagan texts of the Anglo Saxons... all the way to a fascinating conspiracy Jack may have uncovered related to Gawain and the Green Knight.
It's all here!
* I recommend watching the accompanying video as oppose to just listening, as I have included helpful details and visuals to bring the conversation to life *
💎 BONUS! Werewolves, water bogies, the b...
(S5E2) 🔥 SUMMER IS ICUMEN IN: May Day and Beltane
Let's look at May Day and Beltane traditions across Britain and Ireland, from ancient fires to seasonal folk customs.
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SOURCES:
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...
(S5E1) 🏰 ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY: The Secrets of St Michael's Mount
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.
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(S4E10) ⚡️ WORSHIP THE OLD GODS: Nordic Paganism (with Fiona Aedgar)
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...
(S4E9) 🍂 HAUNTED LANDS: The occult mystery of the Sussex Downs
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...
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(S4E8) 🐈 GATE TO HELL: The Cave of the Cats (Halloween)
🐈 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, Ireland
Featuring 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...
(S4E7) 🇮🇪 STONE AND SIDHE: Irish Fairies with Thomas Sheridan
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 St...
(S4E6) ⚡️ BETWEEN: Boundaries and Thresholds
‘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 Society
Davidson, H.E., Stroud, Thimble Press (1993), Boundaries and Thresholds, Papers from a Colloquium of The Katharine Briggs Club
🌟 Related episode: (S2E5) Places Between Places
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(S4E5) 🏴 MYSTERIOUS ISLE: Norah Fornario's Trip to Iona
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!
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💨 MARCH FORWARD: March 2025 Almanac
Welcome to the broadcast! Some Lide winds blow the cobwebs away, before we head up into the Curlew Mountains to view some strange lights...
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| 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...
💧BRIGID'S PLACES: February 2025 Almanac
Welcome to the broadcast! Let's wander around some places associated with St Brigid, including a very famous street in central London...
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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 Hutt...
🌅 BACK TO THE WORLD: January 2025 Almanac
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...
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| LINKS + SOURCES |
Morgan, Trefor M. 'Mari Lwyd: A Study of Welsh Seasonal Customs'. Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1992.
Roberts, Huw. 'Welsh...
(S4E4) 🍷 Christmas Ghost Stories with Thomas Sheridan
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
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(S4E3) 🎄🌞 SOLSTICE: The Real Story of Yule (BBC R4, 1985)
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...
❄️ NORTHERN SPIRITS: December 2024 Almanac | Christmas, Yule
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 Yo...
🔮 LIMINAL LOVE DIVINATIONS: October 2024 Almanac
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!
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| LINKS + SOURCES |
Scottish Halloween Customs, Tobar An Dualchais bit.ly/4eJyvVD
Century-old Tricks for Finding Your...
(S4E2) 🦉 INTO THE TREES: The Strange Case of Mawnan, Cornwall (Part 2)
🦉 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...?
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🌝 SELKIE SUPERMOONS: September 2024 Almanac
📻 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
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🌾 LABOURING MAN: August 2024 Almanac
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
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| LINKS + SOURCES | P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) https://bit.ly/3vMRKKf Dunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Alm...
🐕 DOG DAYS OF SUMMER: July 2024 Almanac
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.
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(S4E1) 🌲 INTO THE TREES: The Strange Case of Mawnan, Cornwall (Part 1)
🎈 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.
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(BONUS) 🎬 BEHIND THE SCENES (⚡️S4 Coming Soon!)
⚡️ Season 4 returns shortly!
In the meantime, here's a rare self-indulgent ramble about life at Folkways HQ...
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🌼 MARS & MILFORD HAVEN: March 2024 Almanac
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...
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🕯 BRIGID & BOSCASTLE: February 2024 Almanac
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!
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(S3E8) 🎶 PORTALS: The Fairy Music of Loch Sween
Let's head to Loch Sween, Argyll, Scotland, as we linger by a patch of rocks, rumoured to be an entrance to the Otherworld...
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THE KIST: The Magazine of the Natural History & Antiquarian Society of Mid-Argyll
http://kist.scot/The%20Kist%2021
(BONUS) 💌 Postal Address + FOF Winter Competition Winners 2023
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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
(S3E7) 🔗 THE ANCESTORS (Are Watching) | Christmas | Yule
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. 📅
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(S3E6) 🌀 BACK, AGAIN: The Kersey Slip (Halloween special)
What happened in Kersey, Suffolk, October of 1957? Find out in this atmospheric episode for Samhain. 🍂 Plus, the latest almanac!
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📆 September 2023 Almanac
This month we take a look at Harvest Home festival (ingathering), plus muse over the foraging, moon, and astronomy for the month of September. Not to mention... we visit the otherworldly Dinas Rock, said to be the last haunt of the fairies in Wales...
📍 Craig y Ddinas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinas_Rock
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(S3E5) 🍎 FIRST FRUITS: Lughnasadh and Lammas (Part 2)
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.
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(S3E4) 🌾 FIRST FRUITS: Lughnasadh and Lammas (Part 1)
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.
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(S3E3) 📍 SPIRIT OF THE PLACE
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(S3E2) 🏴 GHOSTS OF GLAMORGAN
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(S3E1) ⌛️ THE OTHERWORLD, Part 5: Out Of Time
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)
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(BONUS) ❄️ Icebreak Meditation
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(S2E7) 🎁 THE OTHERWORLD, Part 4: Gifts from the Gods
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...
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(S2E6) 🍒 THE OTHERWORLD, Part 3: Cherry of Zennor
Welcome to the next episode in our series The Otherworld. Part 3: The Adventures of Cherry of Zennor.
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| LINKS + SOURCES |
Hunt, Robert 'Popular Romances of the West of England' (Palala Press, 2018)
Hartland, Edwin Sidney 'English Fairy and Other Folk Tales' (2022)
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...(S2E5) ✨ THE OTHERWORLD, Part 2: Places Between Places
Welcome to the second episode in our series The Otherworld, where we take a cautious step into liminal spaces.
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Sikes, Wirt...
