Witch Country
Witch Country is a podcast of wildwood, witches, folklore, and wyrd. Join author and yoga teacher Sarah Robinson as she journeys through the British Isles and Europe, exploring myth, superstition, sacred sites, local legends, seasonal traditions, and the magic woven into the land itself. Through walks, stories, conversations, and encounters with old customs and modern witchcraft, each episode uncovers the enchantment hidden in the landscapes around us.
Witch Country Episode 28: August - Mr Kipling's Witches
Witch Country Episode 28: July - Green Isles of the Sea
Witch Country Episode 27: June - Tales from the Well
Witch Country Episode 27: June - The Art of Wild Writing with Clare Shaw and Miriam Darlington
Witch Country Episode 26: May - Flights of Fancy
Witch Country Episode 25: April - Welcome to the Poison Garden
Witch Country Episode 24: The Witches of Wuthering Heights - Folklore and Wild Things of Yorkshire
Witch Country Ghost Stories: The Witch of the Marsh
Witch Country Midwinter Special: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Witch Country Episode 23: December - Frosted Festive Folklore
Witch Country Episode 22: November - Stories from Stone
Witch Country Ghost Stories: The Bean Nighe
Witch Country Episode 21: October - This is Witch Country
Witch Country Episode 20: September - Shadow Hounds & Wolf Women
Witch Country Ghost Stories: The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly
Welcome to the strange and fascinating tale of The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly, from the mind and pen of Rosa Mulholland. First published in 1891, it’s one of the oldest stories in our series — 133 years old! And a rare ghost story set in the crackling heat of summer, which adds perhaps to the frenzy…
The Mistress and Squire Hurly of Hurly Burly know their son Lewis has been dead for some 20 years. How then has he been seen not 5 days ago… the strong and industrious Margaret Calderwood, who was Lewis’s fiancée before his untimely and cursed...
Episode 19: Spirit of Place - Sprowl & Serpents Breath
Episode 18: Litha Part 2 - Songs of the Sea
Witch Country Ghost Stories: The White Lady of the Lyttletons
Episode 17: Litha Part 1 - Midsummer Magic & Love Lore
Episode 16: May - The Good Fires, Feasts and Fairies of the Kitchen Witch
Witch Country Ghost Stories: The Changeling by Dorothy K Haynes
Episode 15: April - The New Ancient Forest & Ragged Colt Pixies
Episode 14: March - The Lost Songs of Avebury
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Wise Wife and The Witch King
Episode 13: Winter Special - The Dark Heart of Dartmoor
A frosty trip to Dartmoor!
Episode 12: October - Hallowed Feasts & Fun
Episode 11: September - Wiltshire - Witch Trees & Wishing Trees
Episode 10: August - Cumbria/Penrith - Meeting Long Meg
A wonderful wander with stones, witches and wizards!
Episode 9: July - Fife - A Scottish Witch Trail
In June, I journeyed along the Fife Witches Trail to stand at the stone we call Lilias Adies’ grave and to pay my respects to the accused witches of Scotland at Dunferlimne Abbey.
Episode 8: June - Wildwood & Midsummer Magic
Happy Solstice Season to All!
Episode 7: May - Wander to Witches Castle, Wales
A wander on a sunny day to Tinkinswood Burial Chamber, also known as the Witches Castle!
Episode 6: April - Gathered Tales - Fairies, Elves and Witches of the West
Our three Gathered Tales were:
Goblin Combe: You’ll find many versions of this story, including the one in Folktales of England, by Katharine Briggs and Ruth Tongue, 1965
The Brecon Elves & the Wise Housewife: A Variation of a story that can be found in Folk tales of Wales by Eirwen Jones, 1978
The Fairy of the Dell: A short and sweet version of a tale told in Welsh Fairy Tales By William Elliot Griffis, 1921
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Episode 5: March - Sussex - Wildwood, Wassail & Witch Hares
Today, I have a collection of tales! I start the podcast with some snippets from my upcoming book, The Witch and the Wildwood. Then, I head out on a journey to Arundel, Sussex, to indulge in Wassail and a walk around in muddy fields looking for Witch Hares!
Episode 4: February - Somerset - West Country Magic & Wookey Hole
Explore magical trees and join me underground in the caves of Wookey Hole!
Episode 3: January - Wiltshire - Winter, Water & Witch Marks
Spying witch marks in the dim light of the Tithe Barn at Bradford on Avon, a walk through winter evergreens and along the Kennet & Avon Canal
Episode 2: Midwinter Special - Snow Witch Country
Welcome to Midwinter!
Thankyou to Haley and Leigh who suggested I might add the Boscastle Museum of Witchcraft & Magic and the Maggie Wall Monument to my ‘To Visit’ List.
Our Tree Tales this month are of the Pine tree and Christmas Trees:
“In Germany the Christmas-tree is not a luxury for well-to-do people as in England, but a necessity, the very centre of the festival…For one thing, perhaps, in a land of forests the tree seems more in place; it is a kind of sacrament linking mankind to the mysteries of the woodland...
