Folkways: The Folklore of Britain and Ireland

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 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

🦉 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

📻 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

🎈 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

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

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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 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 folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 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