Folkways: The Folklore of Britain and Ireland

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://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

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/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ @folkwayspodcast

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://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

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 me a coffee⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw 💌 Get in contact folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ @folkwayspodcast

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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 contact folkwayschannel@gmail.com 👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or ⁠Twitter⁠ @folkwayschannel Oss Oss Wee Oss! https://bit.ly/42dLat8

❄️🌞 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

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 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 ✍️  SCRIPT + SHOW NOTES  ✍️  1/2  https://bit.ly/3ZdytxU 2/2 https://bit.ly/3icNwYd

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 |  LINKS + SOURCES  | Hunt, Robert 'Popular Romances of the West of England' (Palala Press, 2018)  Hartland, Edwin Sidney 'English Fairy and Other Folk Tales' (2022) -------- Ditchfield, 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 2022'. (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