Folkways: The Folklore of Britain and Ireland

Hello! The show returns on the heels of the Spring equinox to give you an update about Season 2 and to inform you of an exciting project. Finally we close with some recent podcasts recommendations on folklore and its peripheries.

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|  PODCASTS FEATURED  |

1. Spirit Box: Darragh Mason https://spoti.fi/39st0ez
2. Tell Me a Story: Eddie Lenihan https://spoti.fi/2OUPM7O
3. Bluiríní Béaloidis, The National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin https://spoti.fi/39a8IGy
4. The Almanac of Ireland (Manchán Magan) https://spoti.fi/3u34DMn
5. Uncanny Landscapes: Justin Hopper https://spoti.fi/2QC94z9
6. The Lovecraft Investigations: BBC Radio 4 https://spoti.fi/3rjbLSX

| OTHER LINKS |

1. Meeting the Other Crowd: Lenihan, Eddie https://amzn.to/31bRbJF
2. Eddie’s website https://bit.ly/2Pjo1p8

Written and produced by Ashleagh Claire Hurren | Music by Josh Sandifer |  Logo design Jim Fisher

Welcome to the show's second episode on Midsummer! We're taking a deep-dive into the customs surrounding the Summer Solstice - from fires on the hill tops of Ireland, dreaming of your future lover, to the occult past of St John's Wort.

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🎧 Soundtrack by Big Big Sky @big.big.sky https://spoti.fi/3wqTA2d | Excluding Many Points of Light by Judson Lee

Additional thanks to voice actor Johnpaul Wright.

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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A warm welcome to the first episode of Season 2, where we're heading deep into the marshes for the Bells of Minsmere.

Also included is March's mini-almanac, where we muse the Spring Equinox, do some 'shriving' and learn the true origin of Mothering Sunday.

Soundtrack to The Bells of Minsmere by Big Big Sky https://spoti.fi/3hwjFG4

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| LINKS + SOURCES |

The Bells of Minsmere is a folk tale that has almost disappeared. It has been compiled from our own orally-collected sources, combined with Kirsty Hartsiotis's work (see below). Please become a Friend of Folkways to review more detailed show notes.

Hartsiotis, Kirsty 'Suffolk Folk Tales'. Gloucestershire: The History Press https://bit.ly/3KffGtO

Hill, Susan 'The Magic Apple Tree'. London: Hamish Hamilton https://amzn.to/3JwpFvn

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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

Waes hael! Wishing you a happy new year and a prosperous 2022. Please enjoy January 2022's Almanac, including a reading from The Magic Apple Tree by Susan Hill.

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|  LINKS + SOURCES  |

Hill, Susan 'The Magic Apple Tree'. London: Hamish Hamilton https://amzn.to/3JwpFvn

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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

NB: January comes from the Roman Iānuārius. To the Welsh it is Ionawr, in Irish it is Eanáir - both are derivatives from the Roman that are easier seen here in writing.