(S1E2) 🔥 MIDSUMMER, Part 2: Burn Baby Burn! Love, Bonfires and Botany.

07/18/20 • 37 min

Folkways: The Folklore of Britain and Ireland

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.

☕️ If you enjoyed, feel free to buy me a coffee

💌 If you have any thoughts on today’s show, please get in contact [email protected]

🤝 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel

🎧 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.

Previous Episode

(S1E1) 🌞 MIDSUMMER, Part 1: The Summer Solstice, Sun Worship and Standing Stones that Dance.

Welcome to our maiden voyage! This is the first of 2 episodes on the folklore of Midsummer - that period celebrated between 19 - 25 June, with Midsummer's Day traditionally falling on the 24. We'll be providing context for sun worship in the modern age, pausing for a moment to smell the damn roses, and issuing a warning about stone circles that come alive and dance on Old Midsommers Eve...

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💌 If you have any thoughts on today’s show, please get in contact [email protected]

🤝 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel

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

Next Episode

(S1E3) 🌾 EAST ANGLIAN LANDSCAPE + LORE: Interview with Rob Jones of Black Dog Zine

We’re talking to Rob Jones of Black Dog Zine - a striking new publication looking at East Anglian landscape and lore. We talk cities that fell in the sea, black dogs, white dogs and green children. Plus our relationship with the landscape around us, experimental music scenes, “deep touristing” and the lingering touch of MR James. Not to be missed!

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💌 If you have any thoughts on today’s show, please get in contact [email protected]

🤝 Connect with Folkways on Instagram or Twitter @folkwayschannel

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

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