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Folkways: The Folklore of Britain and Ireland

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A stroll through the rich and fascinating folklore of Britain and Ireland. From music, to psychogeography, to what to do if you notice the devil following you to church. It's a long, strange trip and there are no guarantees you'll be home in time for dinner. Each episode also includes a mini-almanac for the month ahead. If you enjoy this show, feel free to buy me a coffee https://bit.ly/2SWoNqH Music by @big.big.sky | Additional artists referenced in each episode | Logo design James Fisher

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(S4E7) 🇮🇪 STONE AND SIDHE: Irish Fairies with Thomas Sheridan

Season 4 · Episode 7

Monday, September 8, 2025 • Duration 35:34

Folkways welcomes back esteemed guest Thomas Sheridan! 🍻

Today we talk about the Irish Sidhe, and the stone circles and hills associated with them.

The circle on a roundabout mentioned is The Abbeyquarter stone circle, Sligo.

Featuring Darby O' Gill and the Little People, 1959. A place called Knocknasheega features in the film, which is likely based on the hill Knocknashee (Irish: Cnoc na Sí), county Sligo.

💎 Enjoy bonus episode ⁠Are The Fairies The Dead⁠?

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(S4E6) ⚡️ BETWEEN: Boundaries and Thresholds

Season 4 · Episode 6

Monday, June 2, 2025 • Duration 14:17

‘Jesters, clowns, shamans and poets belong to this border realm...’

An extract of the introduction to Boundaries and Thresholds, by Hilda Davidson.

💎 Enjoy bonus episode Are The Fairies The Dead?

🌟 Recommended: (S2E5) Places Between Places

📖 Boundaries and Thresholds from The Folklore Society

Davidson, H.E., Stroud, Thimble Press (1993), Boundaries and Thresholds, Papers from a Colloquium of The Katharine Briggs Club

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(S4E5) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 MYSTERIOUS ISLE: Norah Fornario's Trip to Iona

Season 4 · Episode 5

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 • Duration 47:39

In 1929 an occultist was drawn to the Scottish Isle of Iona, her eerie story contributing to the island's already substantial mythos. 🌀

Stay tuned until the end of the episode for news on this show's bonus content.

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FEATURING:

Phillipa Cookman: Dion Fortune

Casper C: Norah Fornario

Gaz Kerr: John Duncan

Conor Charlton: Calum Cameron

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💨 MARCH FORWARD: March 2025 Almanac

Season 4

Wednesday, March 5, 2025 • Duration 15:36

Welcome to the broadcast! Some Lide winds blow the cobwebs away, before we head up into the Curlew Mountains to view some strange lights...

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| LINKS + SOURCES |

P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3vMRKKf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Almanac: A Stargazer's guider to 2025'. (Glasgow: Collins, 2023) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3FTHfqL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3hG1Wft⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2025'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2023) Roud, Steve 'The English Year' (London: Penguin Books, 2008) Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019)

💧BRIGID'S PLACES: February 2025 Almanac

Season 4

Friday, February 7, 2025 • Duration 12:48

Welcome to the broadcast! Let's wander around some places associated with St Brigid, including a very famous street in central London...

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| 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 2025'. (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) Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2025'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2023) Roud, Steve 'The English Year' (London: Penguin Books, 2008) Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019)

🌅 BACK TO THE WORLD: January 2025 Almanac

Season 4

Sunday, January 5, 2025 • Duration 18:24

Welcome to the broadcast! Step back with me into Ordinary Time as we celebrate Twelfth Night... Welsh style!

Plus let's pay a visit to Pentre Ifan, said to be the entrance to Annwn...

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Morgan, Trefor M. 'Mari Lwyd: A Study of Welsh Seasonal Customs'. Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1992.

Roberts, Huw. 'Welsh Folk Customs'. Llandysul: Gomer Press, 1991.

John, Gwenllian F. 'Welsh Folklore and Folk Customs'. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1978

Ifans, Dafydd and Rhiannon. 'Y Gwyliau Gaeaf a’u Harferion yng Nghymru (Winter Festivals and Their Practices in Wales)'. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales Press, 1980.

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) Hutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2025'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2023) Roud, Steve 'The English Year' (London: Penguin Books, 2008) Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019)

(S4E4) 🍷 Christmas Ghost Stories with Thomas Sheridan

Season 4 · Episode 3

Sunday, December 29, 2024 • Duration 37:12

I sit down for the ultimate winter chat with Thomas Sheridan! We discuss everything from Alternative Folklore, Winter liminality, James Joyce, Irish Christmas traditions, The Snowman... to the symbolic murdering of the year! Not under any circumstances to be missed! 🚫

Featuring the end of John Huston's The Dead, 1987

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(S4E3) 🎄🌞 SOLSTICE: The Real Story of Yule (BBC R4, 1985)

Season 4

Friday, December 20, 2024 • Duration 25:47

Please enjoy the original stunning radio play 'Solstice' by Alison Mcleay, first broadcast Sat 21st Dec 1985, 10.30pm on BBC Radio 4. Original blurb: 'It is now the Winter Solstice, the night when the sun dies and is reborn: a night of magic, which has more to do with our traditional Christmas celebrations than people might like to admit. Just for tonight, the Shaman lives...' With the voices of Michael Elder, Diana Olsson and Paul Young. Produced by Patrick Rayner for BBC Scotland. This can additionally be found at the end of A Sleigh Ride Through Christmas from Folkways Podcast https://spoti.fi/3pfx2PB

Merry Solstice!

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❄️ NORTHERN SPIRITS: December 2024 Almanac | Christmas, Yule

Sunday, December 8, 2024 • Duration 15:05

Welcome to the broadcast! Thinking about Britain's Germanic heritage, this Christmas we raise a glass to the ancient northern spirits: the mothers at Modraniht, and the Norse dísir and their Dísablót. 🌬

Plus December's stargazing and a trip to St Anthony's Well!

Happy Jól / Yule! 🎄

| LINKS + SOURCES |

P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3vMRKKf⁠⁠⁠Dunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Almanac: A Stargazer's guider to 2024'. (Glasgow: Collins, 2023) ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3FTHfqL⁠⁠⁠Hutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3hG1Wft⁠⁠⁠Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) ⁠⁠⁠https://www.talkingtreesbooks.co.uk⁠⁠⁠Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2024'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2023) Roud, Steve 'The English Year' (London: Penguin Books, 2008) Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019)

🔮 LIMINAL LOVE DIVINATIONS: October 2024 Almanac

Season 4

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 • Duration 21:39

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!

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| 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) Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2024'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2023) Roud, Steve 'The English Year' (London: Penguin Books, 2008) Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019)

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