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
🕯 BRIGID & BOSCASTLE: February 2024 Almanac
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
2/5/2024 • 12 minutes, 49 seconds
(S3E8) 🚪🎶 PORTALS: The Fairy Music of Loch Sween
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
12/22/2023 • 6 minutes, 47 seconds
(S3E7) ❄️ THE ANCESTORS (Are Watching)
This Yule, come in from the cold, warm your feet before the fire, grab a mulled wine if you like, as it’s time to consider The Ancestors. Ideal Christmas listening.
🤝 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
12/13/2023 • 36 minutes, 22 seconds
(S3E6) 🌀 BACK, AGAIN: The Kersey Slip
What happened in Kersey, Suffolk, October of 1957? Find out in this atmospheric episode for Halloween/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
10/12/2023 • 49 minutes, 32 seconds
📆 September 2023 Almanac
📍 Craig y Ddinas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinas_Rock
🤝 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
9/6/2023 • 11 minutes, 19 seconds
(S3E5) 🍏🌾 FIRST FRUITS, Part 2: The Harvest Fairs 🎪🍻
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
8/25/2023 • 27 minutes, 9 seconds
(S3E4) 🍎🌾 FIRST FRUITS, Part 1: Lughnasadh and Lammas 🌾🍏
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
8/2/2023 • 27 minutes, 25 seconds
(S3E3) SPIRIT OF THE PLACE: Interview with Bethan Briggs-Miller
Travel with us to Wivenhoe, north Essex, as we muse over the role of folklore today, fairy trees, plus bizarre lockdown sightings with folklore researcher Bethan Briggs-Miller.
BBM's work:
🎧 Eerie Essex Podcast https://t.ly/p8tw
🎧 Spectre of the Sea Podcast https://t.ly/KKxZ
📺 Death and the Landscape: Glamorgan and the Llynfi Valley https://t.ly/V98h
🤝 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
7/13/2023 • 44 minutes, 28 seconds
(S3E2) GHOSTS OF GLAMORGAN: Interview with Bethan Briggs-Miller
Enjoy this adventure to folklorist Bethan Briggs-Miller's childhood home in Tondu, Wales. Bethan is a great raconteur and regales us with tales of the spectres that may still linger at the family fireplace... A frank, vivid, and personal conversation.
BBM's work:
📺 Death and the Landscape: Glamorgan and the Llynfi Valley https://t.ly/V98h
🎧 Spectre of the Sea Podcast https://t.ly/KKxZ
🎧 Eerie Essex Podcast https://t.ly/p8tw
🤝 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
6/12/2023 • 1 hour, 6 seconds
(S3E1) THE OTHERWORLD, Part 5: Out Of Time
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