Folkways: The Folklore of Britain and Ireland

• (S4E8) 🐈 GATE TO HELL: The Cave of the Cats (Halloween)

  🐈 Let's take a seasonally-appropriate trip to a mysterious cave in County Roscommon, said to be Ireland's 'gateway to hell', and also the origin of Halloween...We meet Queen Maeve, monstrous cats, the Morrigan, and of course... the sidhe!📍 Oweynagat, Co. Roscommon, IrelandFeaturing the texts:Táin Bó Cúailnge (1. Queen Medb's Revenge)Fled Bricrenn / Bricriu's Feast(2. The Cats' Test)Echtra Nerai (Adventures of Nera)(3. Samhain's Threshold)The Metrical Dindshenchas(4. Meet the Morrigan)🌟 Related episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠(S4E7) Stone and Sidhe with Thomas Sheridan⁠⁠💎 Related bonus episodes: ⁠⁠Are The Fairies The Dead⁠⁠?Norah and the Fairies (specifically the second half looking at the sidhe/sithean)🤝 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 [email protected]👋 Instagram and X 👉 @folkwayspodcast

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

  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.💎 Bonus episode: Thomas and the Sardinian fairy experience🌟 Related episode: ⁠⁠⁠⁠(S4E4) Christmas Ghost Stories with Thomas Sheridan⁠🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB🎧 Soundtrack especially scored 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 [email protected]👋 Instagram and X @folkwayspodcast

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• (S4E6) ⚡️ BETWEEN: Boundaries and Thresholds

  ‘Jesters, clowns, shamans and poets belong to this border realm...’ An extract of the introduction to Boundaries and Thresholds, by Hilda Davidson.📖 Boundaries and Thresholds from The Folklore SocietyDavidson, H.E., Stroud, Thimble Press (1993), Boundaries and Thresholds, Papers from a Colloquium of The Katharine Briggs Club🌟 Related episode: ⁠(S2E5) Places Between Places⁠🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB🎧 Soundtrack especially scored 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 [email protected]👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram and X @folkwayspodcast

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

  In 1929 an occultist was drawn to the Scottish Isle of Iona, her eerie story contributing to the island's already substantial mythos. 🌀💎 Enjoy no less than 3 bonus sections created for this episode!⁠Norah and the Fairies⁠Dion Fortune talk on the Green Ray, 1933 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Are The Fairies The Dead⁠⁠⁠⁠?🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB🎧 Soundtrack especially scored 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 [email protected]👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcastFEATURING:Phillipa Cookman: Dion FortuneCasper C: Norah FornarioGaz Kerr: John DuncanConor Charlton: Calum Cameron

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• 💨 MARCH FORWARD: March 2025 Almanac

  Welcome to the broadcast! Some Lide winds blow the cobwebs away, before we head up into the Curlew Mountains to view some strange lights...🤝 Become a valued ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Friend of Folkways⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/34awiDB📺 Folkways ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3rUs9PF☕️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy me a coffee⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: https://bit.ly/3dxssVw💌 Get in contact [email protected]👋 Connect with Folkways on Instagram @folkwayspodcast| 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) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.talkingtreesbooks.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2025'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2023) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.lialeendertz.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Roud, Steve 'The English Year' (London: Penguin Books, 2008) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3txP9RQ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019) https://www.foragerscalendar.net

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