Folkways: The Folklore of Britain and Ireland

Let's explore a mystery that has hovered over the Sussex Downs since the 1970s....🤝 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

🐈 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

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

‘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

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