History and Folklore Podcast

A podcast about history, folklore and nature

[History and Folklore Podcast @HistoryFolklore]

New episode!

This month we're looking at burial customs, overcrowding and how graveyards changed between the medieval and Victorian periods in England.

There are church grims, grave robbing monks, pirates and corpse roads.

Listen here:

https://t.co/VMSVoEWmTH

[Dr Francis Young @DrFrancisYoung]

Let's go with: No.

[History and Folklore Podcast @HistoryFolklore]

Lovely folklore people. I am trying to figure out Mast 0 don but ca't figure out servers. All the folklore people seem to be @ thefolkore. cafe. Does that still exist or is it not actually a server?
I'm too bad at technology for this and would appreciate any help!

[History and Folklore Podcast @HistoryFolklore]

Just go back to Twitter!
Have I missed much?

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@elonmusk P

[History and Folklore Podcast @HistoryFolklore]

Look where I am this morning! 😁

[Siân E Powell〓〓🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @SianEsther]

Hi everyone!!! I’m going to be talking about Cornish giants tonight and there will be lots of brilliant people talking about fascinating things If you want to join this & help out the wonderful Centre for Folklore, Myth & Magic (@CentreMyth) Fundraiser!

[History and Folklore Podcast @HistoryFolklore]

Im at Ventnor Arts Club this Saturday telling some local legends and distant island tales with some brilliant local storytellers.
Come along and see us if you're local. Normal podcasting will resume next month when things calm down!
https://t.co/AYGLc4xyln

[History and Folklore Podcast @HistoryFolklore]

Half term break started with a stomach bug and ended with chicken pox. But we did get a break long enough to get out on the water for an hour.

[History and Folklore Podcast @HistoryFolklore]

@lilithepunk A guy started normally chatting me up at a festival. I said I had a bf. He asked where he was, so I told him he'd been posted to Afghanistan (military photographer).
His response was `well he'll probably be dead soon, so why don't you come for a drink?`
Right then.

[History and Folklore Podcast @HistoryFolklore]

@TheFaerie_Folk That's so sweet! I'd be emotional too 💚

[History and Folklore Podcast @HistoryFolklore]

A bonfire a day keeps the dragons away.
In the C12th John Beleth explained that at midsummer dragons mate and sometimes emit semen intro springs and rivers, causing disease.
Lighting a fire of bones scares the dragons off and keeps the community healthy.

#FairyTaleTuesday

[History and Folklore Podcast @HistoryFolklore]

Lou Carcolh is a huge snail said to live in the caves beneath Hastingues in France.
It has huge, slimy tentacles round it`s mouth that it can stretch for miles and uses to whip and paralyse anything within reach before dragging it back to eat whole.
#FairyTaleTuesday

[History and Folklore Podcast @HistoryFolklore]

`Cast ne`er a clout til May is out` warns us not to get used to the spring sunshine and shed the winter layers too early.
British weather is fickle and the cold likely to return.
#FolkloreSunday

[History and Folklore Podcast @HistoryFolklore]

Off into the bluebell woods. Wish me luck.

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Monty Python tells us a good way to know if someone is a witch is to see if they weigh less than a duck.
If you do not have a duck you can drive an iron nail into their footprint. If they are a witch the pain will make them retrace their steps to pull it out.
#FolkloreThursday

[History and Folklore Podcast @HistoryFolklore]

@wyrd_explorer I don't know I'm afraid!

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One day Shon stopped to listen to a bird sing. He then went home, to be met by an old man who claimed the house was his.
The man soon realised Shon was his uncle, who had mysteriously disappeared years ago. The old man went to hug Shon, who crumbled into dust.
#WyrdWednesday

[History and Folklore Podcast @HistoryFolklore]

The Caballucos eat only shamrocks and as the do so their saliva drops to the ground, transforming to gold. Taking this gold will secure both your wealth and your place in hell after death.

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Every year in Cantabria, a region of Spain, multicoloured stallions known as the Caballucos del Diablu appear from the midsummer bonfires and fly on damselfly wings.

These horses are punished sinners and their colours correspond with their sin.

[History and Folklore Podcast @HistoryFolklore]

@alimack_13 Glad I've been lucky enough to avoid it so far then! 😬