Bread Folklore: Medicine, Divination Tool, and Love Magnet!
Bread is a kitchen staple now, but it was once used to make predictions, bring love into your life, and cure sickness! Let's discover some of these new uses for bread in this week's episode of Fabul...
4 Maalis 202320min
Outerwear and Underwear: Folklore, Superstitions, and Lucky Pants
Coats are used to keep us warm and safe from the elements, while underwear can provide warmth and protection from our other clothes. For such intimate items, it's hardly surprising that we've got love...
25 Helmi 202322min
Folklore and Filmmaking with George Popov
In this 10th episode of Fabulous Folklore Presents, I chat with George Popov, the Bulgarian born writer-director behind the folk horror films, 'Hex' and 'The Droving', and the 'Sideworld' documentary ...
21 Helmi 202345min
The Folklore of Hats, Gloves and Belts: Wear Your Own Luck
Hats and gloves end up subject to lots of folklore around dropping them, or putting them in the wrong place. But what does it all mean? Which is a sign of luck, or that you'll invite misfortune? Le...
18 Helmi 202316min
The Folklore of Clothes: Defying Fairies, Finding Love, and Bringing Luck
The folklore of clothes contains ways to use the contents of your wardrobe to attract luck, discover who you'll marry, and defeat the fairies! But how? Let's discover some of these practices in thi...
11 Helmi 202318min
The Folklore of Footwear: Shoes, Boots & Stockings
Footwear is surprisingly common in folklore, with boots, shoes and stockings used for protection, divination, and medicine. Burning shoes, pinning stockings, avoiding those who are barefoot—it's all ...
4 Helmi 202319min
Royal Witches: 15th Century Women Fall Foul of Political Shenanigans
When you think of witchcraft in earlier centuries, you probably think of stereotypically wizened women, huddled around cauldrons or casting curses. You probably wouldn't immediately think of royal wit...
28 Tammi 202329min
Shapeshifting Witches: From Witch to Hare and Back Again
Shapeshifting witches appear in various British tales, in which witches appear as cats, hares or even hedgehogs. In other stories, they can magically transform humans into horses, to carry them to the...
21 Tammi 202317min
