Folkways: The Folklore of Britain and Ireland14 Aug 2022

(S2E5) ✨ THE OTHERWORLD, Part 2: Places Between Places

Welcome to the second episode in our series The Otherworld, where we take a cautious step into liminal spaces.

✍️ Full episode script + show notes

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| LINKS + SOURCES |

Davidson, Hilda 'Boundaries and Thresholds: Papers from the Katharine Briggs Club' (Exeter: The Thimble Press, 1993) https://bit.ly/3PnfACy

Sikes, Wirt 'British Goblins' (London: The Lost Library, 2010) https://bit.ly/3bTTz0k

Wilde, Jane 'Legends, Charms and Superstitions of Ireland'. (London: Dover Publications, 2006) https://amzn.to/3bWX3z9

Bottrell, William 'Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall'. (London: Franklin Classics, 2018) https://bit.ly/3bZGa6Z

✍️ FULL SHOW NOTES (Including the - likely! - location of the cave)

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Ditchfield, P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) https://bit.ly/3vMRKKf

Dunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Almanac: A Stargazer's guider to 2022'. (Glasgow: Collins, 2021) https://amzn.to/3FTHfqL

Hutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) https://bit.ly/3hG1Wft

Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) https://www.talkingtreesbooks.co.uk

Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2022'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2021) https://www.lialeendertz.com/

Roud, Steve 'The English Year'. (London: Penguin Books, 2008) https://bit.ly/3txP9RQ

Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019) https://www.foragerscalendar.net

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