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Home - Come Folkloring with Us Bring Magic and Folklore into Your Everyday Life Black Shuck by Tracy Nicholas, inspirated by Black Dog Folklore by Mark Norman. Purchase the book here: https://www.thefolklore...

I am excited to announce that you can now find all my various efforts in one place - come folkloring with me: folkloringlife.com #folkloring #folklore #folkloringlife #naturalliving #traditionalcrafts #folkcrafts #folkmedicine #paganlife

Tomorrow, an excellent talk on Northern Spiritualism from the fab Icy Sedgewick at the Folklore Centre in #Todmorden Only a few tickets left! www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...

New exhibition coming soon!
Come and explore this intriguing story, view the last original artefacts… if you dare!!
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Saturday! 🙌
Emeritus Prof. of Sociology (Uni. of Sheffield), Hon. Treasurer of The Folklore Society, Richard won Katharine Briggs Award in 2015 for ‘Black Magic and Bogey Men.’
He will be discussing his research into the stories of Mother Shipton.
Tickets: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...

Happy International Museum Day 2025!

How lucky are we to have the stunning Towneley Hall Museum & Art Gallery in Burnley, Lancashire? The Hall is home to over 30,000 museum objects and artworks that have been bought, gifted and loaned since Burnley Corporation obtained the Hall in 1901. We have……..

IMPORTANT NOTICE

On Tuesday 20th May, the Park Life Café and Towneley Hall toilets and shop will be closed to the public, to enable contractors to complete the resurfacing of the paths around the Hall with golden gravel, as part of the works to restore the Hall.

Access around…….

YouTube video by gbgameshows Going For Gold Full Theme Tune

Discovering the Going for Gold theme was composed by Hans Zimmer is up there with Salman Rushdie's song about the Burnley Building Society. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU20...

Justin Myers on Substack As the tiresome WFH vs office 'debate' is back clogging up headlines again, my very serious investigation into the extremely valid reasons people detest going into the office is now free to read.

Many true things from @theguyliner.bsky.social. Quite happy with my two days a week in the office (quiet reading time on the commute with noise-cancelling earphones) but that's ON MY OWN TERMS. substack.com/@theguyliner...

Can we trace family history through the recipes passed down through generations? One of my brilliant Folklore Studies MA students is asking this question. If you cook/bake then please consider filling in their survey here qualtricsxmjr5kww3lt.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Snow! In #Folkestone! #uksnow

Starting in April! Watch this space…
With a huge thank you to @icysedgwick.bsky.social for all her support for the Centre and her kind offer to host these talks in order to fundraise. Thank you! 💚

We’re looking for speakers for our new online programme- please get in touch if you’d like to give a talk…
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Del's got the trademark trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/p... but has he got the passion? #dragonsden

I'm clapping 🤣 Will follow them now. I may subscribe 💐 but like the herb and veg idea.

100%

Yes. Tweak the model abit.

They've got the trademark. Lots of classes though...need to use them.

Yep. This could be a winner! I'd buy/subscribe (if I had the money). Cool name too, if they have a trademark.

Patented in 2013 😭 patents.google.com/patent/WO201...

#Dragons, more than a myth? Find out at the #Folklore Centre in #Todmorden on Sat 22 Feb! Cryptozoologist, author and Fortean Times writer, Richard Freeman is giving a talk in West Yorkshire. www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...

PNW Moss

#photography #nature #hiking

Bright white dots in the night sky. Venus appears the brightest in the center, while the rest are dimmer and show the Sagittarius constellation.

VENUS AND SAGITTARIUS TONIGHT!!!

The Moon at waning gibbous phase on a dark background.

Waning Gibbous Moon. 2042UT 16 November 2024. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography

THE INTERNET ARCHIVE IS BACK WITH FREE BOOKS AND MOVIES AND A BILLION OTHER TYPES OF MEDIA WHO CHEERED

archive.org

Robin Hood, morris dances and UFOs: English folklore survey gets post-Brexit reboot A fresh look at cultural identity will follow outline of 60-year-old Survey of Language and Folklore, conducted by two academics driving a red Mini

English National Folklore Survey! Excited to work on this with David Clarke, Ceri Houlbrook, Diane Rogers & Chris Bader

Exploring the country’s diverse beliefs & practices will be fascinating, but we’ll also examine what folklore tells us about Englishness today

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

Home Re-shape the way you think about facilitation.

Are you a #facilitator?
Is #facilitation part of your work?
Want to discuss and practice #facilitating?

I'm running the Facilitators Unconference next month.
Tickets via www.facilitators-unconference.com

Price includes lunch, refreshments and access to the event.

Please share!

What are your plans for next weekend?
Here’s an idea: you could join us at the UK’s free culture and open source celebration and unconference, in Manchester. It is going to be great! #OggCamp2024 ogg.camp/tickets

OMG. Person next to me on this (delayed) train has just *emptied her inbox*. I’ve never seen that. In awe.