National Folklore Survey for England

Ahhh this is so lovely to hear! Thank you for listening. We like unsettling, defiant and rousing - it sounds much like the subject matter!

This was such a strong and important show. And delightful too! Your soundtrack provided the perfect backdrop- slightly unsettling, defiant and rousing!

'Oss Girls — Lucy J Wright

❤️‍🔥 SHE IS SO GREAT! ❤️‍🔥

We worked with Lucy to make the soundtrack for her 'Oss Girls project at the amazing @field-system.bsky.social gallery. Check out the video at the bottom of this page on Lucy's website...

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Folklore — National Folklore Survey for England

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Today on Folklore Matters, you can hear us discussing folklore and art, and consciously creating custom with the one and only Lucy Wright. She articulates things so beautifully so join us to connect all those folkloric dots you have floating around!

Invasion of the Saucermen — National Folklore Survey for England Senior Lecturer in Photography, Andrew Robinson, introduces the ‘Invasion of the Saucermen’ exhibition taking place this March and April in Sheffield City Centre.

Invasion of the Saucermen is a new exhibition at the Old Head Post Office at @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social, opening next month. We caught up with Andrew Robinson to hear about its conception - and how the Survey feeds into the display: www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/invasio...

On the website today, meet photographer Joe Barnes. His fascination with the customs and traditions of Britain has led to a body of work that he’s hoping to exhibit. He’s kindly supplied us some gorgeous images to accompany his piece. Read it here: www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/joe-bar...

Folklore — National Folklore Survey for England

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Episode four of Folklore Matters has landed and it’s a special one: a recording of @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social and @odavies9.bsky.social at Off The Shelf in October discussing their latest book, Folklore: a journey through past and present. It’s a corker if we do say so ourselves!

Centre For Contemporary Legend

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Our @dianearodgers.bsky.social has made a short video to explain what the National Folklore Survey for England is all about.

Have you ever inscribed names on a padlock and locked it in a public place? Our survey has found 4.9% of people living in England today have - that’s around 2 million people - and you’re most likely to do it if you live in the North West, and more likely if you’re Hindu, Sikh, or Muslim.

Love and luck this February — National Folklore Survey for England Revealing the latest set of findings from the National Folklore Survey for England.

We’ve released more findings relating to love and luck today. Head to: www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/love-an...

Happy Valentine’s, folklore lovers! If you’re celebrating today, you’re one of the 49% of people in England that do.(And thanks to The Veg Lord for the Valentine’s mural)

I already have suffered a cancelled train, a taxi that couldn’t find me, and a printer that wouldn’t print. But maybe it’s my frame of mind 😉

Completely forgot it's Friday 13th today 😬

Tomorrow on the website we’ll be releasing the latest findings from the survey. But one glorious nugget for you today: a quarter of people in England (23.9% to be precise) believe that Friday 13th is an unlucky day. Those most likely to believe this are women, aged 16-24, and white.

Folklore — National Folklore Survey for England

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You know all about The Wicker Man… now hear from one of the Children of The Wicker Man. On Folklore Matters today, we talk to Dominic Hardy, son of Robin, to hear all about the film’s legacy and its impact on his family. Source it wherever you get your podcasts…

Our very own Dave Clarke was the guest of Greenwich Sceptics this week, talking all things National Folklore Survey.

Thank goodness @dianearodgers.bsky.social was able to hold the fort while Sophie was ill in bed with suspected norovirus! Thank you for joining us, @helenwheatley.bsky.social!

You can view some of Andrew’s work here: www.anthology.co.uk

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The second episode of our new podcast, Folklore Matters, is out this morning! In it we talk to our colleague Andrew Robinson who has been photographing and documenting calendar customs - or whatever you might choose to call them 😉- since the 90s.

Thanks to Andrew Robinson for the photos.

Today we had the pleasure of speaking to a packed room at Weston Park Museum about the Survey: what it is, how it was conceived, and some early findings (Halloween, the unexplained and unexpected, and Christmas). Lots of great questions. Thanks for having us, @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social

The first episode of our new podcast, Folklore Matters, came out last Thursday, and we’ve got another ‘dropping’ - always wanted to say that - this Thursday. Pocket Casts seem to be slow in approving it but it’s available in all other podcast spots. Enjoy, and let us know what you think!

ICYMI our project lead, David Clarke, was on BBC Radio Sheffield with Paulette Edwards on Friday talking about living heritage, encouraging Sheffielders to submit their folklore to the UK Living Heritage Inventory. You can listen again here, from 10 mins in:

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I just did and he says: ‘Tell him I have very limited patience for both social media and new things..’ so there we go!

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