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Customs, Rituals and Traditions
Discover traditional folk customs, rituals and traditions on the Tradfolk.co website. From wassailing to Yule, and the arc of the year in-between.
Better late than never, they always say, don’t they? Well it MAY be late, but we were feeling too sad...
One the UK's oldest surviving traditions, the Atherstone Ball Game in Warwickshire kicks off annually at 2pm on Shrove Tuesday. Be there at your peril.
All stories have to start somewhere, and when I began compiling my book Maypoles, Martyrs and Mayhem, way back in...
January. Bleak, isn’t it? December and its festivities feel a long way behind us, and the delights of spring and...
Dusk falls in the village of Bêlý in the uplands of Czechia’s Hradec Kralove region. Hradec Kralove means ‘King’s Castle’,...
One of the consequences of researching and writing folklore and history books is that bits of arcane trivia lodge in...
As we gear up for Christmas this year, no doubt the haunting and beautiful Coventry Carol [Roud 19028] will be...
Need some background folky music for those long Christmas roadtrips or family gathering? We’ve put together a Spotify playlist of...
Soak your toast in cider, grab your pans and wooden spoons, and head out into your nearest orchard to awaken the sleeping trees and wassail the evil spirits away.
Make sure you list your local wassail in the Tradfolk Wassail Directory, 2024/2025. We're taking submissions now.
The meeting of Cecil Sharp and the Headington Quarry Morris Men and their young musician William Kimber on Boxing Day...
