Following on from his article about Penzance’s Midwinter festival - Montol - and the Christmastime mumming tradition called ‘guise dancing’, Tom Goskar turns his attentions to Midsummer and the Cornish festival of Golowan.
A brief look at the custom known as Bringing in the May, the night before May Day, when nature ran riot.
Why is the month of May so important to the folk world? Here's our list of what to do, where to go, what to see, and what it all means.
Bampton Morris dancing is known worldwide for its extraordinary lineage. We chat to one of the tradition bearers and dig into the history.
Heading to the Sheffield Carols? Want to know where to go, what songs to sing and a little of the etiquette? We've got you covered.
St Agnes Day was traditionally a time when young women were able to bring about visions of their future lovers and husbands. Here's how...
Jon Wilks chats to folk singer and Morris dancer, Ellie Gowers, about her close encounters with history in the making.
Everything you ever wanted to know about the maypole tradition, but were too uncomfortable to ask.
Better late than never, they always say, don’t they? Well it MAY be late, but we were feeling too sad...
One of the consequences of researching and writing folklore and history books is that bits of arcane trivia lodge in...
It’s not every year you get to write about leap years, for rather obvious reasons. So we thought we ought to jump on the chance in 2024.
Walking bush, Jack in the Green, has a history dating back to the early 1800s. Here's how the character came into being.
