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.
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.
Grab your driveller, dip your dwile, gather your girt, and let's go t'gither. Welcome to the oh-so dignified sport of dwile flonking.
Of all the esoteric traditions and rituals that take place across the UK, the Cooper’s Hill cheese rolling contest is...
Help us create a directory of May Day Morris dances so that people can find their way to dancing the sun up somewhere locally.
Meet Douglas Kell, occasional Whittlesea Straw Bear and the latest director of the Straw Bear Festival, and find out what it means to be one of the UK's most-loved folk icons.
...tell everyone about Stone Club! And if you're not sure what that is, dig into our interview with founder, Lally Macbeth.
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...
Before Ben Edge there was, and still is, the legendary folklorist, Doc Rowe. As a new documentary on his work enters the crowdfunding stage, we revisit an interview we undertook with him in 2017.
Is it possible to learn how to Morris dance in one month flat? Rachel Wilkinson is about to find out in the first ever Tradfolk Rachallenge.
Newcomers to the world of traditional customs and rituals very quickly come face to face with beasts and hobby horses. In this article, we attempt to offer some explanation for the inexplicable.
Crowdfunding campaign announced as we present exclusive first trailer for a new documentary on Britain's greatest folklorist.
May Day Morris spread like wildfire on social media, and across the land, in 2022 - a joyous celebration of freedom after tw years locked down.