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    Making Mischief: Folk Costume in Britain – an exhibition

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    Lally Macbeth of Stone Club, performing Fishsticks & Fiddlesticks as part of the Mock Morris at Lanyon Quoit, Cornwall.

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    A painting of the ritual portrayed in the Eve of St Agnes, by John Keats. The painting is of two young women in their bed chamber, observing a wraith-like character slumped on their bed. The painting is held at the Tate.

    Customs uncovered: St Agnes Eve, dumb cakes, and the prediction of the future

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    Remembering Mary Neal: Suffragette and folk dance powerhouse

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    The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep8 – ‘Princess Royal’, ft. John Spiers

    Jon Wilks plays guitar at Dorking Folk Club, 2018

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    Burd Ellen, Debbie Armour and Gail Brogen, with flowers in their mouths. The image is black and white.

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    A woggle hopping obstacle in the wild. The picture is actually of a red postbox in Wiltshire on a pretty summer's day, but woggle hopping often involved postboxes

    Customs uncovered: Woggle Hopping

    The source singer Cecilia Costello - photo by Bob Etheridge

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    The title card to the Johnny Sands video by Jon Wilks, created by Jon Nice, showing the title of the song in a Victorian printer's style.

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