• 4 June 2023

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    A Morris toddler in Bampton

    Folk Music, books and screen time for babies and toddlers (or how to tradinate your child)

    Libby Bove, folk artist, in a field of corn.

    So turns the wheel of the M.O.T. – an interview with artist, Libby Bove

    The Nettle Dress promo poster, featuring Oonagh Brown walking through Limekiln Wood wearing her nettle dress.

    The Nettle Dress – a review and director’s Q&A

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    Discover traditional folk customs, rituals and traditions on the Tradfolk.co website. From wassailing to Yule, and the arc of the year in-between.

    Customs Uncovered: The Stick and Bucket Dance

    The end of the torchlit procession on St John’s Eve. The Golowan Band play the final tune of the night.

    Golowan – Penzance’s midsummer celebration

    White Rose Morris dancing at dawn on May Day, 2011, at Castle Hill in Almondbury - Photo credit Bryony Griffith

    May Day Morris: Where to find Morris dancing near me

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    Customs Uncovered: The Stick and Bucket Dance

    A member of Boss Morris, decked in greenery, smiles for the camera. She is standing in a woodland glade on Rodborough Common, Stroud.

    Dancing up the Sun – May Day, 2023

    White Rose Morris dancing at dawn on May Day, 2011, at Castle Hill in Almondbury - Photo credit Bryony Griffith

    May Day Morris: Where to find Morris dancing near me

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    John Spiers, or Squeezy as he is known, playing the melodeon in a black and white photograph advertising his appearance on the Old Songs Podcast discussing The Princess Royal.

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

    Jon Wilks plays guitar at Dorking Folk Club, 2018

    The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep7 – ‘The Gloucestershire Wassail / The Wassailing Song’, ft. Jon Wilks

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

    The Old Songs Podcast: Se2Ep6 – ‘When I was on Horseback/ The Unfortunate Rake’, ft. Debbie Armour (Burd Ellen)

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    Handbags and Broomsticks: Molly Dancing for the uninitiated

    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

    Women in folk: celebrating the source singers

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    Jennifer Reid and Tom Kitching performing traditional music in the Gallows Pole. She is singing while he is standing behind her left should playing the fiddle.

    Which traditional songs and tunes were used in The Gallows Pole?

    The Best British Folk Songs as chosen by some of the country's favourite folk singers

    The Best British folk songs, as chosen by British folk singers

    Come Make My Bed – Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne

    Introducing the Tradfolk Takeover at FolkEast

    White Rose Morris dancing at dawn on May Day, 2011, at Castle Hill in Almondbury - Photo credit Bryony Griffith

    May Day Morris: Where to find Morris dancing near me

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A Bampton side dancing in a local garden on Whit Monday
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Traditional May events to add to your calendar

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.
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Evercreech Jack in the Green
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Customs uncovered: Jack in the Green

Walking bush, Jack in the Green, has a history dating back to the early 1800s. Here's how the character came into being.
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A traditional maypole dance at Whitchurch, Hampshire, Silk Mill
CustomsThe Merry Month of May

Customs Uncovered: The Maypole

Everything you ever wanted to know about the maypole tradition, but were too uncomfortable to ask.
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The night before May Day, and the moon is shining bright above a clearing in a forest. The sky is a mixture of dark blue and black.
CustomsThe Merry Month of May

Customs Uncovered: Bringing in the May

A brief look at the custom known as Bringing in the May, the night before May Day, when nature ran riot.
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Men chase a cheese down the extremely steep Cooper's Hill in the 2015 Gloucester Cheese Rolling contest
Customs, Rituals and TraditionsThe Merry Month of May

Customs uncovered: the Cooper’s Hill cheese rolling contest

Of all the esoteric traditions and rituals that take place across the UK, the Cooper’s Hill cheese rolling contest is...
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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.
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Customs uncovered: St Agnes Eve, dumb cakes, and the prediction of the future

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...
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The Whittlesea Straw Bear dances through the streets, followed by a bear keeper, several onlookers, and two smaller bears.
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An interview with the Whittlesea Straw Bear

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.
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An Abbots Bromley Horn Dancer clutches the antlers of an old reindeer skeleton. He is wearing his traditional dancing costume. The photo is by Henry Bourne and was taken in 2009.
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Making Mischief: Folk Costume in Britain – an exhibition

Making Mischief is a new exhibition to be staged at Compton Verney, Warwickshire, dedicated to British folk costumes. It's the first of its kind. Here's all you need to know.
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A painting of Old Father Christmas by William Ewart Lockhart, showing an old man with a long white beard, a white smock, a holly crown on his head, and a glass of wine in his hand. He is smiling and gesturing towards a feast on the table in front of him.
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Twelfth Night, Old Christmas and St Stephen’s Day… revisited

As Halwyn Folk release a new video exploring Old Christmas, we take a look at some of the commonly asked questions around Twelfth Night.
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The Cornmarket Revellers guise dancers ‘guild’ in 2014. Upon entering a pub they played a game called “Spy the Market” that nobody understood, let alone them. Photo by Peter Carter.
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Guise Dancing: the Christmastime mumming tradition of West Cornwall

Tom Goskar, a born-again guise dancer in southwest Cornwall, explores the little-known Cornish tradition that is guise dancing.
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Sheffield Carols in the Winter Gardens. Photo credit, James Merryclough
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A Beginner’s Guide to the Sheffield Carols

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.
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Handbags and Broomsticks: Molly Dancing for the uninitiated

Everything you ever wanted to know about Molly dancing: the hows, the whys, the history, and the dating hazards...
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