Ele Willoughby, PhD · @minouette
811 followers · 930 posts · Server spore.social

A new block to carve! As a May Day baby I have always been interested in all the various folk traditions of May Day (and the evening before) like Beltane, Walpurgisnacht and May Day celebrations.

#linocut #printmaking #wip #jackofthegreen #jackothegreen #folklore #folktradition

Last updated 1 year ago

Laura · @LauraSaintChevalier
357 followers · 287 posts · Server toot.wales

“Wassail the trees, that they may bear
Many a plum, and many a pear
For more or less fruits they will bring,
As you do give them wassailing.”

- Robert Herrick

Artwork by the brilliant Johnny Greenteeth.

#johnnygreenteeth #illustration #art #folktradition #tradition #MariLwyd #wassailing #wassail #folklore #WelshFolklore #cymru #Wales

Last updated 2 years ago

Dave Hamilton · @Davewildish
23 followers · 7 posts · Server mastodonapp.uk

The Hunting of the Earl of Rone takes place each May bank holiday in Combe Martin, Devon. It's one of the most elaborate pub crawls I've ever seen and a real treat to watch.

#Devon #folktradition #combemartin #earlofrone

Last updated 2 years ago

James Fagan · @Jamesfagan
106 followers · 43 posts · Server folksocial.org

Happy Solstice! These delightful lanterns and Carol singers came up our street last night as they traipsed around the Pitsmoor Advent Window Trail. We piled out into the darkness to sing Diadem with them. Photo: Sarah Trueman

#folk #wintersolstice #ritual #folktradition #carols #community #lanterns

Last updated 2 years ago

Ōzaru · @ozaru
2 followers · 9 posts · Server toot.wales

Heddiw yw trydydd diwrnod y eleni - ein traddodiad gwerin Dwyrain Caint. Dyn ni'n cadw ein yn lleol, dim ond yn perfformio yn -Nicholas-at-Wade a . hoodening.org.uk/hoodening-sch 🐴

#folktradition #folkcustom #sarre #st #hoodenhorse #hoodening

Last updated 2 years ago

Northumbrian Stories · @northfolk
1421 followers · 931 posts · Server thefolklore.cafe

Listening to the new episode of my favourite podcast of all time this morning. Combines so much that I love: folk music, the outdoors, seasonality, walking, and human connection. A sprinkling of radical politics. And in this episode, history and a bit of folklore!

December ep of is the Wexford Carols with Caitriona O
Leary.

I don't think Folk on Foot has a presence here, but I wish they did.

folkonfoot.com/episodes

#folkonfoot #folkmusic #folktradition #traditionalmusic #podcast #saturdaylistening #irishmusic #christmasmusic #irishhistory

Last updated 2 years ago

This Is My Glasgow · @thisismyglasgow
123 followers · 59 posts · Server mastodon.scot

Wishing tree on the path up Ben A'an, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

There is a tradition in Scotland of inserting coins into the stumps of old trees as votive offerings, and some can contain coins that are hundreds of years old. The folk wisdom goes that if your coin falls out, your wish will not come true.

#ScottishHistory #folkart #scotland #scottishfolklore #folklore #hillwalkingscotland #hillwalking #folktradition #votiveoffering #wishingtree #stirlingshire #benann #glasgow

Last updated 2 years ago