Folkways: The Folklore of Britain and Ireland

🌅 BACK TO THE WORLD: January 2025 Almanac


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Welcome to the broadcast! Step back with me into Ordinary Time as we celebrate Twelfth Night... Welsh style!

Plus let's pay a visit to Pentre Ifan, said to be the entrance to Annwn...


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| LINKS + SOURCES |

Morgan, Trefor M. 'Mari Lwyd: A Study of Welsh Seasonal Customs'. Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1992.

Roberts, Huw. 'Welsh Folk Customs'. Llandysul: Gomer Press, 1991.

John, Gwenllian F. 'Welsh Folklore and Folk Customs'. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1978

Ifans, Dafydd and Rhiannon. 'Y Gwyliau Gaeaf a’u Harferion yng Nghymru (Winter Festivals and Their Practices in Wales)'. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales Press, 1980.

P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3vMRKKf⁠⁠⁠⁠

Dunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Almanac: A Stargazer's guider to 2024'. (Glasgow: Collins, 2023) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3FTHfqL⁠⁠⁠⁠
Hutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3hG1Wft⁠⁠⁠⁠
Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.talkingtreesbooks.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠
Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2025'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2023) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.lialeendertz.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠
Roud, Steve 'The English Year' (London: Penguin Books, 2008) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3txP9RQ⁠⁠⁠⁠
Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.foragerscalendar.net⁠

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