Summary: We celebrate the Springtide by sharing some folk tunes from the English countryside, some symphonic revels, some tips for magical cleaning, a story of a cleanly hedgehog, and much more!

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Sources

Festival Procession:

• Songs - "It Was a Lover and His Lass" and "Rest Sweet Nymphs" by the Daneneian Singers (from Archive.org)
• Orphic Hymn to Persephone (from Theoi)
• Reading: "Mrs. Tiggy-winkle," by Beatrix Potter
• Magical Lore: "Spring Cleaning" and "Spring Tonics"
• Music: "The Rite of Spring" and "Firebird" by Igor Stravinsky. Performed by L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande and the Berlin Philharmoniker (from Archive.org)
• Reading: From "April" in "The Shepherd's Calendar," by John Clare
• Conclusion

Transcripts are available on our Transcripts page (NOTE: No transcript available for this episode)

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You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon) and the recent release Llewellyn's Complete Book of North American Folk Magic as well (also available on Amazon)!

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