There’s something unsettling about a sealed room, especially one hidden inside a home. In 1976, a phone call to the National Museum of Ireland reported the discovery of a “cave” during construction work outside Wicklow Town. Dr Joseph Raftery, Keeper of Irish Antiquities, sent young archaeologist Eamonn Kelly t to investigate, on what would turn out to be his first ever fieldwork assignment. The report was misleading: it wasn’t a cave, or even a souterrain, but a sealed-up brick oven connected to a fireplace in Coolbeg House. The structure had been blocked off in the early twentieth century.

Inside that bricked-up oven was a strange and silent cache.

SOURCES:

• https://daily.jstor.org/is-there-a-witch-bottle-in-your-house/
• TRAPPING WITCHES IN WICKLOW Eamonn P. KellyArchaeology Ireland, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Autumn 2012), pp. 16-18 (3 pages)
• An American Witch Bottle M.J. Becker Archaeology, Vol. 33, No. 2 (March/April 1980), pp. 18-23 (6 pages)
• https://blackthornandstone.com/2020/09/02/witch-bottles-hidden-curses-objects-of-protection-objects-of-vengeance/
• The Material Culture of Ritual Concealments in the United StatesM. Chris Manning Historical Archaeology, Vol. 48, No. 3, MANIFESTATIONS OF MAGIC: THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND MATERIAL CULTURE OF FOLK RELIGION (2014), pp. 52-83 (32 pages)
• https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-other-artifacts/good-and-evil-witch-bottles-countermagical-devices-through-history-006649
• https://mysticaltimesblog.com/the-dymock-curse-gloucestershire/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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Welcome to our inaugural Smutty Summer offering of Freaky Folklore! This episode Niamh recaps and reviews Bigfoot Boss by Luna Cantrip: a fun, smutty monster romance with surprising depth (if questionable clothing choices).This content is firmly NSFW and is posted with full respect and love to the monster smut community <3

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Welcome back to our chit-chat corner where we talk about the folkloric media we consumed over the past two weeks, from movies to books, live theatre to content creators.

Grab a tea, come hang out, and let us know if YOU came across anything in your infinite scroll sessions.

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Mentioned:

• The Ugly Stepsister: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29344903/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
• Sinners: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31193180/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
• Thistlefoot: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60018639-thistlefoot
• Sleeping Beauties: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41650595-the-sleeping-beauties

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According to old European belief, a candle made from the severed, dried hand of a criminal who had been hanged—known as the Hand of Glory—had supernatural powers. The hand was usually the right hand of a felon—cut off while the body still dangled from the gallows...

S O U R C E S:

• https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198607663.001.0001/acref-9780198607663-e-462
• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-severed-hands
• http://www.thestorytelling-resource-centre.com/scary_stories3.html 
• https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/hand.html#baring-gould
• The Petit Albert (English Edition): Secrets of the Little Albert
• The Ingoldsby Legends (1905)by Richard Harris Barham;"The Hand of Glory"
• Anthropological Notes on the Human Hand Frank Baker American Anthropologist, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan., 1888), pp. 51-76 (26 pages)

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Welcome to the first of our new chit-chat episodes! This is our way of getting more folkloric content out to you guys while you wait for our long-form deep dives. We'll try to keep the tangents to these chats.

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Mayday Festival with Morris Dancing

Dorchester Walking Festival

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Emily ventures into the deep dark woods this week with an analysis of Little Red Riding Hood. From victim-blamey perv tale to reclamation of feminine power, we have all grown up with the visual of an oblivious little girl being preyed upon by fearsome predators. Tangents include some Colin Farrell fawning, why Christina Ricci is our girl crush, and the nightmare that is deepfakes. Discussions of rape culture and sexual assault on film, because it's us...

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S O U R C E S:

• Charles Perrault telling: https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/perrault02.html
• Brothers Grimm: https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm026.html
• https://discover.hubpages.com/education/red_riding_hood

Books mentioned:

Werewolf? There Wolf! from Hazy Dell Press

Ebony, Blood & Snow by Tish Black - gifted ARC

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Our relationship with fire has always been one of awe, of need, of respect. It’s a dance we’ve never fully learned, a mystery we’ve never fully solved. Even now, we sit beside campfires and fireplaces, mesmerised by the flickering, ever-shifting light. Something ancient stirs in us, a memory of stories whispered in the dark. In honour of Bealtaine, the fire festival, we delve into the significance of Fire in Folklore

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S O U R C E S:

• https://thenestcollective.co.uk/blog/fire-folklore
• http://learnreligions.com/fire-element-folklore-and-legends-2561686
• https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/lifestyle/origins-of-bealtaine-festival/29218522.html
• https://www.wisdomlib.org/concept/matarisvan
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Prometheus-Greek-god

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Content warning for discussions of sexual violence. This is a heavy one, friends.

Niamh explores the monster behind the myth - Medusa. From ancient villain and cautionary tale for wayward women, Medusa has endured and evolved into a symbol of strength and resistance for survivors of sexual violence. We look at the differences between her Greek and Roman origins and what each version of her tells us about how society viewed women and the harms done against them at the time. Tangents take us to discussions of rape culture, victim blaming and how we navigate life after trauma. (with some Noah Wyle fangirling sprinkled in).

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S O U R C E S:

• The Feminist Companion to Mythology - edited by Carolyne Larrington
• https://www.worldhistory.org/Medusa/
• Medusa and the Female Gaze Susan R. Bowers NWSA Journal Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring, 1990), pp. 217-235 (19 pages)
• Medusa:In the Mirror of Time By David Leeming 
• RAPE AND RAPE VICTIMS IN THE METAMORPHOSES Leo C. Curran
• Woman's Lore: 4,000 Years of Sirens, Serpents and Succubi by Sarah Clegg
• https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2022/1102/1332807-tiktok-medusa-mythology-victim-social-media/

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For as long as women have been having babies, there have been beliefs and superstitions around what the baby will look like, their assigned sex, their temperament, and guarding against defects and miscarriage.

S O U R C E S:

• Pregnancy Superstitions, Richard M. Dorson, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan., 1955) pp. 55-56 (2 pages) Published By: Western States Folklore Society
• https://www.britannica.com/story/9-bizarre-myths-about-pregnancy
• https://sholescenter.com/old-wives-tales-about-pregnancy
• https://svarunica.com/pregnancy-and-childbirth-fragments-of-ancient-slavic-traditions-of-the-native-faith/
• https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2024/0424/1445014-ireland-folklore-conception-pregnancy-births-babies-children/

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Discussions of pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy loss.

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Emily's first episode of Season 3 is a dark history account all about the science (and alleged magic) of midwifery, We delve into how the woman-dominated profession caused jealousy and suspicion from the (male) Church which led to persecution, executions, and a suppression of new knowledge. We learn about the realities of childbirth, how midwives were often blamed for unpreventable losses - and their successes attributed to the devil. Yes, we are ranting again.

Helena (@therockballymac) for seed saving, gardening & herbalism.

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S O U R C E S:

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0260691723003209
• https://youtu.be/qk3u_7HfrOU?si=U-FUSs4zEvRzlOnf 
• Witches, Midwives & Nurses - Barbara Ehrenreich

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