Witch Country

A short and sweet podcast episode for September!

If you are seeking more tales of forest folklore and witchy woods, Do pick up a copy of the Witch and the Wildwood

Join me for Tales from the Wildwood live Zoom event on October 30th, 6pm (GMT) ⁠⁠Eventbrite Link⁠

A wonderful wander with stones, witches and wizards!

In June, I journeyed along the Fife Witches Trail to stand at the stone we call Lilias Adies’ grave and to pay my respects to the accused witches of Scotland at Dunferlimne Abbey.

Happy Solstice Season to All!

This is a bit of a wandering journey! Where did the name Witches Castle come from? And what role do the fairies play? Listen and learn more!

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Our three Gathered Tales were:

Goblin Combe: You’ll find many versions of this story, including the one in Folktales of England, by Katharine Briggs and Ruth Tongue, 1965

The Brecon Elves & the Wise Housewife: A Variation of a story that can be found in Folk tales of Wales by Eirwen Jones, 1978

The Fairy of the Dell: A short and sweet version of a tale told in Welsh Fairy Tales By William Elliot Griffis, 1921

Thank you to all who have supported me on Patreon this month - do check it out. There are free resources and bonus goodies each month!

Today, I have a collection of tales! I start the podcast with some snippets from my upcoming book, The Witch and the Wildwood. Then, I head out on a journey to Arundel, Sussex, to indulge in Wassail and a walk around in muddy fields looking for Witch Hares!

Episode Notes

• Here is my Patreon page www.patreon.com/witchcountry- with various notes, videos, folk tales and delights!

• I will let you all know when The Witch and the Wildwood is ready to Pre-order! This is my book for 2024, and in 2025, Witch Country, the book, is coming!

• I read about wassailing from Kitchen Witch: Food, Folklore & Fairy Tale

• If you are interested in succeeding where I failed! This is the Hare Loop Walk!

Links Mentioned:

My Books (which can be bought directly from the publisher, all the usual online places and you can get your local indie to order in!)

• Yoga for Witches

• Yin Magic

• Kitchen Witch: Food, Folklore & Fairy Tale

• Enchanted Journeys: Guided Meditations for Magical Transformation

• Kitchen Witch Companion: Recipes, Ritual & Reflections

Find me on the Insight Timer App link here - which offers oodles of free meditations and talks

Spying witch marks in the dim light of the Tithe Barn at Bradford on Avon, a walk through winter evergreens, and along the Kennet & Avon Canal

I mention two of my books in this episode: Enchanted Journeys and Kitchen Witch: Food, Folklore & Fairy Tale, you can follow the links if you’d like to learn more!

Thoughts on this episode? questions? ideas? new witchy places I should explore? Say Hi on Instagram! @thisiswitchcountry

Welcome to Midwinter!

Thankyou to Haley and Leigh who suggested I might add the Boscastle Museum of Witchcraft & Magic and the Maggie Wall Monument to my ‘To Visit’ List.

Our Tree Tales this month are of the Pine tree and Christmas Trees:

“In Germany the Christmas-tree is not a luxury for well-to-do people as in England, but a necessity, the very centre of the festival…For one thing, perhaps, in a land of forests the tree seems more in place; it is a kind of sacrament linking mankind to the mysteries of the woodland…at night it is a true thing of wonder, shining with countless lights and glittering ornaments, with fruit of gold and shimmering festoons of silver…The Germans have quite a religious feeling for their Weihnachtsbaum, coming down, one may fancy, from some dim ancestral worship of the trees of the wood.”

Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Clement A. Miles in 1912

Thoughts on this episode? questions? ideas? new witchy places I should explore? Say Hi on Instagram! @wildwoodsandwitchcountry