I would like to argue that protest signs are folk art, and a form of creative expression that clearly reflects cultural context.
June 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I would like to argue that protest signs are folk art, and a form of creative expression that clearly reflects cultural context.
A favorite sign: one made last-minute by my kid
June 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A favorite sign: one made last-minute by my kid
We love food lore!
Sacrificial meals in Bulgarian traditional culture bnr.bg/en/post/1021... #bulgaria #traditionalfood #folklore #folkloring #ritualfood #sacrificialmeals #kurban #
Ritual food in Bulgarian traditional culture
Ritual food is an integral part of the Bulgarian ritual system. In the calendar of a Bulgarian village more than a century ago, food with meat was rarely consumed. People usually ate meat 4-5 times a year - on Christmas, St....
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June 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We love food lore!
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The coracle of Celtic myth was light enough to be lifted and strong enough to cross realms. Woven of willow, covered in hide, it ferried saints, druids, and dreamers into otherworlds. The vessel was belief itself. #WyrdWednesday
🎨Chris Duffet
🎨Chris Duffet
April 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The coracle of Celtic myth was light enough to be lifted and strong enough to cross realms. Woven of willow, covered in hide, it ferried saints, druids, and dreamers into otherworlds. The vessel was belief itself. #WyrdWednesday
🎨Chris Duffet
🎨Chris Duffet
Very excited to take Public Folklore at GMU! Register and join me: the folklore program is absolutely filled with warm, welcoming, brilliant people who have thought-provoking insights and also sometimes bring snacks
Today we're going public with our cross undergrad/grad courses for Fall 2025! Public folklore is one of two graduate-level courses offered next semester. Registration is around the corner, so sign up for this class while there are still seats!
April 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Very excited to take Public Folklore at GMU! Register and join me: the folklore program is absolutely filled with warm, welcoming, brilliant people who have thought-provoking insights and also sometimes bring snacks
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This is a BRILLIANT episode!
I do love a deep dive from Mark Norman. More of this please!
If you enjoyed the Vampire series on Monster talk with @doctoratlantis.bsky.social and @karenstollznow.bsky.social, you will love this too
#vampires #werewolves #folklore #thefolklorepodcast
I do love a deep dive from Mark Norman. More of this please!
If you enjoyed the Vampire series on Monster talk with @doctoratlantis.bsky.social and @karenstollznow.bsky.social, you will love this too
#vampires #werewolves #folklore #thefolklorepodcast
NEW RELEASE:
Season 10, Episode 172
DRACULA AND THE WESTCOUNTRY
Listen free on your podcast app or at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-172....
In this episode I investigate the rumours that Bram Stoker drew inspiration for Count Dracula from the county of Devon. Can there be any truth to this?
Season 10, Episode 172
DRACULA AND THE WESTCOUNTRY
Listen free on your podcast app or at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-172....
In this episode I investigate the rumours that Bram Stoker drew inspiration for Count Dracula from the county of Devon. Can there be any truth to this?
Episode 172
Listen to the audio podcast on the player below:
www.thefolklorepodcast.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is a BRILLIANT episode!
I do love a deep dive from Mark Norman. More of this please!
If you enjoyed the Vampire series on Monster talk with @doctoratlantis.bsky.social and @karenstollznow.bsky.social, you will love this too
#vampires #werewolves #folklore #thefolklorepodcast
I do love a deep dive from Mark Norman. More of this please!
If you enjoyed the Vampire series on Monster talk with @doctoratlantis.bsky.social and @karenstollznow.bsky.social, you will love this too
#vampires #werewolves #folklore #thefolklorepodcast
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'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
The world is a messy place. So here is a photo of kilted men.
April 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The world is a messy place. So here is a photo of kilted men.
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because you asked nicely, here’s my latest work in progress song, “context clues”
April 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
because you asked nicely, here’s my latest work in progress song, “context clues”
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Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater is about Regency England. Faerie lore. Coded neurodiverse experiences. And it’s also about what happens when you realize that the world is very unfair. And where you go from there. Enrollment in HopeLore closes THIS FRIDAY, 4/11. courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/hopelore
April 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater is about Regency England. Faerie lore. Coded neurodiverse experiences. And it’s also about what happens when you realize that the world is very unfair. And where you go from there. Enrollment in HopeLore closes THIS FRIDAY, 4/11. courses.carterhaughschool.com/p/hopelore
This weekend, I watched a man teach several others how to arrange muskets in this interlocking pattern. Tradition is passed on every day, all around us, filling the world with #folklore
April 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This weekend, I watched a man teach several others how to arrange muskets in this interlocking pattern. Tradition is passed on every day, all around us, filling the world with #folklore
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Court jesters in the Middle Ages were licensed to mock the king. Their jokes could defuse tension or deliver veiled truth. In a world of swords and silence, jesters spoke freely—if they played the fool well enough to survive it. #WyrdWednesday
April 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Court jesters in the Middle Ages were licensed to mock the king. Their jokes could defuse tension or deliver veiled truth. In a world of swords and silence, jesters spoke freely—if they played the fool well enough to survive it. #WyrdWednesday
A little #folklife today. My mom taught me to sew nearly 30 years ago. Today I'm working on an 18th century bedgown in a simple linen, because in the 1750s I am poor. Costume helps express identity, in reenacting and daily life, too.
March 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A little #folklife today. My mom taught me to sew nearly 30 years ago. Today I'm working on an 18th century bedgown in a simple linen, because in the 1750s I am poor. Costume helps express identity, in reenacting and daily life, too.
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In Slavic folklore, the effigy of Marzanna — winter personified — is drowned or burned in spring. Children carry her through the village, then cast her into the river. It is not merely a ritual — it is a symbolic exorcism of stillness, a summoning of bloom. #FolkloreSunday
March 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
In Slavic folklore, the effigy of Marzanna — winter personified — is drowned or burned in spring. Children carry her through the village, then cast her into the river. It is not merely a ritual — it is a symbolic exorcism of stillness, a summoning of bloom. #FolkloreSunday
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In 18th-century German almanacs, it was recorded that bees should not be disturbed on the first warm day of spring. Superstition held that if bees swarmed too early, war would follow by summer. Beekeepers watched their hives like prophets watched stars. #FolkloreSunday
🎨Sherree Rodriguez
🎨Sherree Rodriguez
March 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
In 18th-century German almanacs, it was recorded that bees should not be disturbed on the first warm day of spring. Superstition held that if bees swarmed too early, war would follow by summer. Beekeepers watched their hives like prophets watched stars. #FolkloreSunday
🎨Sherree Rodriguez
🎨Sherree Rodriguez
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March 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A photo from the enslaved quarters at Mount Vernon. right now. This weekend, one of the events at the estate was the start of a sewing project. Two garments were started, both will be in the updated museum space when it finishes renovations.
March 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A photo from the enslaved quarters at Mount Vernon. right now. This weekend, one of the events at the estate was the start of a sewing project. Two garments were started, both will be in the updated museum space when it finishes renovations.
Conspiracy theories are folklore! Like myths, they offer explanations for why the world is a certain way. Did ancient people genuinely believe myths? If people can believe in pizza gate, the idea that Zeus became a shower of gold to impregnate Danae doesn't seem so farfetched a belief.
March 20, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Conspiracy theories are folklore! Like myths, they offer explanations for why the world is a certain way. Did ancient people genuinely believe myths? If people can believe in pizza gate, the idea that Zeus became a shower of gold to impregnate Danae doesn't seem so farfetched a belief.
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Editors are accepting proposals for the new SIEF Series in Ethnology and Folklore. www.siefhome.org/publications... #folklore #folksky #folkloresky #ethnology #callforpapers #SIEF
SIEF Series in Ethnology and Folklore
Hande Birkalan-Gedik and Anthony Bak Buccitelli announce the creation of the new SIEF Series in Ethnology and Folklore. New Directions in the Study of Everyday Life, Past and Present with Berghahn Boo...
www.siefhome.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Editors are accepting proposals for the new SIEF Series in Ethnology and Folklore. www.siefhome.org/publications... #folklore #folksky #folkloresky #ethnology #callforpapers #SIEF
It is good knowing I have made a positive contribution to the field
"It's only Folklore if it's from the Folklore region in France. Otherwise, it's just Sparkling Popular Antiquities." -A. Young
March 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
It is good knowing I have made a positive contribution to the field
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Here's an older blog post we wrote about folklore and authenticity! Read the whole post: carterhaughschool.com/what-makes-a...
#carterhaughschool #folklore
#carterhaughschool #folklore
March 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Here's an older blog post we wrote about folklore and authenticity! Read the whole post: carterhaughschool.com/what-makes-a...
#carterhaughschool #folklore
#carterhaughschool #folklore
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Well, this is nice - Arkansas potter named living treasure: www.nwaonline.com/news/2025/ma... #folkcraft #pottery #livingtreasure #traditionalcrafts #folkloring
Arkansas Arts Council names Oark potter Stephen Driver as its 2025 Arkansas Living Treasure | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The Arkansas Arts Council has named Oark potter Stephen Driver as its 2025 Arkansas Living Treasure for his work and dedication to the craft of pottery.
www.nwaonline.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Well, this is nice - Arkansas potter named living treasure: www.nwaonline.com/news/2025/ma... #folkcraft #pottery #livingtreasure #traditionalcrafts #folkloring
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Monday in Fairfax, Va.! Details and tickets at www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof... @folkloringpodcast.bsky.social @folklorepod.bsky.social @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social @insidenova.com.web.brid.gy @washingtonian.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Monday in Fairfax, Va.! Details and tickets at www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof... @folkloringpodcast.bsky.social @folklorepod.bsky.social @folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social @insidenova.com.web.brid.gy @washingtonian.bsky.social
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Want to hear a pet peeve of ours about St. Patrick’s Day? It’s probably not what you think it is.
carterhaughschool.com/the-dreaded-...
carterhaughschool.com/the-dreaded-...
March 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Want to hear a pet peeve of ours about St. Patrick’s Day? It’s probably not what you think it is.
carterhaughschool.com/the-dreaded-...
carterhaughschool.com/the-dreaded-...