Festival at the Edge
@festivalattheedge.bsky.social
The longest running storytelling festival in England. We rejoice in traditional oral storytelling for all ages, which we combine with fabulous folk music.
Festival takes place at Hopton Court, Cleobury Mortimer.
www.festivalatthedge.org
Festival takes place at Hopton Court, Cleobury Mortimer.
www.festivalatthedge.org
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FatE News! 💚💜
#Fate2025 is only 127 days away!! Just think you could soon be enjoying fabulous performances from your favourite #storytellers & #musicians, taking part in brilliant workshops & story rounds, or just chilling out enjoying the festival vibes & beautiful views. Limited tickets (100)🧵1/2
#Fate2025 is only 127 days away!! Just think you could soon be enjoying fabulous performances from your favourite #storytellers & #musicians, taking part in brilliant workshops & story rounds, or just chilling out enjoying the festival vibes & beautiful views. Limited tickets (100)🧵1/2
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Lots of interesting resources if you are interested in Dartmoor folklore: www.torbayweekly.co.uk/news/home/17... #folkloresunday #folklore #folkloring #dartmoor #devon #ghosthunting #paranormal
The Storyteller: Sabine Baring-Gould’s spirit lives on in more ways than one
Another fascinating bit of folklore from The Storyteller
www.torbayweekly.co.uk
April 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Lots of interesting resources if you are interested in Dartmoor folklore: www.torbayweekly.co.uk/news/home/17... #folkloresunday #folklore #folkloring #dartmoor #devon #ghosthunting #paranormal
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March 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Join us tomorrow (13th March) for the next hosted #FolkloreThursday!
To celebrate publication day of The Story of Witches by @willowwinsham.bsky.social the theme will be the folklore of witches!
Our hosts will do their best to share your posts: (GMT)
9am-2pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
To celebrate publication day of The Story of Witches by @willowwinsham.bsky.social the theme will be the folklore of witches!
Our hosts will do their best to share your posts: (GMT)
9am-2pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
March 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Join us tomorrow (13th March) for the next hosted #FolkloreThursday!
To celebrate publication day of The Story of Witches by @willowwinsham.bsky.social the theme will be the folklore of witches!
Our hosts will do their best to share your posts: (GMT)
9am-2pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
To celebrate publication day of The Story of Witches by @willowwinsham.bsky.social the theme will be the folklore of witches!
Our hosts will do their best to share your posts: (GMT)
9am-2pm
3.30-4.30pm
6.30-7.30pm
FatE News! 💚💜
#Fate2025 is only 127 days away!! Just think you could soon be enjoying fabulous performances from your favourite #storytellers & #musicians, taking part in brilliant workshops & story rounds, or just chilling out enjoying the festival vibes & beautiful views. Limited tickets (100)🧵1/2
#Fate2025 is only 127 days away!! Just think you could soon be enjoying fabulous performances from your favourite #storytellers & #musicians, taking part in brilliant workshops & story rounds, or just chilling out enjoying the festival vibes & beautiful views. Limited tickets (100)🧵1/2
March 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
FatE News! 💚💜
#Fate2025 is only 127 days away!! Just think you could soon be enjoying fabulous performances from your favourite #storytellers & #musicians, taking part in brilliant workshops & story rounds, or just chilling out enjoying the festival vibes & beautiful views. Limited tickets (100)🧵1/2
#Fate2025 is only 127 days away!! Just think you could soon be enjoying fabulous performances from your favourite #storytellers & #musicians, taking part in brilliant workshops & story rounds, or just chilling out enjoying the festival vibes & beautiful views. Limited tickets (100)🧵1/2
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The Witches, Legends and Curious Tales mini festival will run from March 19 to March 31 in Suffolk: heartofsuffolk.co.uk/explore/witc... #folklore #witch #witchsky #suffolk #witchfest #folkloring
Witches, Legends and Curious Tales - Heart of Suffolk
We have created a special programme of events - a mini festival dedicated to uncovering the mysteries of Suffolk’s past.
heartofsuffolk.co.uk
March 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Witches, Legends and Curious Tales mini festival will run from March 19 to March 31 in Suffolk: heartofsuffolk.co.uk/explore/witc... #folklore #witch #witchsky #suffolk #witchfest #folkloring
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How do we measure the more subtle feelings these lithic rings inspire? Where are the units of folktales per stone, sense of sacredness within the circle? How do we represent their impact on a community's collective imagination? The impression of ongoing ritual? - Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
March 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
How do we measure the more subtle feelings these lithic rings inspire? Where are the units of folktales per stone, sense of sacredness within the circle? How do we represent their impact on a community's collective imagination? The impression of ongoing ritual? - Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
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Me at 2 pm: Ok, I've got four crackerjack Baba Yaga stories to choose from, I just need to decide which one I'm going to tell.
Me at 4 pm: I've emptied an entire bookcase and now have 20 stories to choose from and my house is sprouting chicken legs.
#performancestorytelling #oralstorytelling
Me at 4 pm: I've emptied an entire bookcase and now have 20 stories to choose from and my house is sprouting chicken legs.
#performancestorytelling #oralstorytelling
February 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Me at 2 pm: Ok, I've got four crackerjack Baba Yaga stories to choose from, I just need to decide which one I'm going to tell.
Me at 4 pm: I've emptied an entire bookcase and now have 20 stories to choose from and my house is sprouting chicken legs.
#performancestorytelling #oralstorytelling
Me at 4 pm: I've emptied an entire bookcase and now have 20 stories to choose from and my house is sprouting chicken legs.
#performancestorytelling #oralstorytelling
Festival planning was going so well before a certain kitty got involved... 💚💜😁🤣🤣
#Fate2025 #Festivalplans #storytelling #folkmusic #storytellingforgrownups #storytellingforkids #festivalseason
🎟️ www.festivalattheedge.org
Takes place at www.hoptoncourt.co.uk
#Fate2025 #Festivalplans #storytelling #folkmusic #storytellingforgrownups #storytellingforkids #festivalseason
🎟️ www.festivalattheedge.org
Takes place at www.hoptoncourt.co.uk
March 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Festival planning was going so well before a certain kitty got involved... 💚💜😁🤣🤣
#Fate2025 #Festivalplans #storytelling #folkmusic #storytellingforgrownups #storytellingforkids #festivalseason
🎟️ www.festivalattheedge.org
Takes place at www.hoptoncourt.co.uk
#Fate2025 #Festivalplans #storytelling #folkmusic #storytellingforgrownups #storytellingforkids #festivalseason
🎟️ www.festivalattheedge.org
Takes place at www.hoptoncourt.co.uk
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#ArtDD2025
#wrensday
A tiny winter king from my archive.
@saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social 🦉🪶
#wrensday
A tiny winter king from my archive.
@saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social 🦉🪶
February 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
#ArtDD2025
#wrensday
A tiny winter king from my archive.
@saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social 🦉🪶
#wrensday
A tiny winter king from my archive.
@saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social 🦉🪶
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#WyrdWednesday
Morgiana (1972) directed by Juraj Herz. Based on a novel by Alexander Grin.
A gothic horror melodrama with poison, sibling rivalry and costumes to die for. 🖤
#FashionGoals
Morgiana (1972) directed by Juraj Herz. Based on a novel by Alexander Grin.
A gothic horror melodrama with poison, sibling rivalry and costumes to die for. 🖤
#FashionGoals
February 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
#WyrdWednesday
Morgiana (1972) directed by Juraj Herz. Based on a novel by Alexander Grin.
A gothic horror melodrama with poison, sibling rivalry and costumes to die for. 🖤
#FashionGoals
Morgiana (1972) directed by Juraj Herz. Based on a novel by Alexander Grin.
A gothic horror melodrama with poison, sibling rivalry and costumes to die for. 🖤
#FashionGoals
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The Stiperstones have a long history of mining. When miners heard strange knocks underground, they saw it as a sign that Wild Edric was close and protecting them.
Edric was said to dwell deep in those hills and would only return to the surface when England was in peril.
#Folklore #Shropshire
Edric was said to dwell deep in those hills and would only return to the surface when England was in peril.
#Folklore #Shropshire
February 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Stiperstones have a long history of mining. When miners heard strange knocks underground, they saw it as a sign that Wild Edric was close and protecting them.
Edric was said to dwell deep in those hills and would only return to the surface when England was in peril.
#Folklore #Shropshire
Edric was said to dwell deep in those hills and would only return to the surface when England was in peril.
#Folklore #Shropshire
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The next hosted #FolkloreThursday is 27th
February!
Our hosts will share your weather-themed folklore at the following times (GMT):
9am-2pm
3.30-4.30pm
5.30-7.30pm
Don't forget the hashtag!
(Image: Children under a Red Umbrella, Henry Mosler)
February!
Our hosts will share your weather-themed folklore at the following times (GMT):
9am-2pm
3.30-4.30pm
5.30-7.30pm
Don't forget the hashtag!
(Image: Children under a Red Umbrella, Henry Mosler)
February 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The next hosted #FolkloreThursday is 27th
February!
Our hosts will share your weather-themed folklore at the following times (GMT):
9am-2pm
3.30-4.30pm
5.30-7.30pm
Don't forget the hashtag!
(Image: Children under a Red Umbrella, Henry Mosler)
February!
Our hosts will share your weather-themed folklore at the following times (GMT):
9am-2pm
3.30-4.30pm
5.30-7.30pm
Don't forget the hashtag!
(Image: Children under a Red Umbrella, Henry Mosler)
FatE Attractions 💚💜
We're thrilled that @lisaschneidau.bsky.social will be at #Fate2025. Lisa is a fantastic storyteller, author, folklorist & environmentalist based in Devon. She focuses on traditional stories about the land & our complex relationship with it, using story as a way of enabling 🧵1/2
We're thrilled that @lisaschneidau.bsky.social will be at #Fate2025. Lisa is a fantastic storyteller, author, folklorist & environmentalist based in Devon. She focuses on traditional stories about the land & our complex relationship with it, using story as a way of enabling 🧵1/2
February 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
FatE Attractions 💚💜
We're thrilled that @lisaschneidau.bsky.social will be at #Fate2025. Lisa is a fantastic storyteller, author, folklorist & environmentalist based in Devon. She focuses on traditional stories about the land & our complex relationship with it, using story as a way of enabling 🧵1/2
We're thrilled that @lisaschneidau.bsky.social will be at #Fate2025. Lisa is a fantastic storyteller, author, folklorist & environmentalist based in Devon. She focuses on traditional stories about the land & our complex relationship with it, using story as a way of enabling 🧵1/2
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This Japanese print by an unknown artist titled 'Snow Demon' (ca. 1930s) depicts a demon or god creating snow. I believe it's part of a series depicting weather gods but I haven't been able to find any more information about it.
#WyrdWednesday #JapaneseArt
#WyrdWednesday #JapaneseArt
December 4, 2024 at 2:16 PM
This Japanese print by an unknown artist titled 'Snow Demon' (ca. 1930s) depicts a demon or god creating snow. I believe it's part of a series depicting weather gods but I haven't been able to find any more information about it.
#WyrdWednesday #JapaneseArt
#WyrdWednesday #JapaneseArt
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February 3, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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I went looking for snowdrops today as it's Candlemas - they're supposed to bloom at Candlemas so they're known as 'Candlemas bells'. They're also called dewdrops, death's flower, Eve's tear, February fair-maids, and Mary's tapers. Round our way, they also came out in mid-January! #PlantFolklore
February 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I went looking for snowdrops today as it's Candlemas - they're supposed to bloom at Candlemas so they're known as 'Candlemas bells'. They're also called dewdrops, death's flower, Eve's tear, February fair-maids, and Mary's tapers. Round our way, they also came out in mid-January! #PlantFolklore
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I've created a starter pack for #oralstorytelling. Please tell me who I've missed so I can add them. Let's grow the pack together so it won't take us hours of trawling to find each other ❤️ go.bsky.app/8PFSncD #performancestorytelling #traditionalstorytelling
January 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I've created a starter pack for #oralstorytelling. Please tell me who I've missed so I can add them. Let's grow the pack together so it won't take us hours of trawling to find each other ❤️ go.bsky.app/8PFSncD #performancestorytelling #traditionalstorytelling
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'Alright pal, got plans for the #BigGardenBirdwatch?'
'Nah, just the usual... hang out of sight whilst she's doing the count, then touch down once the hour's over. You?'
'Classic. Planning some fly-bys with a few of the boys, but we'll only land one at a time.'
'Niiice.'
'Nah, just the usual... hang out of sight whilst she's doing the count, then touch down once the hour's over. You?'
'Classic. Planning some fly-bys with a few of the boys, but we'll only land one at a time.'
'Niiice.'
January 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
'Alright pal, got plans for the #BigGardenBirdwatch?'
'Nah, just the usual... hang out of sight whilst she's doing the count, then touch down once the hour's over. You?'
'Classic. Planning some fly-bys with a few of the boys, but we'll only land one at a time.'
'Niiice.'
'Nah, just the usual... hang out of sight whilst she's doing the count, then touch down once the hour's over. You?'
'Classic. Planning some fly-bys with a few of the boys, but we'll only land one at a time.'
'Niiice.'
FatE Expectations 💚 💜
We are thrilled that #SefTownsend will be performing at #Fate2025. This versatile, charismatic performer has been telling, sharing & listening to stories across the globe for more than 30 yrs. His work often focuses on refugees & those in asylum detention & he often tells 🧵1/2
We are thrilled that #SefTownsend will be performing at #Fate2025. This versatile, charismatic performer has been telling, sharing & listening to stories across the globe for more than 30 yrs. His work often focuses on refugees & those in asylum detention & he often tells 🧵1/2
January 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
FatE Expectations 💚 💜
We are thrilled that #SefTownsend will be performing at #Fate2025. This versatile, charismatic performer has been telling, sharing & listening to stories across the globe for more than 30 yrs. His work often focuses on refugees & those in asylum detention & he often tells 🧵1/2
We are thrilled that #SefTownsend will be performing at #Fate2025. This versatile, charismatic performer has been telling, sharing & listening to stories across the globe for more than 30 yrs. His work often focuses on refugees & those in asylum detention & he often tells 🧵1/2
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We're losing wildlife. Frogs, butterflies, bumblebees, hedgehogs, moths, bats, insects, birds are all declining. But if more of us take positive actions for biodiversity in our gardens, communities, landscapes and towns, we can help nature bounce back. Who's in?
January 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
We're losing wildlife. Frogs, butterflies, bumblebees, hedgehogs, moths, bats, insects, birds are all declining. But if more of us take positive actions for biodiversity in our gardens, communities, landscapes and towns, we can help nature bounce back. Who's in?
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Beira, Scotland's Queen of Winter, (Cailleach, Irish), is a personification of winter in Gaelic #mythology. ❄️ As a #weather deity she can create mountains, make winter storms, herd deer, fight off spring, & she uses her staff to freeze the ground. #FolkloreSunday #Witchsky
🎨 John Duncan, 1917
🎨 John Duncan, 1917
December 1, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Beira, Scotland's Queen of Winter, (Cailleach, Irish), is a personification of winter in Gaelic #mythology. ❄️ As a #weather deity she can create mountains, make winter storms, herd deer, fight off spring, & she uses her staff to freeze the ground. #FolkloreSunday #Witchsky
🎨 John Duncan, 1917
🎨 John Duncan, 1917
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I’m also here for glode or glid instead of glided, and strove instead of strived. We’ve lost many of our strong verbs and these days simply tack on an ‘-ed’ in the past tense (texted? Why not ‘toxt’?).
US English retains more of them: there is poetry in ‘dove’, as opposed to ‘dived’.
US English retains more of them: there is poetry in ‘dove’, as opposed to ‘dived’.
Scrempt is a tremendous word! I’m here for it
i am going to arrange my thoughts in clumps based on the categories the ADS made for word of the year nominees! first clump:
americandialect.org/nominations-...
americandialect.org/nominations-...
January 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I’m also here for glode or glid instead of glided, and strove instead of strived. We’ve lost many of our strong verbs and these days simply tack on an ‘-ed’ in the past tense (texted? Why not ‘toxt’?).
US English retains more of them: there is poetry in ‘dove’, as opposed to ‘dived’.
US English retains more of them: there is poetry in ‘dove’, as opposed to ‘dived’.
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I’ve just spent the early afternoon in the company of the wonderful children’s author @clairebarker.bsky.social whose books are full of glorious folklore material for younger readers.
There was tea, and coffee, and a great chat which you’ll be able to hear on Saturday as a bonus episode
There was tea, and coffee, and a great chat which you’ll be able to hear on Saturday as a bonus episode
January 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I’ve just spent the early afternoon in the company of the wonderful children’s author @clairebarker.bsky.social whose books are full of glorious folklore material for younger readers.
There was tea, and coffee, and a great chat which you’ll be able to hear on Saturday as a bonus episode
There was tea, and coffee, and a great chat which you’ll be able to hear on Saturday as a bonus episode
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Here be dragons: dragons and mythological creatures were once placed on maps to indicate unexplored, dangerous, potentially sinful territory, on land and sea: the Fra Mauro map from 1450 shows the Isle of Dragons in the Atlantic and dragons north of Afghanistan. #MythologyMonday
December 23, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Here be dragons: dragons and mythological creatures were once placed on maps to indicate unexplored, dangerous, potentially sinful territory, on land and sea: the Fra Mauro map from 1450 shows the Isle of Dragons in the Atlantic and dragons north of Afghanistan. #MythologyMonday