The Folklore Society
@folkloresociety.bsky.social
Based in London, The Folklore Society has been collecting, studying, publishing and promoting the study of folklore in all its forms since 1878. Visit our website: https://folklore-society.com
Next week: join us for our next online talk: Rosemary Power, 'On Social Life and Stories: Traditional Tale-Telling in 1970s Rural Iceland'. Monday 1 December, 19:00-20:30 GMT on Zoom. Tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/on-social-...
On Social Life and Stories: Traditional Tale-telling in 1970s Rural Iceland
Folklife, social culture, storytelling content & context, & traditional singing in a northern Icelandic valley in 1970s & early 1980s
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November 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Next week: join us for our next online talk: Rosemary Power, 'On Social Life and Stories: Traditional Tale-Telling in 1970s Rural Iceland'. Monday 1 December, 19:00-20:30 GMT on Zoom. Tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/on-social-...
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I love getting @folkloresociety.bsky.social newsletter in the post - it's wonderful to see in print all the fascinating folklore people are encountering. I'm especially proud of this issue because one of my MA Folklore students reviewed an exhibition for it: Dark Secrets in London
November 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I love getting @folkloresociety.bsky.social newsletter in the post - it's wonderful to see in print all the fascinating folklore people are encountering. I'm especially proud of this issue because one of my MA Folklore students reviewed an exhibition for it: Dark Secrets in London
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Saturday: 22 November 2025 @conwayhall.bsky.social and online.
Legend trip through the Haunted Landscape at the London Fortean Society’s Day of expert talks on British ghost, magic, and folklore.
Speakers and timings follow 1/10
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Legend trip through the Haunted Landscape at the London Fortean Society’s Day of expert talks on British ghost, magic, and folklore.
Speakers and timings follow 1/10
forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Saturday: 22 November 2025 @conwayhall.bsky.social and online.
Legend trip through the Haunted Landscape at the London Fortean Society’s Day of expert talks on British ghost, magic, and folklore.
Speakers and timings follow 1/10
forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
Legend trip through the Haunted Landscape at the London Fortean Society’s Day of expert talks on British ghost, magic, and folklore.
Speakers and timings follow 1/10
forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
Our Katharine Briggs Lecture, last night @swedenborghouse.bsky.social, was given by Professor Terry Gunnell, Professor Emeritus in Folkloristics at the University of Iceland. Thank you, Terry, for your fantastic lecture! It was a wonderful evening, thanks to all who came!
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Our Katharine Briggs Lecture, last night @swedenborghouse.bsky.social, was given by Professor Terry Gunnell, Professor Emeritus in Folkloristics at the University of Iceland. Thank you, Terry, for your fantastic lecture! It was a wonderful evening, thanks to all who came!
We are also delighted to announce the winner of the Doc Rowe Award (formally the Non-Print Media Award): King for a Day by Barbara Santi (dir.) Congratulations!
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We are also delighted to announce the winner of the Doc Rowe Award (formally the Non-Print Media Award): King for a Day by Barbara Santi (dir.) Congratulations!
We are delighted to announce that the winner of The Katharine Briggs Award 2025 is Ann Schmiesing, for her book ‘The Brothers Grimm: A Biography,’ published by Yale University Press. Congratulations!
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November 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We are delighted to announce that the winner of The Katharine Briggs Award 2025 is Ann Schmiesing, for her book ‘The Brothers Grimm: A Biography,’ published by Yale University Press. Congratulations!
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Tickets are still available for tonight's Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award at Swedenborg House in London (despite Eventbrite having said for the past couple of hours that sales had ended - that's been rectified now)
Tickets still available for our Katharine Briggs Lecture & Book Award 2025. Terry Gunnell, you say? Live in London? At the wonderful @swedenborghouse.bsky.social? With wine and snacks? And a load of folklorists? It's going to be a great evening! Tues 11 Nov, 6pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kathar...
The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2025
Our lecturer this year is Professor Terry Gunnell, Professor Emeritus in Folkloristics at the
University of Iceland
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Tickets are still available for tonight's Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award at Swedenborg House in London (despite Eventbrite having said for the past couple of hours that sales had ended - that's been rectified now)
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Looking forward to @folkloresociety.bsky.social Katharine Briggs Lecture & Book Award *and* the Doc Rowe Award! Details below! #folklore
Not long now until the Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award, & we're really looking forward to it! We're delighted that this years lecturer is Professor Terry Gunnell, & after the lecture we'll announce the winner of this year's book award. Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kathar...
The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2025
Our lecturer this year is Professor Terry Gunnell, Professor Emeritus in Folkloristics at the
University of Iceland
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Looking forward to @folkloresociety.bsky.social Katharine Briggs Lecture & Book Award *and* the Doc Rowe Award! Details below! #folklore
Tickets are still available for tomorrow evening's Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award, with the lecture this year by the great Professor Terry Gunnell!
Not long now until the Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award, & we're really looking forward to it! We're delighted that this years lecturer is Professor Terry Gunnell, & after the lecture we'll announce the winner of this year's book award. Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kathar...
The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2025
Our lecturer this year is Professor Terry Gunnell, Professor Emeritus in Folkloristics at the
University of Iceland
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Tickets are still available for tomorrow evening's Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award, with the lecture this year by the great Professor Terry Gunnell!
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The wonderful Dr Juliette Wood from @folkloresociety.bsky.social answers folklore questions for @wired.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i61j...
(Thanks to @saydescarlett.substack.com for the find)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i61j...
(Thanks to @saydescarlett.substack.com for the find)
Historian Answers Folklore Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
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November 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The wonderful Dr Juliette Wood from @folkloresociety.bsky.social answers folklore questions for @wired.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i61j...
(Thanks to @saydescarlett.substack.com for the find)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i61j...
(Thanks to @saydescarlett.substack.com for the find)
Tickets still available for our Katharine Briggs Lecture & Book Award 2025. Terry Gunnell, you say? Live in London? At the wonderful @swedenborghouse.bsky.social? With wine and snacks? And a load of folklorists? It's going to be a great evening! Tues 11 Nov, 6pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kathar...
The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2025
Our lecturer this year is Professor Terry Gunnell, Professor Emeritus in Folkloristics at the
University of Iceland
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Tickets still available for our Katharine Briggs Lecture & Book Award 2025. Terry Gunnell, you say? Live in London? At the wonderful @swedenborghouse.bsky.social? With wine and snacks? And a load of folklorists? It's going to be a great evening! Tues 11 Nov, 6pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kathar...
Tomorrow!
Join us on Tues 4 November, 19:00 GMT for 'The Legend, Lore and Spirit of the Water Horse,' online talk by Stephen Miller. Tickets £6.00 (£4.00 for FLS members with Promo Code) from: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-legend...?
The Legend, Lore and Spirit of the Water Horse
Stephen Miller brings together the traditions of the water horse over the centuries in myths, folklore, literature and the visual arts
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November 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Tomorrow!
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Terry is an excellent speaker. This is worth going to if you can. Sadly I can’t, but highly recommended.
Not long now until the Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award, & we're really looking forward to it! We're delighted that this years lecturer is Professor Terry Gunnell, & after the lecture we'll announce the winner of this year's book award. Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kathar...
The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2025
Our lecturer this year is Professor Terry Gunnell, Professor Emeritus in Folkloristics at the
University of Iceland
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Terry is an excellent speaker. This is worth going to if you can. Sadly I can’t, but highly recommended.
Not long now until the Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award, & we're really looking forward to it! We're delighted that this years lecturer is Professor Terry Gunnell, & after the lecture we'll announce the winner of this year's book award. Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kathar...
The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2025
Our lecturer this year is Professor Terry Gunnell, Professor Emeritus in Folkloristics at the
University of Iceland
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Not long now until the Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award, & we're really looking forward to it! We're delighted that this years lecturer is Professor Terry Gunnell, & after the lecture we'll announce the winner of this year's book award. Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kathar...
The Open University awards Steve Roud the honorary degree of Doctor of the University in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the study of folk song and vernacular culture.
Congratulations Steve, our former Folklore Society Hon Librarian
Congratulations Steve, our former Folklore Society Hon Librarian
October 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Open University awards Steve Roud the honorary degree of Doctor of the University in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the study of folk song and vernacular culture.
Congratulations Steve, our former Folklore Society Hon Librarian
Congratulations Steve, our former Folklore Society Hon Librarian
@nfsengland.bsky.social's released their first tranche of results at The Folklore Society HQ on Monday. Here are some of their findings about how people celebrate Halloween in England. Happy Halloween, however and wherever you're celebrating! 👻🎃🐈⬛ Image illustration: Jonny Ford
October 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
@nfsengland.bsky.social's released their first tranche of results at The Folklore Society HQ on Monday. Here are some of their findings about how people celebrate Halloween in England. Happy Halloween, however and wherever you're celebrating! 👻🎃🐈⬛ Image illustration: Jonny Ford
Show us yer neeps (and other assorted veg/fruit lanterns)
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Show us yer neeps (and other assorted veg/fruit lanterns)
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Did you know that just over a quarter of people in England carve pumpkins at Halloween? 🎃 (Source: our survey!) We want to see yours - send us photos!
October 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Did you know that just over a quarter of people in England carve pumpkins at Halloween? 🎃 (Source: our survey!) We want to see yours - send us photos!
We were delighted to have the @nfsengland.bsky.social team at Folklore Society HQ yesterday for the National Folklore Survey for England press conference! Keep a look out this week for more news articles about the first tranche of results
Our first tranche of results are getting out there! We’ve just hosted our first press conference, at The Folklore Society and Royal Anthropological Institute in London, letting the world know about our Halloween and spooky-related findings
One in three believe in ghosts - as study shows folklore shapes us
As Halloween approaches, many people will be watching films about ghosts or cutting up sheets for a costume - and research now reveals that one in three believe they really exist.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We were delighted to have the @nfsengland.bsky.social team at Folklore Society HQ yesterday for the National Folklore Survey for England press conference! Keep a look out this week for more news articles about the first tranche of results
Hey look! Some of our Folklore Society Library & Archive material is included in this digital collection
Coming soon to British Online Archives — Witchcraft and Magic in England, c. 1400–1920.
Featuring rare records from The National Archives, British Library, UCL, and The Folklore Society.
Register your interest: buff.ly/YBeFCF1
Featuring rare records from The National Archives, British Library, UCL, and The Folklore Society.
Register your interest: buff.ly/YBeFCF1
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Hey look! Some of our Folklore Society Library & Archive material is included in this digital collection
Join us on Tues 4 November, 19:00 GMT for 'The Legend, Lore and Spirit of the Water Horse,' online talk by Stephen Miller. Tickets £6.00 (£4.00 for FLS members with Promo Code) from: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-legend...?
The Legend, Lore and Spirit of the Water Horse
Stephen Miller brings together the traditions of the water horse over the centuries in myths, folklore, literature and the visual arts
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Join us on Tues 4 November, 19:00 GMT for 'The Legend, Lore and Spirit of the Water Horse,' online talk by Stephen Miller. Tickets £6.00 (£4.00 for FLS members with Promo Code) from: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-legend...?
Thurs 23 October, 10:00-17:00 BST: 'Folklore & Anthropology in Conversation: Revisiting Oral Narrative'--joint symposium of @folkloresociety.bsky.social and The RAI.
Tickets are free. In-person attendance is fully booked but places still available to attend online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Tickets are free. In-person attendance is fully booked but places still available to attend online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Thurs 23 October, 10:00-17:00 BST: 'Folklore & Anthropology in Conversation: Revisiting Oral Narrative'--joint symposium of @folkloresociety.bsky.social and The RAI.
Tickets are free. In-person attendance is fully booked but places still available to attend online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Tickets are free. In-person attendance is fully booked but places still available to attend online: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Looking forward to this talk this evening, love a bit of scarecrow lore
October 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Looking forward to this talk this evening, love a bit of scarecrow lore
Tonight!
Next week: join us for our next online talk: Dr Juliette Wood on 'From a Cornfield to the Gothic: An Appreciation of the Scarecrow'. Tuesday 21 October, 19:00-20:30 BST on Zoom. Tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-a-cor...
From a Cornfield to the Gothic: An Appreciation of the Scarecrow
Juliette Wood looks appreciatively at the history and traditions of scarecrows
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October 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Tonight!
Next week: join us for our next online talk: Dr Juliette Wood on 'From a Cornfield to the Gothic: An Appreciation of the Scarecrow'. Tuesday 21 October, 19:00-20:30 BST on Zoom. Tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-a-cor...
From a Cornfield to the Gothic: An Appreciation of the Scarecrow
Juliette Wood looks appreciatively at the history and traditions of scarecrows
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Next week: join us for our next online talk: Dr Juliette Wood on 'From a Cornfield to the Gothic: An Appreciation of the Scarecrow'. Tuesday 21 October, 19:00-20:30 BST on Zoom. Tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-a-cor...