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
The Estella Canziani Post-Graduate Bursary for Research: the deadline for applications to this year's bursary is Friday 5 December 2025. For details on how to apply, see www.folklore-society.com/awards/the-e...
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The Estella Canziani Post-Graduate Bursary for Research: the deadline for applications to this year's bursary is Friday 5 December 2025. For details on how to apply, see www.folklore-society.com/awards/the-e...
Doc Rowe took this lovely photo of Barbara yesterday evening—using my phone :-)
November 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Doc Rowe took this lovely photo of Barbara yesterday evening—using my phone :-)
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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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)
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...
A new edition of Katharine Briggs's Dictionary of Fairies was published last month, illustrated by Fee Greening. In tomorrow's online talk, Fee will be in conversation about her illustrations for the book, as well as her other work and influences. 7 Oct, 7pm BST www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fee-greeni...
October 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A new edition of Katharine Briggs's Dictionary of Fairies was published last month, illustrated by Fee Greening. In tomorrow's online talk, Fee will be in conversation about her illustrations for the book, as well as her other work and influences. 7 Oct, 7pm BST www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fee-greeni...
📢Call for Papers📢 ‘Folklore on the Move’: The Folklore Society’s annual conference 2026 in collaboration with the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen. In person conference: 5-7 Jun 2026; online conference day: 10 Jun 2026. Proposal deadline 14 Dec www.folklore-society.com/event/call-f...
October 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
📢Call for Papers📢 ‘Folklore on the Move’: The Folklore Society’s annual conference 2026 in collaboration with the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen. In person conference: 5-7 Jun 2026; online conference day: 10 Jun 2026. Proposal deadline 14 Dec www.folklore-society.com/event/call-f...
📢The Folklore Society President’s Prize 2025: deadline 30 Sept 2025📢 The Prize is awarded to a folklore studies essay by a student on a relevant undergraduate or post-graduate or equivalent course at a university/institution of HE or FE in the UK or Republic of Ireland. tinyurl.com/423xwexv
September 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
📢The Folklore Society President’s Prize 2025: deadline 30 Sept 2025📢 The Prize is awarded to a folklore studies essay by a student on a relevant undergraduate or post-graduate or equivalent course at a university/institution of HE or FE in the UK or Republic of Ireland. tinyurl.com/423xwexv
This year's Newer Researchers in Folklore Day is on 26 Sept 2025, 10:00–16:00 @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social. Experts will run informative & interactive sessions on material culture of folklore, fieldwork, ethics, & more. More info & booking a free place: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
July 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This year's Newer Researchers in Folklore Day is on 26 Sept 2025, 10:00–16:00 @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social. Experts will run informative & interactive sessions on material culture of folklore, fieldwork, ethics, & more. More info & booking a free place: www.folkloremythmagic.com/event-detail...
The Folklore and the Senses conference has come to an end 🥲 Thank you to everyone for making it so fantastic: the speakers, attendees, and in particular to Department of Folklore & Ethnology @ucc.ie for organising and keeping things running smoothly and hosting us at your beautiful campus!
June 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Folklore and the Senses conference has come to an end 🥲 Thank you to everyone for making it so fantastic: the speakers, attendees, and in particular to Department of Folklore & Ethnology @ucc.ie for organising and keeping things running smoothly and hosting us at your beautiful campus!
‘The Mountain who Stumbled, and the Lake who Eats Girls’—join us on 3 June at 19:00 BST for Eric Hoenes del Pinal’s talk about ‘other-than-human beings’ in the Guatemalan landscape. Tickets £6.00 from: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-mounta...?
May 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
‘The Mountain who Stumbled, and the Lake who Eats Girls’—join us on 3 June at 19:00 BST for Eric Hoenes del Pinal’s talk about ‘other-than-human beings’ in the Guatemalan landscape. Tickets £6.00 from: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-mounta...?
Join us next week for our next online talk: Dr Karl Bell on 'Seafarers and Sea-Fearing: Nineteenth-Century Maritime Folklore'. Tuesday 20 May 2025, 19:00-20:30 BST. Tickets £6 (£4 for FLS Members with the Promo Code) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/seafarers-...
May 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Join us next week for our next online talk: Dr Karl Bell on 'Seafarers and Sea-Fearing: Nineteenth-Century Maritime Folklore'. Tuesday 20 May 2025, 19:00-20:30 BST. Tickets £6 (£4 for FLS Members with the Promo Code) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/seafarers-...
Folklore and the Senses: check out our amazing line-up of speakers for our forthcoming hybrid conference, 20-22 June, online and at University College Cork.
View the programme, and download the booking form, here: folklore-society.com/event/folklo...
View the programme, and download the booking form, here: folklore-society.com/event/folklo...
April 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Folklore and the Senses: check out our amazing line-up of speakers for our forthcoming hybrid conference, 20-22 June, online and at University College Cork.
View the programme, and download the booking form, here: folklore-society.com/event/folklo...
View the programme, and download the booking form, here: folklore-society.com/event/folklo...
HI Rachael, here's a piece by Stephen Miller from our newsletter 'FLS News', No.80, November 2016, explaining the logo and its origin. Enjoy!
March 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
HI Rachael, here's a piece by Stephen Miller from our newsletter 'FLS News', No.80, November 2016, explaining the logo and its origin. Enjoy!
And here’s the cd “I’ll give you one more as you go” and details of how order it—all proceeds go to Macmillan Cancer Support
March 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
And here’s the cd “I’ll give you one more as you go” and details of how order it—all proceeds go to Macmillan Cancer Support
Here’s Jill singing that evening. Fabulous!
March 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Here’s Jill singing that evening. Fabulous!
Roses wilting & chocolate all eaten? Never mind!
Join us for Eric Huang’s online talk on ‘St Valentine, The Ersatz Patron of Love,’ tomorrow Tues 18 Feb, 19:00 GMT.
Tickets £6.00 (£4.00 for FLS Members with the Promo Code) from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/st-valenti...
Join us for Eric Huang’s online talk on ‘St Valentine, The Ersatz Patron of Love,’ tomorrow Tues 18 Feb, 19:00 GMT.
Tickets £6.00 (£4.00 for FLS Members with the Promo Code) from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/st-valenti...
February 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Roses wilting & chocolate all eaten? Never mind!
Join us for Eric Huang’s online talk on ‘St Valentine, The Ersatz Patron of Love,’ tomorrow Tues 18 Feb, 19:00 GMT.
Tickets £6.00 (£4.00 for FLS Members with the Promo Code) from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/st-valenti...
Join us for Eric Huang’s online talk on ‘St Valentine, The Ersatz Patron of Love,’ tomorrow Tues 18 Feb, 19:00 GMT.
Tickets £6.00 (£4.00 for FLS Members with the Promo Code) from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/st-valenti...
25 Dec
Peace and good will to all, of every faith and none
We listened to the cat at midnight but he said nothing intelligible.
Here's a robin on a Victorian Xmas card in The Folklore Society Archives.
Hear one singing on Xmas Eve 2024 near The Folklore Society office in London: youtu.be/IvX7eEaz__c
Peace and good will to all, of every faith and none
We listened to the cat at midnight but he said nothing intelligible.
Here's a robin on a Victorian Xmas card in The Folklore Society Archives.
Hear one singing on Xmas Eve 2024 near The Folklore Society office in London: youtu.be/IvX7eEaz__c
December 25, 2024 at 12:15 AM
25 Dec
Peace and good will to all, of every faith and none
We listened to the cat at midnight but he said nothing intelligible.
Here's a robin on a Victorian Xmas card in The Folklore Society Archives.
Hear one singing on Xmas Eve 2024 near The Folklore Society office in London: youtu.be/IvX7eEaz__c
Peace and good will to all, of every faith and none
We listened to the cat at midnight but he said nothing intelligible.
Here's a robin on a Victorian Xmas card in The Folklore Society Archives.
Hear one singing on Xmas Eve 2024 near The Folklore Society office in London: youtu.be/IvX7eEaz__c
If the sea monster hears you say he’s not real, he will deafen you with his tuba and then eat you
December 24, 2024 at 4:49 PM
If the sea monster hears you say he’s not real, he will deafen you with his tuba and then eat you
24 Dec
Pantomime
'It's behind you!' 'Oh no it isn't!'
Go for a boo @ a panto, and read more re British tradition of Xmas pantos, in theatres, church halls, etc: youtu.be/hoKplEC0Ywk?
Check out the wonderful panto costumes in V&A Museum, 'The Story of Pantomime': bit.ly/4gteDXM
Pantomime
'It's behind you!' 'Oh no it isn't!'
Go for a boo @ a panto, and read more re British tradition of Xmas pantos, in theatres, church halls, etc: youtu.be/hoKplEC0Ywk?
Check out the wonderful panto costumes in V&A Museum, 'The Story of Pantomime': bit.ly/4gteDXM
December 24, 2024 at 1:45 AM
24 Dec
Pantomime
'It's behind you!' 'Oh no it isn't!'
Go for a boo @ a panto, and read more re British tradition of Xmas pantos, in theatres, church halls, etc: youtu.be/hoKplEC0Ywk?
Check out the wonderful panto costumes in V&A Museum, 'The Story of Pantomime': bit.ly/4gteDXM
Pantomime
'It's behind you!' 'Oh no it isn't!'
Go for a boo @ a panto, and read more re British tradition of Xmas pantos, in theatres, church halls, etc: youtu.be/hoKplEC0Ywk?
Check out the wonderful panto costumes in V&A Museum, 'The Story of Pantomime': bit.ly/4gteDXM
… another one for folklorists
December 23, 2024 at 8:28 PM
… another one for folklorists