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The Folklore Society’s Advent Calendar 2024, Part 2

13th December Lights for St Lucy’s Day: Bake a St Lucia bread crown, topped with candles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ7Fh4f6VTQ (pertinent btl comment: ‘Can i have this kake i bake on my Heed?’). And while you’re baking, sing or hum along to this Swedish song ‘Sankta Lucia ljusklara hägring’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrXU1g8K-gI More about St Lucy traditions in Scandinavia: https://www.scandinavianarchaeology.com/the-tradition-of-lucia-and-the-bringer-of-light/...

image of tree trunks, dim light, and shadows

The Folklore Society President’s Prize 2024

We are very pleased to announce that The Folklore Society President’s Prize 2024 was awarded to Harvey Alexander Cross, for his essay ‘Why Do People Believe in Ghosts, Aliens, and Bigfoot? Exploring the Rise of Popular Antiscientific Folklore in the Euro-American West.’ Congratulations, Harvey! President’s Prize report 2024 The panel agreed to award this year’s...

19th-century German Advent Calendar with 24 small images of children's toys & other Xmas themes, and the Kristkind (Christ Child) in the centre

The Folklore Society’s Advent Calendar 2024

For Part 2, December 9th to 16th, go to: https://folklore-society.com/blog-post/the-folklore-societys-advent-calendar-24-part-2/ 8th December Whitby Krampus Run, day 2: the event celebrates its 10th birthday, and Whitby resident, our own dear Doc Rowe celebrates his 80th; here’s one of his photos of the Krampus Run below. And here’s a BBC News report re last year’s event: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-67600542...

Ronald Hutton awarded the Coote Lake Medal

Following the Katharine Briggs Lecture at Cecil Sharp House on 12 November, Prof. Ronald Hutton was presented with The Folklore Society’s Coote Lake Medal for his long-standing contribution to folklore scholarship. Jeremy Harte delivered a compelling citation, which will be published in FLS News.  

The Katharine Briggs Award 2024

We are delighted to announce that Tabitha Stanmore is the winner of this year’s Katharine Briggs Award for her book Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic, published by The Bodley Head. Cunning Folk offers a rich and engaging exploration of the lives and practices of magical practitioners in England from the medieval...

Folklore and the Senses: Call for Papers

Folklore and the Senses The Folklore Society’s Annual Conference, in collaboration with the Department of Folklore and Ethnology, University College Cork, Ireland. Friday 20 June to Sunday 22 June 2025 Hybrid conference, online and at University College Cork We know the world through our senses, but how we sense is inflected by symbolism, tradition and...

Liz Overs in Performance

Liz Overs in Performance Hosted by The Folklore Society at 50 Fitzroy Street, London W1T 5BT Friday 13 December 2024, 19:30 Liz Overs performs songs from her first solo album, Nightjar, joined by guitarist David Tomlins. A mix of traditional and original songs, Nightjar is fully acoustic, recorded mostly live in the studio with Neill MacColl...

The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2024

Dr Doc Rowe, ‘Transmission, Transformation and Trends: Historic and Contemporary Approaches to our Cultural Traditions’   Tuesday 12 Nov 2024, 6:00pm – 10:00pm  Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Road, London NW1 7AY The Folklore Society’s annual Katharine Briggs evening is jointly hosted this year by The Folklore Society and The English Folk Dance and Song...

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