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Good morning Gentle Reader, I hope you’re well wherever you are. I wanted to take some time to explain some of the terms we routinely use in folklore (also in adjacent fields such as anthropology and archeology). One of my faves is material culture, especially textiles but also more ephemeral aspects such as food (and…
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Dear Reader, Welcome back! I thought I’d share a bit about my folklore training and how the term came to be. Although I was trained by a Slavic folklorist, my folklore training/experience is really rooted in the Irish tradition and informed by the English (and of course, the Scandinavian, which all Irish folklore is). Now,…
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Dear Reader, I hope this note finds you well. I know we all say that (it’s part of folklore and I will explain why some day down the road) but I also do hope you are well. These are actually unprecedented times and I hope wherever you are and whatever you’re doing, you are doing…
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Dear Reader, I suppose this is the intro post. Of course, you are most welcome here. By and large the theme will be folklore, obviously. I won’t be looking at a broad swathe of folklore though, I’ll mostly keep to my lane (alternative spiritualities – which includes some lore and history as well as ritual…
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