Festival at the Edge

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The Storyteller: Sabine Baring-Gould’s spirit lives on in more ways than one Another fascinating bit of folklore from The Storyteller

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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14 Mar. 2025

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Cover of The Story of Witches: Folklore, History and Superstition by Willow Winsham. The cover shows a seated witch figure with a dog on her lap, and a cat standing on the floor beside them, looking up. The text "Will you join the story" is on one side of the image, and "The Story of Witches 13 March 2025" is on the other.

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

Festival at the Edge - 18th-20th July 2025 – Hopton Court, Cleobury Mortimer The oldest storytelling festival in England, with something for everyone.

... available at Tier 3 prices before moving to Standard prices, so get yours now!
More artists to be announced...
🎟️ www.festivalattheedge.org.uk
Festival takes place at www.hoptoncourt.co.uk

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

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.

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

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

A 19th-century black-and-white image of the witch Baba Yaga riding her pestle and mortar through the forest.

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

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

Painting of small brown bird facing to right, small tail held nearly upright, paler belly, chestnut back and wings, beak open wide (singing).

#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 🦉🪶

#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

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

Painting of three children walking on a path, with two girls under a red umbrella and a boy holding books. The setting is rural, with a fence and trees in the background.

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)

Buy Tickets Online 2025 - Festival at the Edge

2/2 ... better connections with nature & landscape. Lisa is a founder of South Devon Storytellers, & runs Dartmoor Storytellers. FatE takes place at www.hoptoncourt.co.uk
Limited Tier 2 🎟️ left before prices increase
www.festivalattheedge.org/buy-tickets-...

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

A green-faced demon or god is in the sky shaking snow down on a group of people standing below.

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

A Kestrel perches on a textured branch, gazing down at its own talons as if lost in thought. Its head is slightly tilted. With its soft brown-speckled feathers and an expression that screams deep reflection, the bird looks as though it’s searching its memory for something...perhaps the concept of Mondays? A blissful, deliberate denial of the start of the week.

'Monday? Never heard of her.' 💅

#MondayMotivation

A tiny clump of snowdrops pokes out of the dried grass. The leaves and stems are a brilliant green while the petals almost glow white.

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

Thank you. What a brilliant idea 😊💚💜

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

Absolutely sure that this happens! 🤣🤣🤣

A plump Wood Pigeon stands confidently on a bird table, chest puffed out, looking slightly smug. Beside it, a glossy Starling with shimmering green and purple feathers sits lower down, tilting its head up as if deep in conversation. The two birds appear to be mid-chat, giving off the vibe of scheming pals casually plotting how to dodge being counted in the Big Garden Birdwatch.

'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.'

Buy Tickets Online 2025 - Festival at the Edge

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...in churches,mosques, synagogues, museums, libraries, festivals & schools (UK & international). He's been involved in Peace & Reconciliation projects in N. Ireland, S. Africa & Israel-Palestine. Come to FatE & see Sef at www.hoptoncourt.co.uk
Full details+Link to 🎫 👇 *photo JFLP photography

Photo of Sef Townsend, storyteller, on stage. Arms spread wide. Photo credit JFLP photography

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

Frog on the surface of a pond, with its face reflected on the water

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?

Illustration by John Duncan in Wonder Tales from Scottish Myth and Legend (1917) * Other names: Cailleach Bhéara (Irish) Cailleach Bheurra (Scottish Gaelic) Caillagh (Manx) The Hag of Beara Beira, Queen of Winter

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

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’.