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Fabulous Folklore with Icy

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Fabulous Folklore with Icy

Icy Sedgwick

Salem Witch Trials with Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack

July 04, 2026 3:30am 57 min

In this first episode of Fabulous Folklore's Witches theme for July, I'm chatting to Josh Hutchinson and Sarah Jack from the End Witch Hunts project about the Salem Witch Trials. We'll be discussing the context of the tr...

Maud Grieve: A Herbalist in War Time

June 27, 2026 3:30am 19 min

I’ve covered three British herbalists so far on this podcast, and each has made a notable contribution to the development of botany and apothecary practice in Britain. This week, we’re going to meet Maud Grieve, whose co...

Nicholas Culpeper: Apothecary to the Masses

June 20, 2026 3:30am 22 min

Last week, we met William Turner, who revolutionised English herbals in the 16th century by publishing the first one in English. This gave more people access to the herbal knowledge he felt people should have - although ...

Ritual Building Protection with Wayne Perkins

June 17, 2026 3:30am 1:03

In this episode of Fabulous Folklore Presents, I'm talking to archaeologist Wayne Perkins, who worked as a field archaeologist before moving into Historic Building Surveys. He supervises urban excavations in the City of ...

William Turner: Meet the Father of British Botany

June 13, 2026 3:30am 19 min

Herbalism has seen a boom of interest in recent years as people seek to find closer relationships with nature and create ways to supplement their wellbeing. The practice has a long history all over the world, with many c...

Elizabeth Blackwell: Pioneering Herbalist and Botanical Illustrator

June 06, 2026 3:30am 19 min

If you’re interested in herbalism or plant lore, chances are that you’ve perused a herbal or two in your time. Culpeper's Complete Herbal: A Compendium of Herbs and Their Uses, Annotated for Modern Herbalists, Healers, a...

Folklore and Storytelling: A Narrative Match Made in Heaven

May 30, 2026 3:30am 51 min

Storytelling is something we all do on a daily basis, whether we’re aware of it or not. Maybe we’re telling a funny anecdote about something that happened on the way to work. Perhaps we’re recounting how we first met the...

Revenants on the Redway with Dr Steph Lay

May 27, 2026 11:30am 59 min

Dr Steph Lay is a folk horror writer, psychologist and researcher, gathering and sharing local stories of the unexplained for a project investigating whether the new city of Milton Keynes might be more haunted than anyon...

Folklore and Cinema: The Trick Films of Georges Méliès

May 23, 2026 3:30am 26 min

Visionary film director and stage magician Georges Méliès is perhaps the earliest filmmaker who saw the visual potential of folklore. Among others, mermaids, sirens, ghosts, devils, and sorcerers are plentiful in his fil...

The Folklore of Stringed Musical Instruments: The Viola, Irish Harp, Violin, and Guitar

May 16, 2026 3:30am 21 min

Musical instruments appear scattered throughout various folktales. A drum lies at the centre of the Tedworth Drummer story. Pipers and drummers try to follow underground tunnels, only to mysteriously vanish. But what of ...

Theatre Superstitions: Whistling, the Ghost Light, and Macbeth

May 09, 2026 3:30am 48 min

Going to the theatre can often feel like a magical experience. You sit in the dark, watching a story unfold in front of you, with your imagination filling in the gaps between the sets. It’s unsurprising that theatre supe...

Cursed Artworks: Three Haunted Paintings and their Superstitions

May 02, 2026 3:30am 20 min

Folklore and the arts are almost natural bedfellows. As we saw with the work of Newcastle-based painter Ralph Hedley, artists can capture local traditions for posterity. The Pre-Raphaelites created some of the most endur...

Divination Using Clouds, Flames, Ashes, and Dreams

April 25, 2026 3:30am 16 min

Studying the shapes of things is a popular means of divination, relying on human pattern recognition abilities. Look at reading tea leaves and coffee grounds, or tasseography, which rely on spotting symbols in the cup. T...

Random Chance Divination: Casting Lots and Throwing Dice

April 18, 2026 3:30am 17 min

Divination is a beautifully varied practice, with a plethora of tools and practices designed to give insight into situations. Practices like reading tea leaves or tarot cards already appear on this podcast. But what abou...

Pendulum Dowsing: From the Sieve and Shears to Looking for Love

April 11, 2026 3:30am 19 min

Last week, we looked at the use of dowsing to find treasure or criminals. Like water dowsing, this method requires the use of a rod that twitches in the hands when the target is close. But the other method of dowsing inv...

The Scottish Fairy Courts with Morgan Daimler

April 10, 2026 4:30am 1:26

Morgan Daimler is a witch who has been a polytheist since the early 1990s. Following a path inspired by the Irish Fairy Faith blended with neopagan witchcraft. Morgan teaches classes on Irish myth and magical practices, ...

Dowsing for Treasure and Criminals: Extra Uses for Divining Rods

April 04, 2026 3:30am 20 min

Dowsing is often used to find water, minerals, or even lost items. Where divination usually seeks to provide information, here the information is of a directly practical or tangible sort. Rather than telling a fortune, o...

Walnut Trees in Folklore: Evil Shade and Helpful Remedies

March 28, 2026 4:30am 23 min

When it comes to the walnut tree, we're probably more familiar with their produce than the actual tree. Walnuts are easily recognisable, and present in everything from nut selections to coffee cake.  We might even know t...

Poplar Trees: Folk Belief, Remedies, and the Arbor Tree

March 21, 2026 4:30am 20 min

Poplar trees are perhaps one of the lesser-known trees that I've featured on this blog. Many people can recognise an oak tree on sight, but how many could recognise the poplar?  Indeed, how many would realise John Consta...

Polish Folk Magic with Joanna Tarnawska

March 20, 2026 4:30am 1:03

Joanna Tarnawska is an animist, folkloric witch, and psychologist residing in the mountains of Lower Silesia, Poland. Her practice intertwines animism, bioregional traditions, and lore, drawing inspiration from the early...

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