Podcast Episodes

Bread Folklore: Medicine, Divination Tool, and Love Magnet!

Bread is a kitchen staple now, but it was once used to make predictions, bring love into your life, and cure sickness! 

Let's discover some of these …

3 years, 2 months ago

Outerwear and Underwear: Folklore, Superstitions, and Lucky Pants

Coats are used to keep us warm and safe from the elements, while underwear can provide warmth and protection from our other clothes. For such intimat…

3 years, 3 months ago

Folklore and Filmmaking with George Popov

In this 10th episode of Fabulous Folklore Presents, I chat with George Popov, the Bulgarian born writer-director behind the folk horror films, 'Hex' …

3 years, 3 months ago

The Folklore of Hats, Gloves and Belts: Wear Your Own Luck

Hats and gloves end up subject to lots of folklore around dropping them, or putting them in the wrong place. But what does it all mean? 

Which is a s…

3 years, 3 months ago

The Folklore of Clothes: Defying Fairies, Finding Love, and Bringing Luck

The folklore of clothes contains ways to use the contents of your wardrobe to attract luck, discover who you'll marry, and defeat the fairies! 

But h…

3 years, 3 months ago

The Folklore of Footwear: Shoes, Boots & Stockings

Footwear is surprisingly common in folklore, with boots, shoes and stockings used for protection, divination, and medicine.

Burning shoes, pinning st…

3 years, 3 months ago

Royal Witches: 15th Century Women Fall Foul of Political Shenanigans

When you think of witchcraft in earlier centuries, you probably think of stereotypically wizened women, huddled around cauldrons or casting curses. Y…

3 years, 3 months ago

Shapeshifting Witches: From Witch to Hare and Back Again

Shapeshifting witches appear in various British tales, in which witches appear as cats, hares or even hedgehogs. In other stories, they can magically…

3 years, 4 months ago

Shapeshifting Creatures of Folklore: Fairies, Selkies and Ghosts

Shapeshifting is an ancient ability that appears in cultures around the world across a vast period of time. It appears in an array of 'types' of shap…

3 years, 4 months ago

The Folklore of Furniture: Beds, Tables and Chairs

Furniture tells us a lot about a period, people, or place. It's solid, so it can often be the only tangible artefact left. It often bears the impress…

3 years, 4 months ago