Folkways: The Folklore of Britain and Ireland

(S2E6) 🍒 THE OTHERWORLD, Part 3: Cherry of Zennor

Folkways: The Folklore of Britain and Ireland

Show Notes

Welcome to the next episode in our series The Otherworld. Part 3: The Adventures of Cherry of Zennor.

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| LINKS + SOURCES |

Hunt, Robert 'Popular Romances of the West of England' (Palala Press, 2018)

Hartland, Edwin Sidney 'English Fairy and Other Folk Tales' (2022)

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Ditchfield, P.H. 'Old English Customs: Extant at the Present Time'. (London: Methuen, 1896) https://bit.ly/3vMRKKf

Dunlop and Tirion 'Night Sky Almanac: A Stargazer's guider to 2022'. (Glasgow: Collins, 2021) https://amzn.to/3FTHfqL

Hutton, Ronald 'The Stations of The Sun'. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) https://bit.ly/3hG1Wft

Lagram, Anne Marie 'Country Wisdom and Folklore Almanac'. (Talking Trees Books, 2020) https://www.talkingtreesbooks.co.uk

Leendertz, Lia 'The Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to 2022'. (London: Gaia/Octopus Publishing Group, 2021) https://www.lialeendertz.com/

Roud, Steve 'The English Year'. (London: Penguin Books, 2008) https://bit.ly/3txP9RQ

Wright, Jonathan 'The Forager's Calendar'. (London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019) https://www.foragerscalendar.net

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