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Tales of Britain and Ireland

A storytelling and folklore podcast. Telling some of the famous and not so famous British and Irish myths, legends and folktales, in no particular order. Coming direct from South Yorkshire it is curr... Read more

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42: Cornish Wrecking

42: Cornish Wrecking

Storms, shipwrecks, salvaging, surprising donkeys and satanic forces all feature in two tales of wrecking on the Cornish... Read more

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41: Irish Fairylore 2 - Fairymore?

41: Irish Fairylore 2 - Fairymore?

The second of two episodes on Irish fairy lore with three more tales of the Aos Sí. Featuring a new trendy get rich quic... Read more

27 Jun 2022

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40: Irish Fairylore 1 - Aos Sí what you did there

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39: Kelpies and the each-uisge

39: Kelpies and the each-uisge

This episode features a number of accounts of encounters with the fearsome Scottish water-horse known alternately as the... Read more

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38: King Herla & the Wild Hunt

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