The Folklore Society (@folkloresociety.bsky.social)

@folkloresociety.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 5:21 PM

The Tenth Folklore Society – Royal Anthropological Institute Joint Seminar: ''When Loud Rumour Speaks’: Informal communication in the modern online world' is next week, Thurs 15 Oct 2026, 10am-5pm BST. Online registration is still open; in-person attendance is fully booked but the waitlist is open

@folkloresociety.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 10:23 AM

Tonight! Tickets are still available

@folkloresociety.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 6:45 PM

The Katharine Briggs Award 2026 Shortlist: www.folklore-society.com/blog/post/th...
The winner will be announced 10 Nov, after The Katharine Briggs Lecture by @yinkaolusoga.bsky.social, 18:30-20:30 @warburginstitute.bsky.social
Tickets £10: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kathar...

@folkloresociety.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 3:03 PM

Next week: join us for our next online talk: @janebonsall.bsky.social, ''The Seven Sages of Rome' Database'. Tuesday 6 October, 19:00-20:30 BST on Zoom. Tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-seven-...

@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Sep 23, 2026, 8:03 PMReposted by @folkloresociety.bsky.social

From 18 October there will be a new exhibition at the Museum of Cambridge devoted to folklore (and supported, among others, by the @folkloresociety.bsky.social)

@amscraig.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 6:52 PMReposted by @folkloresociety.bsky.social

I don't know who reposted this but i LOVE YOU because me and my sister are sitting on this. I'm fascinated. Maybe I should do some research into Scottish Folklore and Mātauranga Māori because OMG the journeys is similar. How the stories tell us about the landscapes our ancestors lived and breathed.

@folkloresociety.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 9:22 PM

Hi Megan, I've PM'd you :)

@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 7:26 PMReposted by @folkloresociety.bsky.social

I’ve just been elected to the Council of the Folklore Society! Wassailing bowls all round 🍻

@folkloresociety.bsky.social Sep 21, 2026, 2:09 PM

Tomorrow!

@willpooley.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 5:35 PMReposted by @folkloresociety.bsky.social

AGM of @folkloresociety.bsky.social and wonderful talk from President David Hopkin on the “Passion of the Flax” in which I learned the origins of “heckling” which originally refers to flax preparation. The Scots hecklers had rep for political radicalism, would invite news reader… and interrupt 🗃️

@folkloresociety.bsky.social Sep 16, 2026, 4:05 PM

Next week: join us for our next online talk: Julian Goodare, 'Scottish Peasants in the Magical Landscape'. Tuesday 22 September, 19:00-20:30 BST on Zoom. Tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-p...

@folkloresociety.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 3:52 PM

We wonder whether @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social have anything about roller coasters in their National Fairground and Circus Archive?

@folkloresociety.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 10:18 AM

Tomorrow!

@folkloresociety.bsky.social Sep 7, 2026, 10:17 AM

Online tickets still available for The Folklore Society Presidential Address 2026, Tuesday 15th September at 17:30 BST on Zoom

@folkloresociety.bsky.social Sep 1, 2026, 4:47 PM

Next week: join us for a brilliant first online talk of our autumn programme: Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social, 'Storytelling in the Fens'. Tuesday 8 September, 19:00-20:30 BST on Zoom. Tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/storytelli...

@folkloresociety.bsky.social Aug 27, 2026, 10:48 AM

Details and tickets aren't yet up for all talks, but will be added to our events page www.folklore-society.com/events/ soon. Keep an eye on the events page for details of all our events - online talks, conferences and the Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award

@folkloresociety.bsky.social Aug 27, 2026, 10:48 AM

We have a brilliant programme of online talks lined up for the rest of the year, starting on 8th September with @magicnotwitches.bsky.social, 'Storytelling in the Fens'. Talks are on Zoom at 7pm BST/GMT. Tickets £6, or £4 for members. Details and tickets here: www.folklore-society.com/events/

@folkloresociety.bsky.social Aug 18, 2026, 12:53 PM

📣Enrolment for the next run of our 'History of Folklore' online short course is open!📣 Running from 17 September to 26 November 2026. Details and booking via the link below

Paul Cowdell@paulcowdell.bsky.socialAug 17, 2026, 8:28 PM

Fancy a short course introducing what folklore is, and how ideas about ‘the folk’ have shaped its study over time? Cos I can point you to a nice one... Lectures by Prof David Hopkin, current president of @folkloresociety.bsky.social, and myself, with me leading the 10 webinars. Details in the link

lifelong-learning.ox.ac.ukA History of Folklore - Oxford Lifelong LearningThis course provides an historical introduction to the development of folklore studies in Britain. It will review historical conceptions and approaches to folklore from the seventeenth-century antiqua...