When the rain eased, I wandered into the copse that brushes against my parents’ home—a small, green threshold. The leaves glistened, the scent of rain lingered and the soft earth beneath my feet felt quietly alive.
Today's folkloric adventure brings me to Woolpit 💚✨️🧒👧
Starting my week off with an early morning video call, albeit one with a very exciting subject - intangible cultural heritage/living heritage in the UK!
Ghost stories found, ghost walk planned, and Dad press-ganged into a family oral history session. Think i'm all set for a visit to Bury St Edmunds tomorrow!
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Starting my Easter break with some spooky research. Looking for ghost stories in Bury St Edmunds 👀👻😱
Inspired by @bronteschiltz.bsky.social talk on Robert Aickman and the art of the artifice ghost story, I’ve continued editing my own works in progress: tales of a strange supermarket night shift, a soft play poltergeist, and a love beyond death. Who or what should I haunt next? 👻📝
If you've ever been a Girl Guide and collected badges for a blanket, please consider filling in this survey by one of my brilliant Folklore students: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
The sun is shining ☀️ and I’m looking forward to the LGBTQ+ History Walk with The OutHouse Colchester this morning.
There’s something special about walking through a town and uncovering the stories that shaped it — especially the ones that haven’t always been visible. 🌈✨
Some homes hold their ghosts with quiet forbearance. They do not boast of their phantoms nor advertise for psychic researchers to poke and test them. They accommodate both living and dead residents, afford privacy to both sides. Places of gentle spectral tolerance. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts
A paper fortune teller sits beside two dice and a hand of cards, made up of the 3 of Diamonds, 8 of Spades, Ace of Spades, 9 of Clubs, 5 of Hearts, 4 of Clubs, and 6 of Hearts.
I'm collecting children's folklore for a forthcoming podcast theme - what do you remember believing as a kid, or what games did you play? And what do YOUR kids do for rites, games, and stories they pass on? Let me know! forms.gle/D8mLW7q2um5Z...
Calling on Manchester’s storytellers 📜
I’m collecting folklore, urban legends, and local tales from Central Manchester, especially around the Manchester Art Gallery and nearby buildings.
Do share if you have any to pass on.
Recently arrived on Bluesky ✨
Folklorist in Essex. I collect stories, haunt archives, and care deeply about folklore, myth, local history, and living traditions. Expect books, heritage chat, and the odd ghost story.