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Folklore: let’s celebrate Hedgehog Day and the beckoning of spring
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This small, prickly animal emerging from its slumber reminds us our winter hibernation period is over, writes Shane Lehane.
1 January 2025 Features
Folklore: straw clothes and Cromwell’s nose – the mummers had it all
The much-antipicated mumming plays feted the end of one year and the promise of new life ahead, writes Shane Lehane.
23 October 2024 Features
Folklore: ‘this farm would be nothing, without a woman or a girl’
As we celebrate the Women & Agriculture conference, we reflect on women’s contribution on farms, writes Shane Lehane ,
Folklore: Pattern Pies and Maggie Men
Shane Lehane reminds us of two forgotten traditions associated with the celebrations at the end of September.
11 September 2024 Features