folklore - Vintage Americana Podcast http://vintageamericanapodcast.com Exploring and Restoring Rural American Culture Sat, 18 Dec 2021 02:02:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 http://vintageamericanapodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/cropped-sunset-favicon-32x32.png folklore - Vintage Americana Podcast http://vintageamericanapodcast.com 32 32 Ep. 42: Halfway out of the Dark http://vintageamericanapodcast.com/2021/12/17/ep-42-halfway-out-of-the-dark/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ep-42-halfway-out-of-the-dark http://vintageamericanapodcast.com/2021/12/17/ep-42-halfway-out-of-the-dark/#respond Sat, 18 Dec 2021 02:02:07 +0000 https://vintageamericanapodcast.com/?p=489 Today’s episode explores Christmas and Midwinter folklore. The creatures and figures of legend help us understand why we need the dark as well as the light. Listen to “Ep. 42 – Halfway out of the...

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]]> Today’s episode explores Christmas and Midwinter folklore. The creatures and figures of legend help us understand why we need the dark as well as the light.

Listen to “Ep. 42 – Halfway out of the Dark” on Spreaker.

This pdf has the full text of the Tomten poem.

“The Blue Carbuncle,” by Arthur Conan Doyle

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]]> http://vintageamericanapodcast.com/2021/12/17/ep-42-halfway-out-of-the-dark/feed/ 0 Ep. 26: Custom Home Customs http://vintageamericanapodcast.com/2021/08/20/ep-26-custom-home-customs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ep-26-custom-home-customs http://vintageamericanapodcast.com/2021/08/20/ep-26-custom-home-customs/#respond Sat, 21 Aug 2021 01:11:06 +0000 https://vintageamericanapodcast.com/?p=390 Today, we’re going to talk about folklore regarding building a new home. You might find some fun touches to add to your new home build. And I’ll help you think about naming your new house,...

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Listen to “Ep 26: Custom Home Customs” on Spreaker.

There is a piece here on the practice of burying horse skulls in the floor of homes in Ireland.

A very nice blog post on what sorts of verses to incorporate into your house can be found here.

Here is an essay – with links to the original research – on the psychological damage of frequent moves.

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