Fabulous Folklore with Icy

Fabulous Folklore will give you your weekly fix of fabulous folklore in fifteen minutes (or less)!

Episodes

Total: 354

Old cities like London are bound to have their share of ghosts. But who is the Black Nun of Threadne

Plenty of theatres boast tales of resident ghosts. Few have the same pedigree as the Drury Lane Thea

The Assembly Rooms and the Theatre Royal are two of Newcastle upon Tyne's glamourous Georgian buildi

In this very first interview-based episode of Fabulous Folklore, I chat to astrologer and folk witch

Who is the Grey Man of Bellister, whose appearance heralds tragedy? Does he still wander the lonely

Hazel trees appear as magical trees in both myth and legend. Learn how they were used for divination

Ash trees have links with the Nordic world and the folklore of Ireland and Britain. But why are they

From witchcraft to Christian theology, much willow folklore surrounds this tree. Let's take a look

The oak tree is pretty synonymous with the British landscape, from the National Trust logo to the Ma

Moving house is surely one of the most stressful things you can do and a whole host of superstitions

Weddings are often a 'stand out' event in many people's lives, whether as guests or members of the b

At the start of August, I asked people what brought them to folklore, or stimulated their original i

Children's folklore refers to the study of lore passed between children. It differs from folklore ab

A lot of birth folklore is about protecting the baby and mother. Some of it tries to predict or infl

Lammas is celebrated on 1 August to celebrate the first harvests. But how ancient is the festival, a

Marianne Stokes was a late Victorian artist who was important to the movement to revive tempera pain

Artist Edward Burne-Jones was obsessed with King Arthur until the day he died. Find out which other

Victorian artist Evelyn De Morgan presented a new perspective of many mythological women in her work

Victorian artist John William Waterhouse used many myths and legends to inspire his work. Greek godd

One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy... We've all heard some variation on t