The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away ...

BOTH these books appeared opportunely. Their date of publication falling near the jubilee congress of the Folklore Society, they served to supplement the proceedings of that congress in ...

"Wassail!" yelled the crowd. "Cider for everyone!" In an orchard by a Welsh castle, hundreds of people gathered to wish good ...

At Western Kentucky University, the Folklore minor allows students to receive training in important skills like critical thinking, ethnographic research, and cultural difference.

author of a book on English folklore. By the 16th century, the link to agriculture was established, with farmers singing to and blessing bee hives, fruit trees, crops, sheep and cattle to ...