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Votive figure, found in a bog, possibly Bronze Age. Strathnaver Museum, Bettyhill, Scotland taken in Bettyhill by @folkloremuseumsnetwork

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If you're lucky enough to subscribe to Museums Journal etc you can read my article about Ralph Merrifield's brill book on the MA website NOW 🎉 by @folkloremuseumsnetwork

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The first National #folklore survey for England in 60 years has been announced. The 2 year project, funded by @ahrcpress with partners the Folklore Society, the Folklore Library & Archive, and the Folklore Museums Network. It will be led by Dr. David Clarke @Centre_4_Legend.

Dr. Peter Hewitt, of the FMN said: "Since 1960 there has been a 300% growth in museums (including displays in museums) that deal with belief and identity - this is around one third of all museums in England[1]. This new National Folklore Survey will create datasets that will enable new and accurate museum displays, charting change and continuity in English society. This survey will provide amazing, rich information about the state of folklore in the country today, and give museum curators incredible material to work into their interpretation and displays. We are really looking forward to working with David and the team to raise awareness of the #NFS and its findings across the museum sector." by @folkloremuseumsnetwork

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Burryman Day, 9.8.24. wonderful to follow the #burryman around #southqueensferry; and meet up with @jacobosullivan and @ben_edge_art @aliasmacalias and many others! @museumsgalleriesedinburgh #folklore #intangibleculturalheritage by @folkloremuseumsnetwork

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St. Ann's Well, Buxton. In Roman Britain, Buxton (sometimes written Buckstones) was known as Aquae Arnemetiae, or the 'Waters of Arnemetia'; Arnemetia was the Romano-British goddess of the sacred grove, which was cut down to clear the area where this impressive 18th century crescent spa/hotel now stands. The geothermal spring - the water here is a warm 29 degrees c - fed a Romans bathhouse/cistern here. A hoard of Roman coins were found nearby suggesting devotional use of the spring from that time.

A memorandum from the 1460s (CE) reads "... that Holywell ... makes many miracles, making the infirm healthy, and in winter it is warm, even as honeyed milk." This 'holy well' was known as St. Ann's from around 1521, and the current well has a bronze statue of St Ann and her child, designed by the English sculptor Herbert William Palliser (1883–1963).

Just posting this a few days after the wonderful collaborative @folkloremuseumsnetwork @universityofdurham and @sewanee_univofthesouth conference in #Buxton this week. So many different perspectives and ideas from participants from the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, India, Israel, N. Ireland, Nigeria, USA, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Portugal/Italy, Spain, UK, Ireland, Japan, Ibiza, and many more. It has been a tremendous pleasure to work with Celeste Ray and @davdpetts on this conference, and was great to meet Veronica Strang @wellsoftanit @traditionjohn @historiadq @candice_ivy_art @hallowedsoil @colelarimoore @jrw2419 @cerihoulbrook @rolandovolzone @holywellsofcorkandkerry @acesdc1 @heathenwoods Heiki Valk @unitartu and all the delegates from @unilorinngr as well as many, many others. by @folkloremuseumsnetwork

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Update on Sacred Waters Conference: Please note that all researchers of wells (not just academics or post-grads)... you are encouraged to submit your abstracts via this link: https://forms.gle/LSYQThwz44vozcG46

Your presentations will be valued in a special UK session on wells, chaired by the fantastic Jeremy Harte, author of the amazing 'English Holy Wells: a sourcebook' and more recently 'Cloven Country: The Devil and the English Landscape'. If you have a well you want to celebrate and share... now's your chance!

#holywells #unholy #wells #numens #archaeology #folklore #liturgies #folkliturgy #ecosystems #biodiversity #pilgrimage #traditions #sacredtrees #sacredtopographies #paganism #wellmagic #magic by @folkloremuseumsnetwork

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3 years ago

Thanks to the Centre for Robert Burns Studies @nationaltrustforscotland for inviting us to give the keynote at this year's CRBS Conference. Some interesting discussions of Burns-related #intangibleculturalheritage, culture and #sustainabledevelopmentgoals #mentalhealth #textualediting and much more. Great music from @reely_jiggered too! #alloway taken in Robert Burns Museum Alloway by @folkloremuseumsnetwork

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Great news for Christmas Eve 🎄!

The UK Government is planning to ratify the Convention for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

This is a big step forward for the potential protection and fostering of living traditions and folklore in the UK and its overseas territories. But it requires as many people as possible to engage with the survey here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/2003-unesco-convention-for-the-safeguarding-of-the-intangible-cultural-heritage/consultation-on-the-2003-unesco-convention-for-safeguarding-of-the-intangible-cultural-heritage

#intangibleculturalheritage #folklore #traditions #icomos #unesco by @folkloremuseumsnetwork

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Exciting news! The Folklore Museums Network will act as a project partner for a new project that will consider magical and spiritually invested objects from museum collections and how a diverse array of contemporary pagan practitioners today view and conceptualize them.

For more info head over to the website...👇👇👇 www.folkloremuseumsnetwork.org.uk #folklore #museums #paganism #witchcraft #materialculture #intangibleculturalheritage by @folkloremuseumsnetwork

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The Goddess of Bernera at Inverness Museum & Art Gallery. Plus some fine charms and folk magic artefacts. #folklore #folkobjects #inverness #goddess #whale @invernessmuseumandartgallery taken in Inverness Museum and Art Gallery by @folkloremuseumsnetwork

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On March 3, 2023 join us at @stceciliashall in #Edinburgh for a free event with @ben_edge_art @ando_glaso @andoglaso and other special guests to celebrate the #arts and #intangibleculturalheritage #folklore and more! Eventbrite link in bio! by @folkloremuseumsnetwork

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4 years ago

James MacPhersons Fiddle link in bio #folklore #folkobjects #materialculture #Scotland #clanmacpherson by @folkloremuseumsnetwork

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