Happy #FabFoolsFriday! I don't know which Neil Innes, Rutles or even Beatles song I'll be doing at tomorrow's comedy music hour for @bathcomedyfest.bsky.social (now moved to Belvoir Castle), but there'll be at least two... www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3hE... ✌🏾🎶🃏🥁

Apparently Saturday's @bathcomedyfest.bsky.social funny folktales show has been moved up the road to the BELVOIR CASTLE, same time, 1pm. So here's Welsh folktale THE VERRIES OF PENNARD CASTLE this #FolkloreThursday, as a crowbarred-in reference. See you there! youtu.be/faK0YAKMVzY?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚🏰

Apparently Saturday's @bathcomedyfest.bsky.social funny folktales show has been moved up the road to the BELVOIR CASTLE, same time, 1pm. So here's Welsh folktale THE VERRIES OF PENNARD CASTLE this #FolkloreThursday, as a crowbarred-in reference. See you there! youtu.be/faK0YAKMVzY?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚🏰

A week and a day until the @bathcomedyfest.bsky.social's annual comedy music jamboree, with Rutles/Bonzos/Beatles in pride of place! Just as they were in the RUTLES MEGAMIX in 2013... youtu.be/Np4Iotllvk0?... #FabFoolsFriday ✌🏾🎶🃏🥁

Happy #FolkloreThursday! On Saturday week we offer a very daft hour of comedy British folktales for @BathComedyFest, but for now, here's where Welsh mythology meets PG Wodehouse: WHAT HO, TALIESIN! youtu.be/usvjkVScFuc?... 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌾

Happy #FolkloreThursday! On Saturday week we offer a very daft hour of comedy British folktales for @BathComedyFest, but for now, here's where Welsh mythology meets PG Wodehouse: WHAT HO, TALIESIN! youtu.be/usvjkVScFuc?... 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌾

Two weeks today! #Folklore #comedy

It's another #RedNoseDay/#FabFoolsFriday crossover! Here's Bananarama/Lananananeeneenoonoo's #ComicRelief cover of HELP! from 1989: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckhe... Here's BOTH living Beatles having to put up with James Corden from 2011: youtu.be/NW12S4-KB1I?... 🔴✌🏾🎶🃏🥁🔴

Two weeks this Saturday we'll be doing an especially daft hour of funny folktales at Nowhere Tavern for @bathcomedyfest.bsky.social – here's our very own Brother Bernard retelling the Bath legend of Bladud for Susan Calman on Channel 5! #FolkloreThursday #Folklore youtu.be/VAkV1o7u1q0?... 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

GLORIOUS NEWS this #FolkloreThursday! TALES OF BRITAIN IS BACK IN PRINT! jemroberts.com/2026/01/15/t... To celebrate, we're sharing an exclusive peek at unpublished folktale THE BIRTH OF ALBION, the REAL British origin story, with Princess Albina: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/awzae... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐉📚

It's #FolkloreThursday, and 23-ish days to our comedy folktale show for @BathComedyFest! We'll be debuting our version of the most HILARIOUS, frankly DAFTEST tale in Welsh folklore: CULHWCH & OLWEN! It's mainly about hairdressing. Honestly! 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💈✂️

It's #FolkloreThursday, and 23-ish days to our comedy folktale show for @BathComedyFest! We'll be debuting our version of the most HILARIOUS, frankly DAFTEST tale in Welsh folklore: CULHWCH & OLWEN! It's mainly about hairdressing. Honestly! 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💈✂️

Hippy #FabFoolsFriday, nits! 55 and a bit years ago, George Harrison went on The Smothers Brothers comedy hour in the USA. At the time, the USA was 55 and a bit years away from complete psychopathic world-ending insanity. #Beatles #Comedy www.youtube.com/watch?v=_462... ✌🏾🎶🃏

It's #WorldBookDay! Here's 9 or 10 very good suggestions of what to read next! www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Jem-R...

As it's one month to our big comedy folktale show for @BathComedyFest, here's a sort of local tale for you – if you believe Arthur was a West Country lad. Glastonbury Tor is only a few hills away! AVALON: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lucqk... #FolkloreThursday 📚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👑⚔️

As it's one month to our big comedy folktale show for @BathComedyFest, here's a sort of local tale for you – if you believe Arthur was a West Country lad. Glastonbury Tor is only a few hills away! AVALON: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/lucqk... #FolkloreThursday 📚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👑⚔️

Does nobody here have any ideas of storytelling venues in Suffolk or Norfolk at all?

Norfolk people?

Here's a good ol' Norfolk tale for you all this #FolkloreThursday! THE PEDLAR OF SWAFFHAM! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9XL... We're visiting Norfolk for a few days this summer – can anyone suggest any nice pubs or free friendly venues to offer an hour of folktale storytelling? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐉📚

Here's a good ol' Norfolk tale for you all this #FolkloreThursday! THE PEDLAR OF SWAFFHAM! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9XL... We're visiting Norfolk for a few days this summer – can anyone suggest any nice pubs or free friendly venues to offer an hour of folktale storytelling? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐉📚

Merry #FolkloreThursday! 7 years ago, for the first release of the Tales of Britain book, Brother Bernard visited the glorious @cerysmatthews.bsky.social at Mrs BBC's Wogan House in That London, and shared some choice folktales: youtu.be/D-XQX62myps?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐉📚

It's #FolkloreThursday! And 6 weeks this Saturday, @bathcomedyfest.bsky.social will be in full swing, and Brother Bernard will be performing an hour of the funniest folktales of all time! So come to Bath – as seen on TV! youtu.be/VAkV1o7u1q0?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📚

It's #FolkloreThursday! And 6 weeks this Saturday, @bathcomedyfest.bsky.social will be in full swing, and Brother Bernard will be performing an hour of the funniest folktales of all time! So come to Bath – as seen on TV! youtu.be/VAkV1o7u1q0?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📚

It's P-P-P-P-PANCAKE DAY! So here's the Maid Marian clip we all love to watch on this day of the year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7Ed... PS Buy Fab Fools: candy-jar.co.uk/books/fabfoo...

We're back in Ludlow this #FolkloreThursday, sizing up the likelihood of the Robin Hood legend, ROBIN'S ARROW! youtu.be/DqIrr3eHlnI?... 🏹 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📚

We're back in Ludlow this #FolkloreThursday, sizing up the likelihood of the Robin Hood legend, ROBIN'S ARROW! youtu.be/DqIrr3eHlnI?... 🏹 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📚

Happy #FolkloreThursday! Recorded in Inverness last summer, here’s our version of MACBETH AND THE WITCHES, complete with all the sites connected to the real King Macbeth… youtu.be/BfS9Yd0HjV4?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👑⚔️🧙🧙🧙

Happy #FolkloreThursday! Recorded in Inverness last summer, here’s our version of MACBETH AND THE WITCHES, complete with all the sites connected to the real King Macbeth… youtu.be/BfS9Yd0HjV4?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👑⚔️🧙🧙🧙

Merry #FolkloreThursday! Is it really over a year since Brother Bernard appeared on Susan Calman's Great British Cities, telling the tale of Bath-founder Bladud? Seems more like 10: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAkV... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📚

Merry #FolkloreThursday! Is it really over a year since Brother Bernard appeared on Susan Calman's Great British Cities, telling the tale of Bath-founder Bladud? Seems more like 10: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAkV... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📚

Having indexed two of these – Soupy Twists! (on Fry and Laurie) and Fab Fools (on Beatles, Rutles and comedy) – I can vouch for their entertaining excellence. If you like this sort of thing too, give a follow to @jemroberts.bsky.social @fabfools.bsky.social @talesofbritain.bsky.social

Merry #FolkloreThursday! 7 years ago, for the first release of the Tales of Britain book, Brother Bernard visited the glorious @cerysmatthews.bsky.social at Mrs BBC's Wogan House in That London, and shared some choice folktales: youtu.be/D-XQX62myps?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐉📚

GLORIOUS NEWS this #FolkloreThursday! TALES OF BRITAIN IS BACK IN PRINT! jemroberts.com/2026/01/15/t... To celebrate, we're sharing an exclusive peek at unpublished folktale THE BIRTH OF ALBION, the REAL British origin story, with Princess Albina: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/awzae... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐉📚

With apologies for the sound quality, there's only one folktale to kick off 2026, relevant to the headlines – VENGEANCE WILL COME. And yes, it certainly will. #FolkloreThursday youtu.be/IOKADNl6hbY?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐉📚

With apologies for the sound quality, there's only one folktale to kick off 2026, relevant to the headlines – VENGEANCE WILL COME. And yes, it certainly will. #FolkloreThursday youtu.be/IOKADNl6hbY?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐉📚

Happy new year, and happy #FolkloreThursday! This village green wall in Twinhoe was created by joining up a stone circle. No known tale attached… but we could make one.

Happy new year, and happy #FolkloreThursday! This village green wall in Twinhoe was created by joining up a stone circle. No known tale attached… but we could make one.

Merry #FabFools Friday, nits! As it’s the last before Crimble, we have no shame in making this week a repeat – dai.ly/x55f6ek THE BEATLES CHRISTMAS CAROL is both the greatest thing made in the name of The Beatles since 1970, and the best version of the Scrooge story since 1843. Harry Crumble! ✌🏽🃏🎶🎄

Happy #FolkloreThursday! Hope to see all you folklore lovers at Castle Bookshop in Ludlow this Saturday afternoon for the ultimate seasonal folktale event! Books available! Honesty box office! Wrap up warm! #TalesofBritain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎄🎄🎄

Enjoying the Cbeebies Robin Hood pantomime. But I will be miffed if they don't honour the original gests, and have Robin decapitate Guy of Gisborne and shoot the Sheriff through the heart at the end.

LUDLOW FOLKIES! This Saturday afternoon! Honesty box office! Signed books available! The funniest, most festive British folktales reimagined for the 21st century! Wrap up warm, but SEE YOU THERE! WWW.TALESOFBRITAIN.COM

Only 9 days till Ludlow plays host to this year's festive folktale show! Here's our favourite Yule story, all about when the Christians hijacked our Winter Solstice – THE LAST YULE! #FolkloreThursday youtu.be/fKU11R8Rbok?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎄

Only a few weeks to our traditional live YULE SHOW! Let's keep in the festive mood this #FolkloreThursday with our retelling of the legend of the MARI LWYD! 🐴🦴❄️

Only a few weeks to our traditional live YULE SHOW! Let's keep in the festive mood this #FolkloreThursday with our retelling of the legend of the MARI LWYD! 🐴🦴❄️

24 years as Mayor of Nirvana-on-Heaven for George Harrison MBE. This is just a tribute: GIVE ME LOVE on.soundcloud.com/NtkuSM9p2Upc...

If you've ever enjoyed any of my audiobooks, can you let the world know with a short review, please? Too many psychos leaving their own ravings on them... www.audible.co.uk/search?searc...

Just a few weeks to our Ludlow Yule show at Castle Bookshop on Saturday 20/12! So here's a Hereford tale for #FolkloreThursday recorded on Robin Hoods Butt, right by Ludlow racecourse! KING HERLA'S STAG NIGHT! youtu.be/a9wb7Cg6WSQ?... 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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