Apparently my dulcet tones could be heard across all Global radio stations throughout yesterday discussing various Nos Galan Gaeaf traditions. Here’s a quick excerpt from @lbc.co.uk 🎃

For the love of Owd Scratch, someone give this woman her own series - I could honestly listen to @g0blinegg.bsky.social wax lyrical about the restless dead all day long 👻

A spooky Nos Galan Gaeaf to you all 🎃 While lacking ancient provenance, this winter’s eve was the eeriest of the ‘tair ysbrydnos’ (three spirit nights), where the veil between worlds was at its thinnest and the wind blowing over the feet of corpses bore sighs to the homes of those destined to die…

I hope fans of stiles know that they are notorious for attracting ghosts and malevolent spirits on Halloween, as such creatures are drawn to boundary lines. Many mentions in @folklorewales.com book on Welsh ghosts!

Roedd hi’n tu hwnt o braf cael siarad am rhywbeth twtsh yn wahanol efo Aled Hughes ar BBC Radio Cymru ddoe - llên y milod ac ofergoelion bwystfilaidd. Here’s an interview for BBC Radio Cymru from yesterday, all about the folklore of birds and beasts in Wales (in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Can’t quite believe it’s done but it’s done. Two years of translating and unpicking (and growing a human somewhere in the middle) the most bizarre yet brilliant manifesto by Dr William Price: Gwyllllis yn Nayd. Spoilers: these aren’t the ravings of a lunatic as previous biographers have concluded.

Quick stop over in Cardiff to talk The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts with the lovely staff at the National Museum this week. Lovely to chat spooks, as always, but the highlight was getting up close and personal with Catrin here behind the scenes in the painting conservation studio. Phenomenal.

Right. Apologies for the delay. Really didn’t expect so much interest in a grumpy little Welsh owl so thank you for all the kind words - I’ve loved reading some of your own rescue stories. Lots of you had rehab-related questions so thought I’d tackle the big ones here in one looong thread… 🧵

It’s important to say if you ever find an injured bird of prey, you should always contact your local wildlife charity / rehab centre before handling them. That option wasn’t immediately available to us, but as soon as we found a professional willing to help, they were involved each step of the way.

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet. After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

Finally able to contribute to #OwlishMonday with a real, legitimate owl. This is Cowlyd, our little rescue tawny, who’s boarding with us while his broken leg heals. Named after the ancient and wise owl of Welsh lore, turns out he’s a bit more Gwilym. (highly niche Welsh joke there, sorry) 🦉

Catching up with some of the newest additions to the library… My favourite recent purchase is this vanishingly rare essay from the 1851 Newport eisteddfod by Merthyr Tudful preacher, the Rev David Rhys Stephen, concerning one of Wales’s most infamous hauntings - the tale of Pwca’r Trwyn 👻

Foster an owl while writing a book and caring for a child, they said. It’ll be fine, they said. Feeling a little like poor Cowlyd having just submitted the manuscript for my newest book this evening. Looking forward to seeing both in the wild over the coming months 🦉

Yfory yng Ngŵyl Arall, Caernarfon! Tomorrow in Gŵyl Arall, Caernarfon! 👇 📚Sgwrs yn y Gymraeg gyda chyfieithu ar y pryd ar gael. Discussion in Welsh with simultaneous translation facilities available. 🎟️Tocynnau/Tickets: gwylarall.com/calendr/2025... Dewch yn llu! All welcome! @folklorewales.com

🗓️ Sad 12ed / Sat 12th ⏰ 13:30 📍Llety Arall, Stryd y Plas 🎟️ £6 via gwylarall.com/calendr/2025... Dydd Sadwrn, fydda i’n trafod ysbrydoedd Cymru o bob lliw a llun sydd i’w canfod yn fy nghyfrol ‘The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts’ efo’r anfarwol Llŷ Titus. Dewch yn llu! (Translation services available.)

Digwyddiad Newydd! | New Event! Ymunwch â Delyth Badder mewn sgwrs â Llŷr Titus am ei chyfrol 'The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts' yn Gŵyl Arall 👻 Join Delyth Badder in conversation with Llŷr Titus about her co-authored book 'The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts' at Gŵyl Arall 👻‬ @folklorewales.com

Slowly dragging myself out of the mat leave bubble so here are some folky updates: Folklore Wales HQ has relocated to Pwllheli. Book 2 and a couple of bits and pieces are in progress; book 3 is on the horizon. And all this with Eryri as my backdrop. There’s few better places to begin new chapters.

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda, bawb! 💫 Happy New Year, all!

Christmas is just around the corner and we have the perfect presents for your book-loving friends and family Not quite sure what to buy? Follow the link below to explore Calon's Christmas gift guide 📚 www.uwp.co.uk/calon-christ...

Wonderful to receive this fab book through the post this morning from @storyvillebooks.bsky.social today . An amazing festive treat by Lowri Haf Cooke with contributions by my friends Elidir Jones and @folklorewales.com Available on the link below . Nadolig Llawen uk.bookshop.org/search?keyword…

Yma o Hyd

Good morning One of my favourite tales of recent years was shared to me By @folklorewales.com . A really creepy story just right for winter days like today . Here it is if you fancy a listen ?. “The Voice in the back room” podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

They say every theatre has a ghost find out if it’s true. Out today! Haunted Theatres with 3 actors no less talking about their uncanny experiences. pod.fo/e/286f30

⚠️⚠️ You will have seen the flooding in Pontypridd on the news- and three businesses in particular need your help. Storyville Books, Martha's Homestore and Zucco's were all flooded- if you're local pop in and buy something, or buy something online (the big room here was flooded)

Reminder that Storyville Books in Pontypridd has suffered a great deal of damage this weekend - help this indie bookshop by ordering books using the link below if you can please

⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed. If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath. 👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...

'A History of Folklore': a new 10-week online course run by The Folklore Society in partnership with Oxford Continuing Education begins Thu 23 Jan 2025. Enrolments close 14 days prior to the course start date. Fee: £285 + optional extra £30 to gain CATS points www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/a-hi...

It's a source of vexation to me that there's no proper word for the study of fairies - and I suspect the absence of such a term may be one reason why the study of fairies doesn't get taken seriously. So what are the potential options? (thread)

Please share: I’m researching the Norwegian Vardøger - sensing that someone has arrived or come home (hearing them, even glimpsing them) only to discover they aren’t there at all but they arrive 20 minutes or so later. Is this still folklore that’s well known in Norway? Thanks.

Llongyfarchiadau mawr iawn i'n hawdur, Ann Parry Owen (@collen105.bsky.social), ar ennill Gwobr Goffa Syr Ellis-Griffith Prifysgol Cymru am ei chyfrol arbennig, ‘Geirfâu'r Fflyd, 1632–1633’! @yganolfangeltaidd.bsky.social Am fwy o wybodaeth, ewch at: www.uwtsd.ac.uk/cy/newyddion...

Making all coal tips safe must be a priority. The government can not let another Aberfan happen. #Wales #StormBert

Cwm Llynfi for Indy's fundraising pub quiz for the victims of the flooding in #Pontypridd. Wednesday 4th December, 7:30pm The Legion #Maesteg. Let's help each other. Rhown ein golau gwan i'n gilydd ❤️

10000% this!! @storyvillebooks.bsky.social is an amazing independent shop in #Pontypridd and was at the heart of the wonderful @eisteddfod.cymru fringe this year. They’ve been hit hard and because they’re a real shop, not a river-based wesbsite, they have stock that’s been damaged. Donate/Buy! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed. If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath. 👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...

Currently reading: The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts by @folklorewales.com and @folklorepod.bsky.social. Two chapters in, and it’s all fascinating stuff. It turns out Welsh ghost lore is very different from the rest of the British Isles: no winding sheets, lots of fiery wheels and spectral hounds

I can’t believe I’ve reached over a thousand followers! True to my word, I want to give away two copies of my book, ‘All Through the Night; How Dark Skies Can Save Our World’ ✨ If you want a chance to get a copy, like or reply to this post. I’ll give you all 24 hours, so by 20:00 Saturday night 🌌

Still space on this to add more accounts posting about arts, culture, heritage, history, natural history, and museums in Wales! Pipe up if this is you or you have suggestions…

In Anglesey the witches held their revels near the druidical stones and beside the Roman watch tower on Pen Caer Gybi, Holy Island Marie Trevelyan Folklore & Folk Stories of Wales Ffynnon y Wrach - the Witch's Well - Holyhead mountain. Converted to supply water to Holyhead in 1866 #witchywednesday

Adore this illustration of the charitable ghost of Bryn Goleu by @yviejohnson.bsky.social from ‘The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts’. Reported in 1898 in Glyndyfrdwy, Denbighshire, the spirit of an old man was said to escort parishioners home to safety while carrying a glowing lantern in his hand 👻

If you weren't able to join us for #Abertoir2024 in Aberystwyth, check out #AbertoirChoiceCuts this weekend! 3 features, 27 shorts, Bad Film Club and an exclusive video essay - tickets £7.50; passes £25. All films except BFC have descriptive subtitles. abertoir2024.eventive.org/schedule

Magic at the Time between Times

Robin goch ar ben y rhiniog Yn gofyn tamaid heb un geiniog, Ac yn dwedyd yn ysmala, "Mae hi'n oer, fe ddaw yr eira." #Welsh #Folklore

Got a bad cough? Snail water or soup was a common cure. In 1678 physician Gideon Harvey criticised the "London snail water" currently on sale. His was better: "the cool, clammy, and glutinous substance" cooled consumptive fevers and acted as an expectorant. Yummy.

The Dragon’s Back Anticipation to see where this snow will fall is building ❄️ A blanket of snow covers Eryri, taken a few years ago from Ynys Môn

Nodyn ar gyfer y dyddiadur, os ydych chi'n hoffi mins peis cartre! Croeso i chi ym mharti lansio #AmserNadolig nos Wener Tachwedd 22 am 7yh, Neuadd Ddawns Kings Road Yard, Pontcanna. Bydd llu o sêr y gyfrol yno a bar Pipes Pontcanna ar agor. 'Dewch, closiwch, cymerwch sedd, mae'n Amser Nadolig...'🎄✨

So for all the folks interested, or based, in #Wales here is an easy (non-comprehensive!!!) list of 150 of the best follows. #Wales #Cymru #Cymreig #Cymraeg #Welsh go.bsky.app/Ji44uiV

Hi, I've written this book recently, it's about stigmata in 19th- and 20th-century Britain and Ireland, I'm pretty pleased with it, and I'm happy to come talk about it if you like

Hey folklorists, help me add to this folklorist starter pack. Suggest accounts and I’ll try to add them: go.bsky.app/HnHejQX

"She walks among the tombs" 🪦 'A Picture Book for Little Children' • 1812 📚 #History