Season 3 Episode 6: Reap What You Sow - Folklore of Farming, Allotments and Gardens

Merry Met virtual traveler and welcome to Stories From Lore. A monthly podcast that invites you to ‘Rewild Yourself Through Story,‘ by exploring nature, folklore and the stories it inspires. My name is Dawn Nelson and I am an author and professional storyteller.

The spring is here at last and it's time to start sowing the seeds that will provide food for the table in the summer. This month’s theme is ‘Reap What You Sow’ and for this episode I have some nature journaling from the garden as I plant up some dwarf fruit trees, the ballad ‘All The Chickens In The Garden’ the folklore of fruit and vegetables and the story of ‘The Farmer & The Boggart’.

On occasion there are dark folkloric characters explored in this podcast and so, as always,  I would recommend that you should listen through first before listening with younger members of your household.

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References

Books

Baker, Margaret, (1969) Discovering The Folklore Of Plants, Shire Classics.

Russell et al (1973), Folklore. Myths & Legends Of Britain, Reader’s Digest.

Simpson, Jaqueline & Roud, Steve (2000) A Dictionary of English Folklore, Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Harrington-Oakley, Christina, (2020) The Treadwell’s Book Of Plant Magic, Readwells, London.

Websites:

The History Of Artichokes - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/artichokes#:~:text=According%20to%20Greek%20myth%2C%20the,with%20him%20to%20Mount%20Olympus.

The History, Mythology and Health Benefits of the Artichoke

https://seggiano.com/inspiration/the-history-mythology-and-health-benefits-of-the-artichoke/

The Cornucopia in Greek Mythology

https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/cornucopia.html

Oat Plant Lore

https://www.plant-lore.com/oat/

The Legend Of John Barelycorn

https://www.learnreligions.com/the-legend-of-john-barleycorn-2562157

Music Attribution:

 Intro & Outro Music: Midnight Tale by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/