Fabulous Folklore with Icy Icy Sedgwick

Marion Gibson writes accurate, engaging books about witches and magic in history. She’s been interested in witches for over thirty years, since she read the words of women accused of witchcraft in Elizabethan England. Why were they accused of crimes they didn’t commit? And why did they confess? Marion’s books tell the stories of these women and the men accused alongside them, and she explores the wider history of witch trials, folklore, magical and pagan beliefs and things that go bump in the night.


We talk about her book, Witchcraft: A History in 13 Trials, some surprising moments from specific trials, how we often end up reading the witch trials through the lens of our own experience, and how we're perhaps not as far away from the paranoia of the witch trials as we might think we are.


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Find Marion on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/witchesetcinsta


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Carlisle began life as Luguvalium, a Roman settlement that grew out of the fort on the site. It was the capital of an ancient British kingdom. Both Vikings and Saxons captured the city.


Over time, it took on strategic importance for its location near the Scottish border. But with so many clashes between the Scots and the English, not to mention the tensions caused by the Border Reivers, it's safe to say Carlisle has a tumultuous history.


And where you have history, you have legends! Let's find out more in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore!


Find the images and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/carlisle-legends/


RSVP for my Folklore of Magical Trees talk: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-folklore-of-magical-trees-tickets-912709648127?aff=erelexpmlt


The Curse against the Reivers: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/features/2003/07/restoration/the_curse.shtml


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While York is often considered one of England's most haunted cities, other strange and unusual tales lurk in its narrow snickleways.


There are stories of premature burial, printer's devils, cats that are either lucky or cursed, depending on your perspective, highwaymen, and an inevitable tale of witchcraft.


Let's find out more in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore!


Find the images and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/york-folklore/


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There is much of the strange and haunting in Sheffield's folklore. Does that make it a haunted place?


There are stories of water gods in the River Don, demanding annual sacrifices, boggards in boggard lane, spectral visions of highwaymen, ghosts, and even Spring-Heeled Jack!


Let's find out more in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore!


Find the images and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/sheffield-folklore/


Spring-Heeled Jack blog post and episode: https://www.icysedgwick.com/spring-heeled-jack/


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Rue was cultivated in England for its medicinal use, having been introduced by the Romans! It appears in folk remedies to ward off evil spirits, poison, and plague, It also works in prophecy and hexes.


Let's find out more in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore!


Find the images and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/rue-folklore/


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St John's Wort often flowers around Midsummer's Day, or the Feast of St John, hence its strong links with St John. It's one of the most important plants in European folk magic! It's used for protection, warding off nightmare, and even love divination.


Let's find out more in this week's episode of Fabulous Folklore!


Find the images and references on the blog post: https://www.icysedgwick.com/st-johns-wort-folklore/


Get your free guide to home protection the folklore way here: https://www.icysedgwick.com/fab-folklore/


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