In this episode, Folklore Podcast creator and host Mark Norman takes a look at some of the old (and a few of the modern) customs and traditions associated with Valentine's Day. From the medieval period, by way of early house visiting traditions and love divination, the episode explores many of the UK practices before travelling around the world to look at a selection of other ways that Valentine's is celebrated
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C.J.Brady
2/20/2019 02:33:44 am
But surely St Valentines Day is banned like Christmas, and Easter, and Bacup and other traditional but controversial events.
Sam
2/27/2019 10:03:30 pm
The editing of the podcast goes very wrong 90s before the end, with your voice overlapping itself. I missed the last few words as a result. 3/3/2019 02:42:16 pm
Thanks for letting me know. That's very careless of me. I have fixed the original file now. Leave a Reply. |
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