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OTD in issue no. 56 of the Evening Post, a newspaper published in 1709, was a curious description of a Flying Ship, stated to have been invented by a Brazilian priest, and brought to the notice of the king of Portugal
The paper carried this engraving and a description
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It was a pleasure to speak with @SeanMoncrieff on @NewstalkFM this afternoon about the custom of Telling the Bees; discussing the upholding of the tradition by the royal beekeeper John Chapple of the @LondonBeeKeeper
Interview with @CTVNews about the folklore of Telling the Bees done. Nice to do a live one after so many newspapers and pre-records.
It was a pleasure to talk to you @kateygoalie
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It's been a funny couple of days for someone who has written a book including lots of bee folklore.
Any more media outlets to come or is that it now?!
I'm happy to carry on until the story fades away!
I have just done an interview for the @nytimes on the custom of 'Telling the Bees' - a topic covered in my book - because of the global interest in the royal beekeeper.
With so much media coverage, it was lovely to see a paper want to look into it more.
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@StephenGeoRae Also the title of a book by me.
Available on the Folklore Podcast website and elsewhere
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Thanks to everyone who came to my talk to kick off @RBKClibraries Folklore Festival.
Check their Eventbrite and sign up for more great free folklore talks over the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow it's @jpwarchaeology on Ritual Burn Marks.
I hope you enjoyed it if you were there
Episode 106: THE LAST WITCHES OF ENGLAND
Listen free at https://t.co/Y00YipNFjX or via your podcast app
Season 7 of the Folklore Podcast begins with an investigation into the case of the Bideford witches. @JohnCallow1 discusses his research with reviewer @HStBlues
Vintage New Year cards are the best!
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