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Preorder Gramarye 26, the Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction’s journal for folklore, fairy tales and fantasy.

On the cover is one of Gerhard Munthe’s illustrations of the most famous Norwegian folktales of all, “The Three Billy-Goats Bruse.” Inside, among all the goodies, is my translation of this folktale, as well as a justification for publishing the whole Asbjørnsen & Moe collection in a new English translation.

https://store.chi.ac.uk/product-catalogue/sussex-centre-for-folklore/journals/pre-order-gramarye-26

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The cover of Gramarye 26, featuring a billy goat traversing a bridge, with a troll standing beneath, looking upwards. The troll evidently has a dwelling under the bridge, for there is a door in the rock.

Nicholas Owen was a skilled carpenter who constructed many hidey-holes and secret rooms to conceal Catholic priests in the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I. Harvington Hall, Worcestershire, contains false chimneys, a false step on the staircase and a secret shaft in the lavatory. There was even a hidey-hole over the bread ovens, which proved to be less popular when the fires were lit. Another priest hole could be found behind a fake beam in the library. The Hall's gatehouse contained a ten-foot-deep hide for the poorer class of fugitive. Such was Owen's skill, there are probably many hidey-holes around England that remain undiscovered.

A man in late middle age holding up a false beam to reveal a hiding place. The man is in the wood-panelled library of Harvington Hall.

We're very lucky to have such talented folks join us for Writing the Occult: Hauntology - including the fabulous @IcySedgwick

You likely know the good Dr Icy though her folklore work, especially the Fabulous Folklore podcast or the book Rebel Folklore. But did you know Icy is also a prolific writer of weird, gothic & dark fantasy tales? Head over to her website to explore: icysedgwick.com

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The image features the heading Writing the Occult: Hauntology, Our speakers do great things! It features images of the book cover for Rebel Folklore by Icy Sedgwick as well as the covers for 8 more of her books, and the logo for her podcast Fabulous Folklore. The blurb is repeated from the post text.

Men an Tol, Cornwall

A monument consisting of a central standing stone with a manmade hole through its centre positioned between two upright standing stones.

The current arrangement is not its original state and was thought to have originally been a stone circle. The purpose of the holed stone is unclear, but if you pass through it folklore says it will cure ills such as rickets and help get you pregnant.

A granite round standing stone with a manmade hole in the centre. Through its aperture is framed a thin standing stone leaning slightly to the right.