Category Archives: Musicological Folklore

Pleased to See the King: Twelfth Night, Paganism and the Execution of King Charles I

Posted on January 6, 2021 by tartantombraider

This year’s celebratory Christmas post from the ‘Lord Thomas Grey’s Regiment of Foot’ English Civil War blogspot looked at Puritan attitudes to the Festive Season; with particular reference to Parliament’s decision, in 1644, to replace the usual Christmas festivities with what is generally referred to in the language of the time as a ‘Solemn Fast’. Continue reading →

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The Lost Language of British Folklore

Posted on November 2, 2006 by tartantombraider

The origins of this blog are rooted in a series of lengthy telephone conversations with Jon Dudley and Jill Dudly nee Copper of the celebrated Copper Family folk singing group, with whom I have shared a mutual interest in folk music and … Continue reading →

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