Trees in Legend and Tradition Conference, Sussex West Sussex

Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 12 June 2007 Page Views: 3664

Country: England County: West Sussex
Internal Links:

A Legendary Weekend of the Folklore Society on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd September 2007 hosted by the Weald & Downland Museum, at Singleton in West Sussex

Come and join us for a weekend exploring the links between nature and tradition at an award-winning museum set among the Sussex downs. From apple-howling to counting cherry-stones, from fairy thorns to gospel oaks, from hazel wands to mistletoe kisses, from a child passed through the shrew-ash to a grave below the churchyard yew… The landscape of tradition is a forest and the Green Man is its guardian.

Speakers to include Doc Rowe, Jacqueline Simpson, Adam Stout, June Wells, Juliette Wood, Peg Aloi, Jenny Butler, Janet Dowling, David Hunt, Alvard Jivanyan and Tina Negus, with papers on:

The Glastonbury Thorn
Fairy Trees and Sacred Groves
Trees of the Evil Dead
The Dancing Tree of Moretonhampstead
Seth and the Oil of Mercy
May Flowers and Flirtation
The Mulberry Tree of Pyramus and Thisbe

The conference includes free access to the Museum, and site tours on Sunday.

Tickets (£20 for both days) are available from the Folklore Society, The Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB, 020 7862 8562/ 020 7862 8564; email [email protected];
website www.folklore-society.com

The Weald & Downland Museum is a home for historic English buildings from seven centuries. A centre for research into vernacular architecture, it is also a place of great charm in a tranquil rural setting, seven miles north of the historic city of Chichester. See more on www.wealddown.co.uk

Contributor Bio for Andy B: Megalithic Portal Founding Editor.

<< National Archaeology Week. Meet the Experts at Avebury, 22nd July

Events

Photo Competition winner Philip Tonkyn's Exhibition in Southampton >>